Get Up and Dance!
Along with burning calories and getting physical benefits, dancing helps your mind. Any type of dance helps, but there are different benefits to different kinds of dancing. Free-flowing dancing improved 98% of participants’ mood and increased their confidence and compassion. Choreographed dancing positively affects “wiring and gray matter of the aging brain.” Synchronized dance created and fostered friendships.
According to VeryWellMind, the following are the mental health benefits of dancing, in general:
- Keeps mind sharp
- Improves self-esteem
- Involves social skills
- Increase endorphins
- Easy to bond with others
- Improves your mood
- Lessens loneliness
- Eases depression
- Lowers anxiety
- Decreases rumination
- Helps memory
- May prevent dementia
- Raises pain threshold
- Reduces pain perception
So, the next time you feel like you are in a rut, try moving your body!
