The Storydancer Project Inc

TSP was created in 2001 to address the lack of wellness education and resources for girls and women locally and internationally and to bring rejuvenation, leadership and self-care skills to girls, women, children, families and communities.

TSP’s Everyday Self-Care & Movement Arts incorporate exercise, movement, rhythm, music and story to develop a resilient and enlivened sense of self, strengthen participants’ connection to their bodies and establish a sound foundation for joy and health.

TSP

• serves girls, women, children and families, indigenous communities, health centers, survivors of domestic abuse, school children and teachers, and those suffering from the effects of trauma and disease. 

• works in partnership with organizations and communities locally and globally.

• collaborates to create sustainable, train-the-trainer programs that provide the most effective long-term support for our partnering communities.

• is a 501(c)(3) organization, based in Santa Fe, NM, offering its programs free of charge to the communities it serves.

Biography of TSP Founder/Executive Director, Zuleikha

Zuleikha is an international performer and educator whose work inspires dynamic creativity and rejuvenation through the profound art of movement. Renowned for her global work with women, children and families, “storydance” performances, innovative classes, and collaborations celebrating the poetry of Rumi, she is also the creator of Take a Minute™, an exercise program to increase vitality and resilience. Founder and executive director of The Storydancer Project, a non-profit organization that serves girls, women, children and families facing challenging life circumstances, Zuleikha is a recipient of several awards for her outstanding work in the world promoting positive personal and social change, including first place at the Indian International Palliative Care Conference for her abstract on her Relaxation Therapeutic Health Exercise Program© for palliative care patients and their families, created in partnership with CanSupport, Delhi, India.