{"id":7187,"date":"2018-12-31T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:00:14","slug":"new-years-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/holidays\/new-years-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Dance Your New Year\u2019s Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2018\/12\/annie-spratt-178364-unsplash-e1544814087984.jpg\" alt=\"There are countless reasons to make dance your resolution. (Dance, Dance, Resolution!) First, it\u2019s fun. In an era of stress and overwork, of lightning-speed expectations and packed schedules, a 45-minute dance lesson and the free group dance lessons that go along with our private lessons force you to slow down, to experience life and joy, and to immerse in the moment.\" width=\"400\" height=\"293\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5615 alignright\" \/>It\u2019s that time of year again, when we vow to be better, change our ways, and improve our life satisfaction and health.<\/p>\n<p>Well, those are all great reasons to make Ballroom Dance your top New Year\u2019s Resolution in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know, the most common New Year\u2019s Resolutions are to quit smoking, lose weight, save money and spend more time with friends and family? And you probably know that most New Year\u2019s Resolutions don\u2019t last very long.<\/p>\n<p>This year, you can lose weight and spent more time with family or friends by taking up dance. (I don\u2019t know about the quitting smoking one, but if you\u2019re serious about dance, my guess is you wouldn\u2019t want to smoke because it would impede your dancing success!)<\/p>\n<h4>Dancing is fun<\/h4>\n<p>There are countless reasons to make dance your resolution. (Dance, Dance, Resolution!) First, it\u2019s fun. In an era of stress and overwork, of lightning-speed expectations and packed schedules, a 45-minute dance lesson and the free group dance lessons that go along with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/product\/fall-in-love-with-dancing-special\/\">private lessons<\/a> force you to slow down, to experience life and joy, and to immerse in the moment.<\/p>\n<h4>Get in shape<\/h4>\n<p>Secondly, you will get in shape, from head to toe, if you\u2019re serious about dance. What\u2019s more, you\u2019ll also protect bone density and protect your knees while getting in shape and not threatening any of your joints or muscles. Dance is a safe social activity and enjoyable exercise that promotes fitness.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll build flexibility. You\u2019ll burn fat. You\u2019ll promote cognitive health (and if Alzheimer\u2019s or dementia run in your family, you\u2019ll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/preventing-dementia\/\">prevent<\/a> the onset the more you dance!).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2018\/12\/byron-stumman-1194074-unsplash-e1544814199869.jpg\" alt=\"You can\u2019t be lonely when dancing. Dance is a social activity and in our studio, people make friends and feel great in a supportive group of like-minded dancers. \" width=\"332\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5616\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Expand your social circle<\/h4>\n<p>You can\u2019t be lonely when dancing. Dance is a social activity and in our studio, people make friends and feel great in a supportive group of like-minded dancers.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many reasons to make dance your resolution this year. Plus, it\u2019s one you can keep!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/shop\/\">Schedule<\/a> your first dance of the New Year with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of year again, when we vow to be better, change our ways, and improve our life satisfaction and health. Well, those are all great reasons to make Ballroom Dance your top New Year\u2019s Resolution in 2019. Did you know, the most common New Year\u2019s Resolutions are to quit smoking, lose weight, save [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[165,43,76,82,166,167],"class_list":["post-7187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","tag-165","tag-ballroom-dance","tag-dance","tag-exercise","tag-new-year","tag-resolution"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}