The Health Benefits of Music & Dance!

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Music has a positive effect on your ability to memorize. Mayo Clinic points out that while music doesn’t reverse the memory loss experienced by people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, music has been found to slow cognitive decline.

https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-music#cognitive-benefits

Music literally changes the brain. Neurological researchers have found that listening to music triggers the release of several neurochemicals that play a role in brain function and mental health:

• dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure and “reward” centers
• stress hormones like cortisol
• serotonin and other hormones related to immunity
• oxytocin, a chemical that fosters the ability to connect to others

https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-music#cognitive-benefits

Music can make you want to move — and the benefits of dancing are well documented. Scientists also know that listening to music can alter your breath rate, your heart rate, and your blood pressure, depending on the music’s intensity and tempo.

https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-music#physical-benefits

Dancing can be a way to stay fit for people of all ages, shapes and sizes. It has a wide range of physical and mental benefits including:

• improved condition of your heart and lungs
• increased muscular strength, endurance and motor fitness
• increased aerobic fitness
• improved muscle tone and strength
• weight management
• stronger bones and reduced risk of osteoporosis
• better coordination, agility and flexibility
• improved balance and spatial awareness
• increased physical confidence
• improved mental functioning
• improved general and psychological wellbeing
• greater self-confidence and self-esteem
• better social skills

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/dance-health-benefits#

Other studies show that dance helps reduce stress, increases levels of the feel-good hormone serotonin, and helps develop new neural connections, especially in regions involved in executive function, long-term memory, and spatial recognition.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news-events/publications-archive/brain/dancing-brain#:~:text=Other%20studies%20show%20that%20dance,term%20memory%2C%20and%20spatial%20recognition.

“Dancers are the athletes of God.” 

― Albert Einstein

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3820-dancers-are-the-athletes-of-god#:~:text=Quote%20by%20Albert%20Einstein%20%3A%20“Dancers,are%20the%20athletes%20of%20God.”