Podcast Episode 8- Put on your Dancing shoes and move!

Thanks for listening to episode 8 of the Creating Resilience podcast.

In each episode, I'll be sharing easy ways to sneak some creativity into your life, whatever it may throw at you.  I hope it will inspire you to make some positive changes in your life and work calmly through whatever challenges you might be dealing with right now.

So this is episode eight of the creating resilience podcast. And this week I talk about dance as a creative art form that helps us become more resilient, because anyone listening to this will have danced at some point in their life. 

How does it make you feel when you dance?

Different cultures have different dance forms that bring communities together to tell stories to share their  history and cultural values. Even though it is just movement to music, it can be so powerful, and I think we sometimes underestimate the simplicity and the impact it can have on us both physically and mentally.

I discuss the Strictly Come Dancing final and how they were breaking ground in being inclusive on all fronts this year. A lot of people were moved by the dances because they gave us a little bit of empathy and a insight into how other people’s worlds are and to share their experiences.

I also share some recently published collaborative research between a dance organisation Trinity Liban, the University of Exeter and Dance in Devon on the impact of dancing on wellbeing and health. So, next time you go to your doctor's, do you think he could prescribe you a dance class to support your well being?  You can read their report here.

So what are your experiences of dancing? How do you feel when you hear your favourite tune and have been dancing along?

So just leave you with this summary from this study from the University of Exeter.

‘As a physical activity and creative art form, dance can make a vital contribution to the Healthy Living agenda. It has the capacity to provide an active non competitive form of exercise that can positively affect physical health and psychological well being across different populations in the community’.

So until next week, keep creating stay safe stay well, If you are feeling anxious just do the best you can and don't get overwhelmed with it all OK? And, if it does feel a bit too much, put on your favourite bit of music and have a good boogie and see how you feel after that.

Music on the intro and outro is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, the full track is here

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