sufi rockers have embraced the initiative as have educators and entrepreneurs for 19 year old pampa shifting from jaipur to her hometown in assam was not easy college education and degree hang by a thread and she is under pressure to get married keep her up turned to online dance sessions hosted by a based dr anubhooti bhatnagar founder and creative director neofusion has been encouraging minds to nurture their passion for performing arts without the handicap their talents teenagers have a lot of energy that has to be channelised in the with the lockdown those pent up energies made them agitated and sometimes violent attend our online classes the help consume those and they a creative direction says bhatnagar at the gurugram based danza performing arts swati mohan has been conducting virtual dance since march there is always a discussion a the end of the class about what each of us has discovered most of them tell how eagerly they wait for these sessions because there so much frustration inside mohan says one of my participants who suffering from a health disorder told me the other day how much lighter and positive feels after each session she is sleeping better these feedbacks are heartening to hear the between arts and mental health is well established in the field art therapy but while art can not heal serious mental health a deep engagement with it can to discovery besides drawing sketching or doodling do not require artistic ability only a creative bent of mind when karishma ahuja conducted an art therapy session on zoom she was surprised by the number of people who signed up it ahuja an image and founder of skill development outfit imedge a seven virtual programme intelligence and through art the behind the session was art as a tool for and a coping mechanism to explore your own personality i was elated to see so many people take out their painting tools with childlike enthusiasm says although mentally the pandemic has affected us negatively we encourage our participants to be grateful our activity the gratitude puzzle not only reminds them of the beautiful them also promotes how art help them express their emotions adds according mohan it s all about looking the light in dark times the i follow is finding opportunity in adversity when you begin to on that is when the deep healing happens she