Finding Order in Disorder- Book Cover

Book Cover of a Memoir on Mental Health titled Finding Order in Disorder: Ishaa Vinod Chopra holds a degree in performing arts in Kathak under the guidance of her Guru, Pta. Maneesha Sathe. She has worked as a dance teacher at Dalhousie Public School, run by Dr (Capt.) G.S. Dhillon. She has channelled her passion for working with children into an honours diploma in early childhood education from George Brown College, Toronto, Canada. A victim of domestic violence in her marriage, she is a strong advocate for mental health. Coming from an artistic family background, she uses Kathak, Latin dance and writing to cope with, learn from, and reflect on life and its vagaries.

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Therapeutic Dance Movement: A Fusion of Cultures – North Yorth Arts – TO Live + Workman Arts Organization

Creative Minds – Therapeutic Dance Movement
Through the means of Cultural Dance Movement and Therapy, (Indian and Latin styles), dance therapy will be explored for the purpose and joy of pursuing a hobby as opposed to merely replicating choreography.

Join Ishaa during this 6 week program divided into 3 parts to explore various dance styles and increase in difficulty to challenge your growth.

Session 1 & 2: Explore Latin Dance rhythms in a ‘Zumba’ style to explore beats. Dance styles will include: Salsa, Bachata, Flamenco.
Session 3 & 4: Explore Folk Dances of India such as the North Indian Bhangra (From the state of Punjab), Ghoomar (Rajasthan), and Gujarati folk music. We will be utilizing a combination of Bollywood and Pop Music for the classes.
Session 5 & 6: Experience a short introduction of the Indian Classical dance form of Kathak focusing primarily on swift pivots or ‘Chakkars’, footwork or ‘Taatkaar’, and various ways of using numbers and division in aspects such as “Ginti” or ‘counting’.

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Find Order in Disorder- Book Cover

Ishaa Vinod Chopra battled bipolar disorder for over a decade. She has also been a victim of domestic abuse in her short-lived marriage. Finding Order in Disorder is a stunning memoir of her experiences battling enormous odds and emerging triumphant. In lucid, simple prose the author addresses what it is like to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, how it affects interpersonal relationships, and how societal norms influence our understanding of and responses to mental health issues. She also narrates how these traumatic and life- altering experiences have helped her gain insights into life and empowered her to the extent that along with being an early childhood educator, she is now an active campaigner for mental health. With wisdom stemming from first-hand experience, she provides a haunting account of repeated hospitalizations, heavy medication, heartbreak, and discrimination based on diagnosis, while advocating the importance of art therapy, dance, yoga and self-love to cope with mental health issues. Brutally honest and often piercing in its observations, this is a memoir that is both heart-wrenching and inspirational.

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