Why you should start dancing today?

Dancing is a great activity for all age groups that help people to stay flexible, reduce stress, lose weight, make friends and more.  The benefits of dancing with music can make you happier, smarter and healthier and is a great way to keep your body and mind healthy. Dancing improves brain functions and is a very intensive cardio workout for body. So get off the couch and dance yourselves.

Dance creates a connection between mind and body which leads to lots of health benefits. Dance therapy is now becoming a popular treatment for depression and cancer patients to improve their mental and emotional health. Dance is one of the most interesting methods to reduce stress.

The most important physical benefit obtained from dancing is flexibility. Dancers have motion in all muscles. Improved strength of muscles can prevent muscle injuries. It can also increase the strength and density of bones. The physical activity of dancing increases metabolism and helps to burn out the unwanted calories.

Dancing is a form of exercise that releases endorphin, which helps to get rid of stress and anxiety and that makes us happy. It helps to maintain an emotional wellbeing by making us feel free to express the innermost emotions through dance. Remembering and performing different dance steps helps to improve memory power and strength of nervous systems.

Major health benefits of dancing:

·        Dancing can burn out the excess calories from our body. Half hour of sustained dancing can burn out between 200 to 400 calories.

·        It is an intensive cardio workout for body which can lead to a normal heart rate, lower blood pressure and a normal cholesterol rate.

·        Dance movements strengthen bones and muscles and prevents from loss of bone density (osteoporosis).

·        It contains a social component that gives an opportunity to develop strong social relationships that helps to create a positive outlook.

·        Going to dance classes can introduce regular exercise into the weekly schedule.

·        By practicing various dance movements which involve balancing on one foot, going onto tip-toes, holding or switching positions improves the overall body-balancing capacity.

·        Dancing is also a fantastic way to improve the mood of a person.

If you are afraid that you’re short on time, you can do your own thing just by turning on some music and dancing around in your living room. The coolest dance begins with the one step. So shake a leg and start dancing, you might not want to stop.