Updates
Parkinson’s Europe Podcast: How to manage “off” periods in Parkinson’s disease
Mime Over Mind – a Therapeutic Tool to Help Manage Parkinson’s
What an honour to have been invited to write this guest blog post for The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease -Barbara.
Read the entire post here.
New University Course Teaches How Mime Can Manage Parkinson’s
Read the full article on Guelph Today.

Poster Displayed at 6th World Parkinson’s Congress
Mime Over Mind Research Gets Support from CESI & IICSI
Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, with funds and support from International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, both associated with University of Guelph, supported a small phase 1 evaluation of Mime Over Mind workshops. The focus was on perceived impacts for participants, service providers and support givers.
Community Engaged Scholarship Institute — https://www.cesinstitute.ca/
Critical Studies in Improvisation — https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/improv
Dancing With Parkinson’s Canada Workshop with Barbara
DWP is excited to welcome Barbara Salsberg Mathews back to the DWP community to lead a mime workshop called “Mime Over Mind”!
Dopamine Dance Against PD – Press Release
Attached Press Release For Dopamine Dance Against PD April 3 to 11, 2023
Barbara Featured in Guelph Mercury Tribune
‘Parkinson’s can’t stop me from dancing’: Guelph artist raising awareness for Parkinson’s Disease
Twitter video of Barbara Salsberg Mathews dancing has more than 20k views.
Barbara Featured in Guelph Today
Guelph artist dances her way through Parkinson’s disease
‘When I dance, I no longer see myself as a person with Parkinson’s. I just dance,’ Barbara Salsberg Mathews, who was diagnosed in 2020