Dance, the eternal stress reliever

Ever wondered how dancers across the world glow so daringly at any given time in their lives? I’ll tell you why!Amidst the mundane chores that women have to accomplish, it’s easier to get bogged down by stress related diseases, which may be as simple as a common cold and yet be as dangerous as a Heart attack! This is perhaps one reason why most women live long! I don’t make sense do I? I’ll explain. It has been observed that women cling on to their duties and responsibilities in life. Of course many of us who don’t accept them initially, may actually be driven to accept them, thanks to the various truckloads of obligations that we have to take care of, in this life of ours. The resultant is stress, and lots of it!

There are many who succumb to eating disorders, some hit the bottle and still others rely on drugs. It’s unfortunate to see this happening to women, as they are the sole flag holders of the beginning of life so to speak. Another optimistic lot of them; succumb to exercise. Although there are many healthy forms of getting rid of stress if you really want to, my best bet on absolute redemption is ‘Dance!’

Advantages of Dancing

There are many who believe that marriage is a means to an end. In fact if you live by the way I would look at it, I should think that marriage or no marriage, a woman’s life is never free of turmoil, so why should she take things so seriously… There is no beginning, so there certainly has to be no end either. Dance is known to be one of the best forms of exercise. There are many cultures that promote dance as an anti-stressful form of keeping fit. There are others who agree that being an exercise that includes, both stretching and cardio, dance is perhaps the only exercise that is acceptable to all age groups; young and old alike.

‘There is a dancing bone in every body’, so said a prolific philosopher, and moreover, dancing is known to be the reason for a number of beneficial effects. After a good bout of dance, the release of endorphins is immense. It gives you a certain ‘high’, almost 56 per cent higher than marijuana, with anti-ageing factors, which reduce the occurrence of wrinkles to almost 63 per cent. This is so, as more often than not, if you are dancing to your favourite tune, which happens most of the time, you tend to grin and smile a lot more than you ordinarily would. According to research, babies smile more than a hundred and forty six times in a day as compared to adults who barely smile not more than four times in a day.

Because of the feeling of well being, dance also brings an excellent glow to the skin, no other tonic, moisturizer could ever be replaced with. It makes women physically occupied, as they are known to be the emotional type. Why do I say that? Well, for starters, women are more emotionally bound than men are to their respective spouses. More often than not, men tend to take things in a lighter spirit faster than women. So the more physically occupied they are without their sub conscience mind knowing it, the better it is for them and the better they think. I am not justifying anything but this is generally the case with most women. Of course we have exceptions in this world and it is also true that dancing makes anyone feel on top of the world.

An excellent cardio, dancing also finds its way in many of its forms, aerobics, calisthenics, in fact, fusion dances are all forms of the same dance that is meshed with a high dosage of exercise thrown in. For a long time, women, read as obese women did not feel the need to get to the gym, fetch themselves a trainer or even the exercise gear that they would ultimately wear as it was quite an ordeal hunting for one. Wit Dance, you could dance in the privacy of your own home, to your kind of music, and feel the exhilarating feeling that is associated with it. Worth trying, I’ll say!
By Prerna Salla