Mindful Dancer’s Journey: Supporting Your Child’s Growth Through Dance

How do you support your dancer through the highs, challenges, pressures, and growth that come with dance?

Mindful Dancer’s Journey: Supporting Your Child’s Growth Through Dance was written for parents who want to better understand and support their child—not only as a dancer, but as a growing person.

Written by dance educator Rebecca Brettingham-Filice, this book draws on decades of experience working with dancers and families to explore the important role parents play throughout the dance journey.

Inside the Book

Parents will explore topics including:

• Confidence and resilience
• Mindfulness in dance
• Performance nerves and pressure
• Communication between parents, dancers, and teachers
• Navigating challenges and disappointment
• Supporting personal growth
• Encouraging healthy perspectives around progress and achievement
• Life skills developed through dance
• Helping dancers find balance inside and outside the studio

Who It’s For

Mindful Dancer’s Journey is for parents of:

• Recreational dancers
• Competitive dancers
• Young dancers just beginning their journey
• Experienced dancers navigating new challenges
• Dancers moving through different ages and stages of training

It can also be a valuable resource for dance teachers and studio owners looking to strengthen communication and partnership with dance families.

More Than Dance

Dance gives children opportunities to learn far more than steps.

Throughout the journey, dancers encounter challenges, friendships, goals, disappointments, accomplishments, performances, corrections, and moments of growth.

This book encourages parents to consider how they can support those experiences while giving their dancer room to develop confidence, resilience, independence, and a healthy relationship with dance.

Purchase Your Copy

Individual copies of Mindful Dancer’s Journey are printed and fulfilled through Amazon.

Choose your preferred format and purchase your copy directly through Amazon.

Dance studios interested in purchasing multiple copies for their families can also explore our Mindful Dancer’s Journey Studio Collection for special bulk pricing.