Wellness During the Arizona Summer Months

There are lots of ways that the Arizona summer can start to bring people down. Feeling overwhelmed by heat and the energy that it takes to do anything, one of the first things to fall away is the energy that a social life requires. While staying inside and making a date with the air conditioner sounds like the best plan possible, cutting out meaningful social contact not only attributes to feelings of isolation, it can increase symptoms of depression and decrease production of naturally occurring hormones that lead to feelings of fulfillment and happiness. Wellness means taking care of your whole person, which can be difficult in a place that is constrictive to physical activities, so identifying local places to make sure you can stay connected is important in terms of preparation. 

Ballroom dancing, like Salsa dancing or learning to Swing dance, is a great social activity that allows you to express yourself and connect with other people at the same time, both an integral part of whole person wellness. I’m not talking about dancing in the shower, or mimicking Derek’s choreography from last night’s "Dancing With The Stars" episode, though both are very fun options, but actual social dancing. 

Never heard of social dancing before? Well let me introduce you to Dance FX Studios in Mesa, Arizona. We teach, and believe in, the power of dancing as real people. We help thousands of couples and singles every year learn to re-connect to themselves and each other through social dance. Social dancing often looks like going out to a Country bar and watching people spin across the floor or visiting a Mexican restaurant that doubles as a bar and dance floor at night. These types of locations are abundant in Arizona and events typically take place after dark, meaning you can pocket that sunscreen cash and enjoy an air conditioned activity outside of the UV torture of our lovely home state!

The great part about dance is that it is also about learning to connect with who you are and how you want to see yourself. Dance allows your the creative freedom as a leader to be the person on the dance floor that you want to project into the rest of your life. The funny thing about it is that once you have found that confidence and happiness here, there is no way you will want to scale the dance version of yourself down in any aspect of life. As a trained follower, there is bliss in being able to get onto the dance floor and literally think about nothing. So often in life we are trying to control what we can that we forget to allow ourselves space to be in control of nothing. While this may sound like a hard concept to master, Dance FX Studios is here to help. We understand the importance of both confidence and relaxation in a person's life and as a part on their path to total wellness. We believe that dance can benefit everyone in this way and play into making your life a more complete whole just by allowing you the opportunity to be completely in touch with your own mind, body and spirit. Our 50 minute private dance lessons are a great way to accomplish this piece of wellness 3 or 4 times a week, while giving you the social interaction and physical activity that you need to stay cool and collected in a summer with the Arizona heat and a hobby to use for a lifetime.

Wellness is about learning who you are, connecting with that person and maintaining happiness throughout life. If you are struggling with some summertime sadness or looking for a place to express yourself without judgement, conditions or time limits, then swing by our studio. We’d love to show you around, introduce you to our fabulous instructors and help you start your journey into your summer of fun and a life of joy and wellness. Once we can show you how comfortable you really can be in your dancing shoes, it will be easy to start hitting up the town as a couple revived or a solo renewed in themselves looking for fun, friends and memories either way.