Mime over Mind: Perceived Impacts of a Five Week Workshop Series

This report was prepared for, and in partnership with, Barbara Salsberg Mathews, a former professional mime artist, and a person with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Barbara has developed a program, Mime Over Mind: Retrain the Brain, which teaches the principles and concepts of mime to help improve the quality of life of participants. This project aimed to explore the personal impacts that participants and support personnel experienced during the Mime Over Mind Workshop series. Specifically, it explored the immediate benefits of participation, the ongoing benefits between workshop sessions, and how the program influenced quality of life for participants. The study was carried out in May 2023, however the results of this report are not public to respect the confidentially of the limited amount of participants in the program.