My occasional pictures, thoughts and quotes about dancing, stretching and keeping healthy—written from the Breton Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, of which I am the Honorary Secretary.
This blog is a supplement to the monthly Dancing Hippos Newsletter. Hippos dance too, but only in my hilarious newsletter.
As the music fills your brain and flows through your being, your whole body fuses in coordinated physical movement and relaxed spiritual pleasure. Concentrating on dance formations brings the brain’s memory functions into harmony with arms, legs and feet, with the posture of the shoulders and the muscles of the back and the stomach. We do not dance in a slouch with rounded shoulders and soggy sinews. Good posture builds strength throughout the body; dance builds memory in the brain.
Read MoreSTRETCHING is good for keeping healthy during 2023!
Having good balance and coordination are important goals for all of us to strive for. Stretching helps us keep good balance, and so does Scottish dancing. Dancers are healthier, better coordinated and better-balanced human beings.
Dancing and stretching will keep you Fit and Healthy during 2023!
Read MoreCrosswords are fine; Yoga is good for you; but research shows that DANCING is most successfully in stimulating the mind and the body, balance, memory and focus.
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