https://reasonstobecheerful.world/overlooked-health-benefits-dance/
"When musician David Byrne, the founder of
Reasons to be Cheerful, performed
at the sold-out Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles last fall, the entire crowd was on
its feet for almost the entire show. I danced enthusiastically for nearly two
hours straight, feeling a kind of unfiltered joy that’s rare to access in
everyday life.
The experience reminded me that I used to love dance but somehow lost the
habit. The following month I signed up for “Groove Therapy” with a local dance
teacher, Leah Lynn. The youngest in our group is 16, the oldest over 70. Every
Saturday, we play out a verb each of us brings to class — release, gather,
resist, invite — translating abstract intentions into motion. It sounds faintly
ridiculous. It is also, disarmingly, effective. Within minutes, something
shifts. Stress loosens. Then for the next hour, we learn hip hop shuffles and
swing our hips to Kool & the Gang or Beyoncé. I always return home exhausted
and exhilarated.
The dance classes provoked such a profound shift in my mood as well as my body
that I decided to find out if there was more to it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
