You may not realize it but
dance is a great way to keep your body and mind healthy. Among the many
benefits dance can help you lose weight, increase flexibility, reduce stress, and
make friends. Read on as we’ll look into some of the amazing health benefits of
dance. I promise you, after reading this, you would want to start dancing right
away!.
Some of the multiple
physical and mental benefits of dance are:
- Boosts your memory: Dance boosts your memory and reduces the probability of developing dementia later on. Science has revealed that dance reverses the volume loss of the part of the brain that controls the memory (Hippocampus).
- Flexibility: Dance helps you to increase your body flexibility, ease joint pain and post exercise soreness.
- Stress relief: Dancing with a partner to the rhythm of music can help you to lower stress levels.
- Reduces depression: Dancing helps you to produce natural antidepressants (endorphins) while you are having fun.
- Helps your heart: Dance helps people with cardiovascular disease to improve their heart health, breathing, and their quality of life.
- Body weight: Dance training is a fun option to lose weight while increasing your aerobic power.
- Muscle tone: Dance requires fast pace movements involving difficult postures and muscle resistance.
- Posture: Dancing requires a good posture and helps you to develop a better control of your body balance.
- Energy levels: A weekly dance program can improve your physical performance and increase your activity levels.
- Make new friends: Dancing helps you to make new friends and become more socially engaged, which leads to increased happiness, reduce stress and a stronger immune system.
Whether it is ballet or
ballroom, clogging or jazz, dance is great for helping people of all ages and
physical abilities to exercise while having fun. So if you are
tired of the treadmill and looking for a fun way to stay fit and healthy, it
might be time to kick up your heels!.
Thanks for reading and
stay tuned for my next weekly blog,
Sources: Knight, M.
(ND). 9 Health Benefits of Dance. Retrieved:
May 7, 2015. From: http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-pictures/health-benefits-of-dance.aspx
Ladock, J. (ND). Health Benefits of Dance. Retrieved: May
7, 2015. From: http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/10409/1/Health-Benefits-of-Dance.html
Very interesting! I enjoy dancing as well. I am a novice in the dance world, but its something incredibly fun about expressing yourself through dance. Its truly a liberating feeling to just move your body and laugh while doing it! Great blog post!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shante White!!!, I'm glad that you found it enjoyable and interesting. I've been enjoying myself through dance for many years and now even more with the knowledge of all its health benefits. Have a great day!!!
DeleteVery interesting!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mrs. Erin Rawlings!!!. I'm glad that you found my blog post interesting. It was educational and informative to get to know all the health benefits of dance. Now I will enjoy dance even more.Have a great day!!!
DeleteI love to dance your blog inspires me
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the compliments Brandankaye!!!. It's an honor that you feel inspired by my blog. Hope it continues that way!!!.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post! I can tell that you are really passionate about dancing. Your post shows that there are more ways to stay in shape than just going to the gym or running. My fiancé loves to ballroom. Seeing all the benefits of dancing in this post, makes me really excited that I will be having a permanent dance partner!!
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ReplyDeleteI agree there are so many health benefits of dancing, I used to do Zumba 4 times a week and I always felt so energized after one of my sessions, plus its fun and doesn't feel like you are working out!
I love this post! I danced when I was younger and stopped several years later. However, I recently have been introduced to Xtend Barre and I am disappointed that I have not heard about it sooner!
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