DANCE YOUR WAY INTO HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS!
The benefits of private Ballroom dance lessons are easy to realize. Fun, exercise, and meeting people are natural outcomes of social dancing. Dancing opens doors at social events and private functions.
People of all ages can learn Ballroom or Latin dances. Students from 10 to 90 have learned Ballroom and Latin dancing at Brian Oakes Ballroom & Latin Lessons Naples FL. Brian Oakes Ballroom & Latin Lessons Naples FL offers a fun comfortable learning environment. Many students have reported weight loss, increased flexibility, enhanced strength, better posture, increased self-confidence, lowered blood pressure, increased energy and endurance, and a more positive mood!
Ballroom Dance Benefits
One of the great benefits of learning to dance at Brian Oakes Ballroom & Latin Lessons Naples FL is that your dancing will last a lifetime. It is always yours to continue and enjoy.
BURN FAT AND LOSE WEIGHT
Burn Fat / Lose Weight / Increase Metabolism. Ballroom dancing is a low-impact aerobic activity that burns fat and can boost your metabolism. In just thirty minutes of dance, you can burn between 200-400 calories – that’s roughly the same amount as running or cycling! Burning an extra 300 calories a day can help you lose between ½-1 pound a week (and THAT can add up quickly). In fact, a study in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology found that dance as exercise is just as effective for weight loss as cycling and jogging. Dance training is also an excellent form of maintenance exercise, to stay healthy and toned once you’ve reached your goal weight. And since ballroom dance is so much fun, you’re getting these benefits without feeling like you’re working out!
KEEPING YOU PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY YOUNG
One of the biggest benefits from a health standpoint that dancing provides is keeping you young. The more you dance, the more you are going to feel young from a mental and physical standpoint. You are going to feel more likely even when you are not dancing.
When you dance, you are exerting yourself in terms of using your muscles. Our breathing rates are also going to be increasing. This allows you to get into a cardio zone similar to if you were out cycling, swimming, or just running on a treadmill. This type of cardiovascular work can do wonders for your heat and your lung capacity. It can also give you great strength.
MAKE FRIENDS
A dance class is the perfect setting to make new friends and branch out socially. Maintaining positive relationships may just rank up there with healthy eating and exercise. Being socially engaged leads to increased happiness, reduced stress, and a stronger immune system.
HELPS YOUR HEART
Dance is a great activity for those at risk for cardiovascular disease. People with heart failure who took up waltzing improved their heart health, breathing, and quality of life significantly compared to those who biked or walked on a treadmill for exercise, noted an Italian study.
DANCING MAKES YOU SMARTER!
Dancing has been proven to make you smarter and healthier.
People who dance often are likely to have higher self-esteem and a more positive outlook on life.
Couples who dance together tend to have stronger and longer lasting relationships.
People who move together (such as dancing or walking) will automatically strengthen their bond with each other.
Studies have shown that dancing has been known to improve relationships. It can strengthen a couple’s bond and relieve emotional tension.
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Health Benefits of dancing
Dancing can be a way to stay fit for people of all ages, shapes and sizes. It has a wide range of physical and mental benefits including:
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Ballroom dance can decrease blood pressure and cholesterol, improve cardiovascular health, strengthen weight-bearing bones, help prevent or slow bone loss related to osteoporosis, lower the risks of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, and promote increased lung capacity. It can help speed up recovery after orthopedic surgery since it’s a lower impact exercise than jogging or biking. The posture and fast movements required in ballroom dance help enhance balance and stability, especially among older people (which can help prevent falls and stumbles). Ballroom dance can even help sharpen your intellectual and mental abilities. A New England Journal of Medicine report looked at adults for 21 years, and found that dance was one of the only activities that improved both cardiovascular fitness and reduced the risk of cognitive impairments like dementia. To reap the full body-conditioning benefits of ballroom dance, dance for at least 30 minutes, four days a week.
MENTAL HEALTH
Research has found that ballroom dancing improves mental acuity throughout a dancer’s life – and that there are also substantial benefits to those who start ballroom dance as adults. Ballroom dancing can help enhance memory, alertness, awareness, focus, and concentration. It can prevent the onset of dementia and significantly improve spatial memory in elderly patients. Participating in an activity like ballroom dance helps create more intricate neural pathways, which can ward off weakening synapses that often come with old age. Among younger dancers, the results can also be significant. Swedish researchers studying teenaged girls with stress, anxiety and depression saw a decrease in anxiety and stress levels among those who took up partner dancing. They also saw marked improvement in mental health and patients reported being happier than those who did not participate in dancing. Partner dancing can also decrease loneliness among all age groups, because it’s a goal-oriented social activity that brings like-minded people together.
STRESS & DEPRESSION
In today’s fast-paced world, we sometimes forget to take a moment for ourselves. Dance lessons provide an enjoyable escape from your normal daily routine, plus a chance to relax, relieve stress, and concentrate just on yourself. Our students often tell us that even if they’re “not feeling it” when they arrive for a lesson, once they stretch and start dancing, they’re able to forget about the day’s triggers, simply b-r-e-a-t-h-e and let the dance take over. There’s also a growing body of evidence to indicate that dancing has a positive effect on the treatment and prevention of depression.
SOCIAL FUN & FRIENDSHIP
One of the best aspects of ballroom dancing is its ability to bring people together. Ballroom dance lessons offer you a great opportunity to expand your social circle, build connections and engage with people in a low-pressure environment, where there are no expectations. It’s perfect for younger singles who want to step up their dating game, couples looking to reconnect, and for adults interested in discovering something new and inspiring, just for them. Learning to dance does take focus and dedication, but you will be surrounded and encouraged by artistic, positive and cheerful people who make learning enjoyable and rewarding. In group lessons, weekly practice parties, regional and national competitions and studio events and outings, you’ll meet a melting pot of people of all ages, with varied cultural and occupational backgrounds. And the best part? Since they all share your passion for dance, these meetings often transition into lasting friendships.
So why not try it out? Come alone or with your dance partner. Learn something new, make new friends, and reap numerous health and social benefits! Join Allstar Dance Studio for new beginnings… through the world of dance with our easy to learn teaching methods!