10 reasons to start dancing more

1. Dance give you a good rhythm to your heart.

Dance regularly increases heart rate and, eventually, also the volume of the heart, and blood flow, and makes it more efficient. Also improves lung capacity, regardless of age dancer. For this reason it is so recommended in older people with shallow breathing.

2. You are aware of your body and take care of your posture

Whatever the type of dance you choose, into the proper position at all times makes you aware of your position and the muscle groups you exercise. And this translate to your daily life and, almost without realising it, you maintain a good healthy posture you avoid back pain and injury. Oh, and you get tired less.

3. gain strength, endurance and speed

All this happens thanks to maintain a posture ('stretch'), you move and exercise your muscles for a while and a rhythm that varies in intensity. These three qualities will work whenever you move to the rhythm of music but especially if you go for more rapid and intense dances, like salsa ...

4. You increase your ability to move

And your flexibility, so it is highly recommended for people with stiffness practice. In fact, a study by the University of Washington studied the benefits of dancing tango assiduously in Parkinson patients. The investigation found an improvement in range of motion and balance of patients.

5. You burn calories almost without realising it

Dancing helps eliminate fat and, consequently, to maintain your weight. Ballroom dances such as samba, tango or cha help burn 210 to 260 calories per hour. We may burn up to 500 calories more intense as the Zumba dance or swing.

6. For help to think and solve problems

So says the psychologist and dancer, Peter Lovatt, whose investigations have shown that improvised dance helps solve problems with multiple solutions (divergent thinking). A structured, however, dancing strengthens your convergent thinking, ie, which requires finding one correct answer.

7. And slows the ageing of your brain

Even more than crossword puzzles regularly. That's what Joe Verghese, a neurologist at Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York says. According Verghese, remember steps continually reinforces the neural wiring and can reduce by 76% the risk of dementia (compared to 47% of crossword puzzles).

8. I benefits at any stage of your life

At menopause, with the loss of collagen, we can suffer joint pains and lack of flexibility.Therefore, at this time we need more than ever to maintain muscle strength holding joints, exercise elasticity.

9. Draw a smile on your face

It is almost impossible to dance without smiling. And that move to the beat of the music increases the production of endorphins, neurotransmitters related to welfare.Companionship and complicity that is created in the class helps overcome situations of sadness or mental vulnerability.

10. And feed your sociability and self-esteem

The same endorphins that elevate your mood help you feel comfortable with your body.It's not about right or wrong but dance to express yourself from the inside out, from the emotion that causes the music. Sharing this experience also makes it deeper and helps you to expand your circle of friends.

To taste, dances, WHERE YOU CHOOSE

You set the pace according to your needs and ability. We explain some of the possibilities ...

Belly dancing. Connect to your femininity, increase your self-esteem and strengthens the pelvic floor. Abdominal work improves the digestive process and relieves menstrual cramps. The movement of the hips active perineum and helps treat urinary leakage. 

Zumba. This dance aerobics mix choreographies with the rhythm of lively music helps you gain strength, flexibility and lose weight. Especially tones the buttocks and limbs.

The swing . For the nostalgic is the option to practice the pace of fashion in New York the crack of 29. You will work endurance and coordination, you gain flexibility, especially in the lower limbs and, sure, you'll have fun with their lively music.