Take a dance class and exercise body and mind
Step into 2018 with dance classes to keep you fit and healthy this new year.
It could be your New Year resolution to get fit and dance is a great way to just that.
With the popularity of Strictly Come Dancing more and more people of all ages are taking up dance.
Dancing is great fun. It is an excellent way to improve your strength, coordination and stamina.
It is also cardiovascular exercise – dance regularly and it will help to keep your heart fit.
And for young people there are the obvious health benefits of studying dance; reduced obesity, a fun source of exercise, healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and helping to maintain a balanced lifestyle.
There is clinically significant evidence that children who participate actively in the performing arts spend less time sitting in front of a computer screen playing games, and therefore are at less of a risk of developing health problems.
Children who spend more than two hours a day on screen- related pastimes are at a high risk of developing health issues, such as obesity.
While dance is a good source of fun exercise for young children, it is also a creative outlet.
Fun exercise is important, but the opportunity to release creativity is as important as exercising and maintaining a balanced diet in the development of healthy children, because of the life skills that they will learn.
Dancing can make a person feel physically refreshed and improve their mood, tackling serious issues including anxiety and depression, and not just in adults.
Group dancing is a tool to release daily stress, a distraction from everyday worries, and an outlet for imagination and emotion.
There are many physical benefits of partaking in dance classes as a child.
Through dance, children develop a greater range of movement while developing the ability to work within different spaces.
They also learn to interpret the effect their movement has on the world around them. Dancing also improves a child’s coordination, especially at a time when they are rapidly developing in an ever- changing and evolving environment.
Good coordination is vital in developing skills learned in other parts of life, such as learning to ride a bike and learning how to multi- task.
So if getting fit through dance is your goal this year, have a quick look around at all the classes that are available locally and have great fun whatever you do.
S o read on to find out what dance classes are on around Ayrshire for you to try out.