Restorative Well-Being in Dance and Somatic Education

This article details the creation of a minor in somatic sustainability that focuses on embodied well-being and resiliency to provide students with resources to live productive yet manageable lives that balance responsibility with self-care. In addition, the authors examine the situational factors and the curiosity that led to discovering new resources for resiliency, rest, restorative practices, and professional development. While grappling to find a healthy work–life balance, the two authors’ studies of Yoga Nidra and the MELT method enhanced the new somatic sustainability minor.