Dancing and Health: How Getting Down Gets Your Mood Up

It's no secret that exercise can make you feel better. Exercise, especially aerobic exercise, gets your blood pumping to engage your muscles and improve your overall physical ability. However, aerobic exercise can do wonders not just for your physical health but mental health, too.

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America says that even just five minutes of aerobic exercise every day can help to reduce anxiety, improve mood, give you better sleep, and even help with your self-esteem. This is largely the result of the increased serotonin and endorphins released during exercise. These two chemicals are known as neurotransmitters and are responsible for, to put it simply, sending the happy feelings into your brain.

While any aerobic exercise can have this kind of effect on you, dance is one of the best aerobic exercises you have at your disposal for improving both your physical and mental health. Not only can you dance at varying intensities, you're also learning a valuable talent that can aid you later in life. There's also the social aspect of dance that shouldn't be overlooked as meeting others on the dance floor can forge new relationships and give you valuable interaction with others that's also capable of boosting your mood.

But what if you don't know how to dance? That's not a problem. For that, just head on down to Quick Quick Slow Ballroom Dance Studio and book a class. We have classes for tons of dance styles ranging from waltz to salsa and everything in between. You're sure to find something that strikes your fancy with a class structure and level of intensity that's just right for you. While it might seem like a challenge to work up the confidence to enroll if you aren't in the best frame of mind, know that we're committed to making the experience of dance as fun and inviting as possible for you and everyone else.