Projects
2025
Self-Compassion and Resilience for Student Nurses:
Enhancing Nursing Practice through Mindfulness and Holistic Well-being
lecture series and Yoga workshops on practical metacognitive strategies to support wellbeing through self compassion and resilience for all cohorts of student nurses at Aberystwyth University.
Learning focussed on a biopsychosocial model of self-care that supports staff wellbeing, but also radiate to support the wellbeing of service users and patients.
The lectures and workshops highlighted easy to implement meta-cognitive strategies and practical techniques for self care based on current research to ensure improved outcomes for patient care.
The Yoga workshops offered a practical interpretation of Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga, including Yoga yamas, niyamas, asana, breath work through pranayama, mindfullness and meditation.
Feedback recorded demonstratred measurable positive outcomes.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?:
"𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗵", "𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗼", "𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹."
My Body Holds My Story, My Movement Is My Art.
Dancing Through Welsh Art: A Journey of Identity, Culture & Creativity
Heart Beats Movement & Music creative dance workshop at the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales focussed on their exhibition "No Welsh Art".
Since the 1980s the art historian and exhibition curator, Peter Lord, has been exploring the myth that there is ‘no Welsh art’, discovering and recording Welsh art and artists.
The exhibition serves as a response to the allegation made by Griffith in 1950, and upheld by many others afterwards: “So much for the past. No patron, no critic, therefore no painter, no sculptor, no Welsh Art. It is as simple as that.”
I worked with the DymaNi young adults with disabilities group to explore the themes of the exhibition by:
1. Challenging the myth that Wales has no strong artistic tradition through embodied movement
2. Exploring Welsh identity, culture, and history through dance, inspired by themes from the exhibition
3. Fostering creativity, self-expression, and connection in a safe and inclusive space
"𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱! 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆."
- Staff at Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales
2024
Aber i Aber Aberarth
The Aber i Aber project in Aberarth was a 3 month collaborative project between Community Music Wales, Heart Beats Movement & Music For Every Body and the Dyma Ni group for disabled people aged 17–30 funded by Arts Council of Wales.
Through the project we explored the environment, the birth of Taliesin and transformation through art, music and dance on the West Wales coast.
Aber I Aber was a participatory project using music to explore the unique challenges and stories of communities living near estuaries around the Welsh coast.
From the River Severn, the Gateway to Wales, all the way to Holyhead and its connection to Ireland, we embarked on a journey through environmental diversity, climate change impacts, socio-economic issues, myths and legends, smuggling tales, and the effects of tourism on local communities and their languages.
Music for Memories project
Heart Beats Movement and Music For Every Body worked with the HAHAV Caffi Cofion Group for 12 weeks between January and April 2024 funded by Haul Arts in Health.
By interviewing the group members living with dementia we created personal playlists of music to revisit precious memories using the magic of personally meaningful music.
We are always looking for project partners, please contact us to share your ideas and discuss how we can support you in your work.
