{"id":7135,"date":"2019-08-08T15:20:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T19:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/?p=7135"},"modified":"2020-10-23T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:33:07","slug":"move-your-body-build-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/blog\/lifestyle-self-improvement\/move-your-body-build-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Move Your Body, Build Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2019\/08\/Dancing-for-Brain-Health-River-Oaks-Dance-Studio.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7136 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2019\/08\/Dancing-for-Brain-Health-River-Oaks-Dance-Studio-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2019\/08\/Dancing-for-Brain-Health-River-Oaks-Dance-Studio-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2019\/08\/Dancing-for-Brain-Health-River-Oaks-Dance-Studio-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2019\/08\/Dancing-for-Brain-Health-River-Oaks-Dance-Studio-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2019\/08\/Dancing-for-Brain-Health-River-Oaks-Dance-Studio-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2019\/08\/Dancing-for-Brain-Health-River-Oaks-Dance-Studio.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>You know us. We\u2019ll do anything to get you dancing and we\u2019ve often spoken of the <strong>many benefits of dance<\/strong> \u2013 better physical conditioning, better balance, a happier social life, and the sense of community and family you get at Fred Astaire Dance Studios &#8211; River Oaks.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we want to let you in on a little secret. Dancing is good for you in another way \u2013 <strong>it makes you smarter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hey, we\u2019re for real. According to Psychology Today (and we quote): <em>\u201c<strong>Dancing improves brain function on a variety of levels.<\/strong> Two recent studies show how different types of practice allow dancers to <strong>achieve peak performance<\/strong> by blending cerebral and cognitive thought processes with <strong>muscle memory<\/strong> and \u2018proprioception\u2019 held in the cerebellum. Through regular aerobic training that incorporates some type of dance at least once a week, <strong>anyone can maximize his or her brain function.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Move your body, build your brain. What\u2019s not to like here?<\/p>\n<p>Dancing frees the spirit and provides a wonderful outlet that includes <strong>setting and meeting goals<\/strong> \u2013 through our unique Fred Astaire Trophy System. Our many activities\u00a0open you up to new dance partners and friends.<\/p>\n<p>So what are you waiting for? The smart people are dancing. They\u2019re growing fit and happy. They\u2019re getting smarter. And they\u2019re waiting for you to join them. Stop in or call us today for more information about our group and private dance lessons in all styles of partner and ballroom dancing (swing, country, salsa, rumba, tango, waltz, &amp; much more).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know us. We\u2019ll do anything to get you dancing and we\u2019ve often spoken of the many benefits of dance \u2013 better physical conditioning, better balance, a happier social life, and the sense of community and family you get at Fred Astaire Dance Studios &#8211; River Oaks. Well, we want to let you in on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle-self-improvement","category-nutrition-health","category-staying-young"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/river-oaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}