Hundreds of Colorado moms are turning up in the name of fun and self-care thanks to a Denver-based group that has become a fast-growing movement centered on building joy, community and mental health.
Elizabeth Wellington and Sarah Battani Sams, co-founders of Moms Feelin’ Themselves, say their events offer something moms are craving, but rarely receive. “This is not your average night out just for moms,” Wellington said. “It was really inspired by my personal experience transitioning into motherhood when I was in the throes of a bit of a postpartum identity crisis and also inspired by my work as a psychotherapist for moms.”
Wellington said dance is central to the group’s mission because of its therapeutic power. “Dance is an antidepressant and anxiety-busting. It boosts serotonin and dopamine and oxytocin,” she said. “What dance does is it regulates a stressed-out nervous system.”…