Dance: A fun way to keep your physical and mental health in check

If we start talking about Physical fitness and mental health people generally think of hitting the gym or taking that breathing class. The truth is Gym is not for everyone and not everyone can or likes to sit still and do pranayama. To eliminate this barrier to fitness both mentally and physically, dance plays a vital role.?

But how does dancing to a song or a rhythm helps beat stress and anxiety and strengths your body?

Dancing can be categorized as Choreographed Dance, Synchronized Dance, and Dance therapy.?

There are numerous benefits of dancing. Even if it is done in the bathroom or dancing to the song on the radio or whatever

The Mental Benefits of dancing:??

You may have experienced this, Your favorite song plays on the radio and you started moving your body in sync with the music. At the moment you may have noticed that you dropped all your stress and anxiety and other mental issues you had. This is what a simple dance does to you.?

Dancing with a group also helps you build social skills and improves self-esteem and confidence. A study based in Brazil showed that people who sync with each other while dancing are falling in love and it also helps people become more compassionate. It also helps the body to segregate happy hormones called endorphins

Here are a few mental health benefits of dancing:?

1. Keeps mind sharp
2. Improves self-esteem?
3. Involves social skills
4. Increase endorphins
5. Easy to bond with others
6. Improves your mood

?Physical benefits? of Dancing:

Even though there are numerous mental health benefits of dancing there is also a difference in physical health when dancing regularly. Dancing is fun but we cannot term it as easy. It gets tougher with complicated moves and fewer breaks make it even tougher but fun at the same time.?

Let's see some physical benefits of dancing:

1. Improves muscle tone
2. Increases muscle strength
3. Raises heart rate
4. Improves lungs
5. Increases circulation
6. Lowers risk of cardiovascular disease
7. Boosts aerobic fitness
8. Improves posture
9. Makes stronger bones

?There are many researches that show dancing is more than moving the body. If you dont like hitting the gym and lifting weights or running a mile, Dancing is a go-to form of exercise.?

There are many dance classes across the city for you but finding it is the real task. To make this real simple for you we have made the Sporfy app just for you to find the right dance classes near you. Now you don't have to travel across the city. So stop making excuses for not taking charge of your health. Install the app today and Dance your way towards a healthy lifestyle.

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