Our mission is to inspire and empower our future generations.
Heartshine is dedicated to addressing the impact of lived traumatic experience on children and young people through offering complimentary creative arts programmes (including dance, music, art and drama) and mindfulness based teaching resources (including meditation, yoga & breathwork).
We engage skilled and empathetic practitioners in each of these core areas whose services are then extended to carefully chosen partners from community based NGO’s that align with our values and who share our mission.
About Heartshine
We believe that creative expression, inner resourcing and self care practices are superpowers that allow individuals to express themselves and to find meaning and balance in a safe and unintimidating way.
Our unique training empowers young community members to understand the harmful effects of violence and trauma. Through their journey with Heartshine, they not only experience the positive impact of creative arts and mindfulness practices but also learn how to support and work with children facing similar challenges.
Programmes
Our champions lead practical sessions with partner NGOs, where groups of vulnerable children engage in creative arts and learn mindfulness techniques to support their mental, emotional, and overall well-being.
We also facilitate training sessions with ECD forums to raise awareness about the effects of trauma in classrooms and provide a creative arts curriculum that enhances childhood development.
Our children need all the help the can get to unlock their potential.
South African youth, on average, experience 8 ‘highly traumatic’ life events per year versus 4.8 in the entire lifetime of a Western child (USA/UK)*
* Source: Waves for Change
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
ACEs can have a tremendous impact on future violence, victimisation and perpetration, and life long health and opportunity.
