1. Take That First Dance Step to a Better Life
Seniors who take dance lessons are improving their quality of life. The dance lessons help seniors increase their stamina and become more flexible. Participating in dance lessons helps sharpen the mind of a senior as they're learning new things, taking a new experience in life. The dance lessons bring back a renewed interest to their everyday life.
2. Twist and Shout On the Senior Dance Floor
Senior dancers are hitting the dance floor in all realms of dance. Most popular types of dance for seniors are ballroom dancing, tap dancing and square dancing. Ballroom dancing may bring back a memory from the past that makes it enjoyable and sentimental. Tap dancing is their chance to stomp it out on the dance floor, while improving their coordination and balance. Square dancing is a dance type that engages the seniors as couples working with a group. Many seniors belong to square-dance clubs that travel to dance conventions where they meet and dance with other seniors enjoying life.
3. Do-Si-Do to Heart Benefits
Dancing is a great way for seniors to get more cardiovascular exercise in their lives. The movement of the dances improves their circulation, lowers blood pressure, reduces stress and eases tension. In addition, dancing helps seniors become heart healthy.
4. Dancing Seniors Have Stronger Bones
Exercises many seniors do involve walking or riding a stationary bike. While that's great, dance lessons give more variety to their exercise plan with side-stepping movements, turns, low kicks and heel- and toe-touches and lift-backs. These added movements burn more calories per the same amount of time than walking. In addition, the dance lessons help seniors develop better posture and build strength and muscle mass that helps prevent osteoporosis. When their bones are strong, there is less likelihood of a fracture or broken bone in a fall. This could save a senior many months of recuperation should they fall.
5. Say Yes to Senior Dance, Yes to Life
Seniors who take dance lessons may originally do it for the health benefits, but what really happens is that they discover they are having fun. They are up, moving, socializing and engaging in life. Seniors who take dance lessons are less likely to be depressed. The dance lessons help many seniors develop a more positive self-esteem and a more positive outlook on life.
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