{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">Dance Therapy, Movement, and Spirituality: The Exploration and Journey of a Jewish Dance Therapist</span></p> <p>This paper is an investigation of the relationship between dance therapy and spirituality. It is a case study based on the writer's personal experience of becoming an observant Jew while studying to become a dance therapist. The role of dance and movement is examined in the Bible, during the Jewish prayer service, Jewish holiday celebrations, the worship of Hasidic Jews, and in Israel. The relationship between Judaism and psychology is investigated, with an emphasis on Jewish mysticism. Analogies are made between concepts in Jewish mysticism and elements of dance therapy and its practice. A Hasidic counseling session is compared with a dance therapy session. In the case study, the writer's personal history is presented, leading into a discussion of dance therapy as a spiritual modality and as a means of reaching one's soul.</p>"}