MENTAL HEALTH WEEK- Dance Movement Activity

Start Date: 
Monday, 18 October 2021
Start Time: 
(All day)
Venue: 
Front Stage

October is dedicated as the Mental Health month. In this month of mental health, as the interns of CCDC contributed in organizing Dance movement. This activity was planned from Monday to Friday where students of IIS (deemed-to-be) university took part and revitalize themselves.

In this event, students were encouraged to come & sign up to lighten up themselves with being mindful. Dance is something you can do when you are in the moment. For the same, there were 15 volunteers who participated. The names of volunteers were: Anjani, Arpita, Yashi, Soumya, Kaninika, Simran, Muskan, Koshin, Muskaan, Tanushree, Tanushka, Akansha, Riya, Akshita, Tammana. They inspired students to come and join in for the activity.

There was an overwhelming response to the dance movement activity. For the same, google forms were made in order to take feedback from students. Feedback questions were in yes, no and maybe format. There were 128 feedbacks.  In which we asked them:

 

Asked

Responded positively

Do you feel the present moment?

97.7%

Does dancing helps in relaxing your Brain and Body?

96.1%

Will you take some time to do this once in a week?

90.6%

Would you consider it as a mood enhancer?

96.1%

Does the moments with song boost your energy level?

96.9%

Do you want such sessions more in the campus?

98.1%

Will you recommend it to the people who are in stress?

97.7%

Did you find it useful?

96.9%

 

Most of the students were in present moment and also felt relaxed. They also responded positively when asked if they will practice it once a week as they consider it to be a mood enhancer. The movements to a song boosted their energy levels. As universities students, it was asked if they would like this event to be held more, they responded positively. Moreover, they will recommend this activity to others who are in stress. Overall, students found out the activity useful.