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Ellsworth Zumba demo. Dancing can be a way to stay fit for people of all ages, shapes and sizes, having a wide range of physical, and mental benefits including improved condition of the 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 ...
Dance/movement therapy (DMT) in USA [1] and Australia [2] or dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) in the UK [3] is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance to support intellectual, emotional, and motor functions of the body. [4] As a modality of the creative arts therapies, DMT looks at the correlation between movement and emotion. [5]
The tradition of mindful cognitive learning has been an important part of Buddhist and Taoist practices and tradition for thousands of years in East Asia, it is an important component of Traditional Chinese medicine and used extensively in Daoyin, Taiqi, Qigong and Wuxing heqidao as a therapy based on traditional intersectional medicine for prevention and treatment of mind and body disease ...
Research suggests mindfulness training improves focus, attention, and ability to work under stress. [51] [52] [53] Mindfulness may also have potential benefits for cardiovascular health. [54] [55] [56] The effectiveness of MBSR in treating psychological disorders, particularly anxiety and depression, has been supported by recent meta-analytic ...
Clinical studies have documented both physical- and mental-health benefits of mindfulness in different patient categories as well as in healthy adults and children. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Studies have shown a positive relationship between trait mindfulness (which can be cultivated through the practice of mindfulness-based interventions) and ...
Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a "state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and can contribute to his or her community". [1]
Electroencephalography has been used for meditation research.. The psychological and physiological effects of meditation have been studied. In recent years, studies of meditation have increasingly involved the use of modern instruments, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography, which are able to observe brain physiology and neural activity in living subjects ...
Dance increases connectedness among students and between students and teachers in the classroom. [17] In schools students can enhance bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, reorganize neural pathways to improve learning, and express knowledge through dance. [16] Dance helps students to develop a sense of self as an emotional and social being.