Express & Release Therapeutic Dance

11/06/2025

During our last Healing Circle, we focused on the emotion of JOY. ☀️ Participants shared a meal, and explored Joy through movement and conversation.
📹 Here, community member Pierce Freelon shares his takeaway from the event.
🦋 Join us next Sunday, November 16th as we dance and talk through HOPE! 🦋

11/04/2025

What is a healing circle? What will be going down at the event? Here’s a breakdown! Still have questions? DM us and we will be more than happy to answer! Hope to see you there 😉🌟

10/22/2025

A gentle nighttime reminder— all is stored in the body, including positive emotions. 💫 Dancing and moving through different life experiences in an intentional way, can allow us to find the joy within, and help us establish good habits.

Express, and release!! 🦋🌌🌟

10/17/2025

RESCHEDULED! 🦋🌱 NOVEMBER 16th, we will
be hosting a movement lead healing circle open to all This time, it will center around the emotion of HOPE
Join us as we discuss, dance and heal together. Food and childcare will be provided!

Use the QR to register, or DM us with any questions!

10/15/2025

A message from Gabby on this fine mid-week day. It is not only normal, but necessary to feel, and accepting those feelings is the first step towards allowing ourselves to be human and creating space for healing 💖🌱

10/13/2025

Healing takes work— it’s not about a simple change of mindset, but a deep dive into conscious and subconscious patterns. Be patient with yourself 💫🌱

Need some guidance? Express n Release can help! Follow us to stay tuned about upcoming adult trainings and workshops 😊

10/07/2025

🌱Next Saturday, October 18! We will be hosting a movement lead healing circle open to all 😊This time, it will center around the emotion of HOPE

Join us as we discuss, dance and heal together. Food and childcare will be provided! 🦋

Use the QR to register, or DM us with any questions!

Join us in a judgement-free, community-led space where we will talk, heal, dance and support each other. Through movement, we will explore what brings us hope when times feel dreary and hard. Únete a nosotros en un espacio comunitario libre de juicios, donde hablaremos, sanaremos, bailaremos y nos ...

10/02/2025

🦋 This in-person workshop offers a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive space designed to assist with identifying, expressing, and releasing emotions in healthy ways.
✨ Caregivers will gain practical techniques for creating safe emotional spaces at home and sustaining their own wellness. This unique training builds confidence, reduces burnout, and promotes lasting emotional wellness.

TO REGISTER: Please email imanij@exchangefamilycenter.org
➡️ Note: These workshops are available to foster parents licensed by Durham County Department of Social Services only.

🗓️ DATE: Saturday, October 4, 2025
🕙 TIME: 10 am - 12 pm
📍 LOCATION: Exchange Family Center: 3400 Croasdaile Drive, Suite 208, Durham, NC 27705

09/15/2025

We get this question often. What makes this dance space therapeutic? Express & Release is a dance space that operates off emotions rather than dance styles. 💫

Through our movement practices, we destigmatize the emotions that so often make us feel ashamed or overwhelmed when we talk about and engage with them. 🦋

📲 Follow us to hear about upcoming workshops, healing circles, classes and trainings!

09/08/2025

💫A position has opened! 💫 We’re looking for a PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER to help us stay organized and connected.

If you’re:
🦋 Passionate about supporting communities through dance and movement
✨ Organized and detail oriented
💬 A strong communicator
🌱 Self-motivated and dependable
💻 Tech savvy

We want you on our team! Apply Now! 📥Send your resume to info@expressnrelease.com to get started

09/06/2025

This weekend, we are excited to hold space for foster parents to learn emotional regulation tools and techniques. 🛠️🤍 We will be offering a TRAUMA-INFORMED, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE space designed to help foster youth and their caregivers to IDENTIFY, EXPRESS, and RELEASE EMOTIONS in safe, healthy ways.

🦋 Through engaging, movement-based activities, participants will explore how emotions show up in the body and how to communicate them effectively. 🦋