Swing into Action: Benefits of Modern Swing Dancing!

Start your week swinging! And I don’t mean punching the lights out of your co-worker. What’s better than kicking off the beginning of a long week by learning how to swing dance? Learning to do something new is fun and exciting, and dancing is a great form of workout and an energy and mood enhancer.

Unleash Your Inner Dancer: Modern Swing Workshop on August 29th!

Lacey Powell Fitness and Dance is holding a Modern Swing Workshop on Tuesday, August 29th, entitled Modern Swing / West Coast Swing Musicality & Styling Workshop at Fonzie’s Dance City. The swinging fun begins at 7 pm at 5866 Everhart Road (Market Plaza on Holly and Everhart). Look for the Quilt Cottage sign next to Quasar’s.

Ageless Learning: Swing Dancing for Body and Mind!

It’s never too late to learn how to swing what your mother gave you! Learning something new, such as how to dance, keeps your mind and body active. Learning something new gives you a sense of accomplishment at any age. Moreover, research shows that dancing can maintain and even boost your ability to think as you age. The fancy footwork helps keep your mind aligned with your limbs to the beat of a song. When learning the steps to a dance, your mind works in conjunction with your body to keep the body in motion. It helps with coordination, rhythm, and posture, thus resulting in strengthening not only your mind but also your core.

Dance Your Way to Fitness: The Total Body Workout!

Along with a stronger core, dancing is an overall body workout. Compared to a sedentary lifestyle, dancing gets you up and in motion. Some say dancing is one of the best and most enjoyable forms of working out and losing weight. The constant movement helps to stretch your muscles and burn calories, thus leading to weight loss. Dance-based cardio helps to tone and sculpt your entire body and create long, lean muscle. Bodies can be completely transformed just by dancing. This is proven time and time again by “reality” stars who appear in such competitions as “Dancing with the Stars.” The long and choreographed dance sessions are known to kick-start their fitness regime and new body shape. By the end of the season, they are sporting a brand new body!

Express, Energize, Elevate: Swing Dance for Joy and Unity!

Dance like nobody is watching! Dancing allows you to express yourself through body movement, releasing endorphins, adrenaline, and dopamine.  This immediately changes your mood and energy. Plus, the interaction with your partner helps to give you a support system, along with the other dancers, to have fun and learn together. These face-to-face social interactions help bring unity and interactivity to a world where human touch is almost nonexistent. Dancing makes you more likely to progress on your goals and lowers stress. So dancing doesn’t just make you feel great in the moment. It sets you up to be a better version of yourself.” It’s a confidence booster and provides an enhanced sense of accomplishment.

Dance with Confidence: Where Fun Meets Self-Assuredness!

When it comes to dance, it’s mind over matter. The tricky and intricate moves may seem almost impossible, but the immense fun, mental clarity, and re-shaped body will make you dance like EVERYONE is watching!

Dance Like Everyone’s Watching: Embrace the Spotlight!

So, throw on those blue suede shoes and head to 5866 Everhart Road (Market Plaza on Holly and Everhart) at 7 pm for a Modern Swing Workshop on Tuesday August 29th.

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