Dance Your Stress Away!

Day to day life stresses and challenges can leave us all feeling tense and unhappy. Stress, if left unchecked, can cause chemical imbalances in your body. This can lead to serious illness by weakening your immune system. The improved muscle and heart function and increased oxygen levels in your body that come with dancing can atone for these negative effects of stress. Irritability, poor memory, aches and pains, sickness, and sleeping and eating more than usual are just a few symptoms of stress that goes unchecked. Managing your stress is so important for your health every day of the year. Dance FX Studios, one of the best dance studios in Arizona, can help you combat stress! We have great deals on lessons, including our $40 Introductory Offer and private dance lesson packages. 

Dance, whether it is the Country Two Step, the saucy Argentine Tango, or the passionate Bachata, is an excellent form of stress relief for many reasons. It provides an enjoyable level of healthy stimulation that improves your overall well being physically and mentally. Physically, dance is a great form of exercise. It helps muscle coordination and reduces the tension in muscles and glands that our bodies hold onto when we get stressed.  Ballroom dancing also requires you to think about multiple parts of your body and how certain movements and parts of your body feel. This can help you become more in tune with your body physically and be appreciative and aware of what is going on with yourself. Stress can attack your body in various ways, so when you are in tune with yourself, you are better at knowing when you are stressed and what you need to do (or not do) to relax. You can release negative emotions in your lessons and the endorphins released when being physically and mentally active will recharge your mood.  You will be working off extra weight and getting yourself revved up to accomplish what you need to! 

Self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-expression are enhanced through dancing and are all beneficial. Mentally, dance spurs the growth of connections in your brain, since it requires you to constantly think about where your body is and where it needs to be. This improves the coordination of your muscles and how well your brain controls and keeps track of the rest of you. Keeping your stress in check is made easier by this self-awareness as well. Dance is also beneficial emotionally in a few ways. When you let yourself loosen up in a lesson at Dance FX Studios, dance can become a great outlet for the various things you may be feeling every day, both positive and negative. Focusing on your lesson, your partner if you bring one, and the music you are moving to can take your mind off of your responsibilities and stressors, giving you the clarity and energy necessary for tackling it all. The more aware of your body and feelings you become, the better equipped you are to know when stress is taking over.

With our current deals on lessons and classes, now is as great a time as ever to get started on those Big Band Swing lessons and Zumba Fitness classes! We can help you fight off the stresses of a busy life and maintain your positive attitude at Dance FX Studios. Talk to your instructor or call us today at (480) 968-6177!