Recently, I've read that dance therapy is good for maintaining a sound health. How far it is true? Are there any benefits derived from dance therapy? Looking forward to your valued opinions and comments.

It's a therapeutic use of movement to improve mental and physical well being of a person. It focuses on the connection between the body and mind to promote health and healing.

Dance therapy is founded on the premise that the body and mind are inter-related entities and the state of the body affects the mental and emotional well being of a person in diverse ways.

It helps bring out the inner feelings of the participants and helps them develop a healthy personality. The joyful rhythm invokes positive emotions and visualization of the beauty of nature.

Dance therapy uses dance as a method of treatment for diabetes, stress, hypertension, cervical spondylitis and migraine using the same communion of the body mind factor.

I have nothing against dance therapy, in fact, it's a good form of exercise.

One precaution though: if you have a serious illness such as cancer or heart failure (or anything that applies), consult your doctor first.

For me it really works. Its a cardiovascular exercise.

It has been demonstrated to be clinically effective at improving body image, self-esteem, attentiveness, and communication skills. It can also reduce stress, fears and anxieties, as well as lessen feelings of isolation, body tension, chronic pain, and depression. In addition it can enhance the functioning of the body's circulatory and respiratory systems.

And unlike other exercises that become boring eventually, you'll never get bored with dance because you'll not run out of new things to try

what type of dances are recommended? hip hop? belly dancing?

Base on what i research dance therapy helps stimulates and relaxes us from stress and any other sickness. It is a psychological treatment that utilizes dance movement to express the feelings with in you. It is also good for the body specially its a cardio exercises. You can also visit http://www.adta.or for the american dance theraphy association.

Basically it is a treatment of psychology that utilizes dance and movement to express and/or deal with feelings and experiences.In other words it is another method for helping you work through things.

Dance therapy also helps you lose weight. It is a form of cardiovascular exercise and good for those people who are tired of going to the gym.

james555 - 16 December 2008 05:38 PM

Dance therapy also helps you lose weight. It is a form of cardiovascular exercise and good for those people who are tired of going to the gym.

What type of dances are best recommended?

You can do rumba, tango, hip hop and any dances that you know of .

It deals mainly on the psychological pattern of our body. It utilizes dance movements to express and release emotional feeling and cure the body.