
The Health Benefits of Play: how and why play is good for adults and children of all ages
We live in a society where a work/play dichotomy has caused us not only to undervalue play but to completely misunderstand and become ignorant of the importance of play for our health and wellbeing. We learn, grow and develop physical, psychological and emotional resilience through play. The arts are vehicles or languages of play; they facilitate the imagination, creativity, experimentation and spontaneous expression. Be it through paint, sculpture, sandplay, dance and moveme