{"id":7117,"date":"2019-07-16T08:36:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/?p=7117"},"modified":"2019-07-11T19:42:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T23:42:36","slug":"want-to-unwind-from-a-stressful-day-trying-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/blog\/lifestyle-self-improvement\/want-to-unwind-from-a-stressful-day-trying-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to unwind from a stressful day? Trying dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After a terrible day at work, I wanted nothing more than to have my mind directed elsewhere. I could have gone home and watched Netflix or read, but it\u2019s so easy to wallow in those feelings while doing that. Instead, I went to the dance studio. My happy place.<\/p>\n

I would spend 40 minutes focusing on a new technique or figure and, when that time was up, I would feel so much better. You could say that it\u2019s because I enjoy dancing (which is true), but another reason is actually scientific. Any type of physical activity releases endorphins, which help to relieve stress and make us perceive the world in a little brighter light.<\/p>\n

A study done at the University of England compared a group who spent 6 weeks learning the tango to a group of non-dancers. Their findings? That the group of dancers had lower levels of depression and anxiety. The exercise, social interaction, and emotional expression helped to relieve those negative feelings.<\/p>\n

Next time you\u2019re having an off day, crank the music and dance! Or come in to the studio and let us help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a terrible day at work, I wanted nothing more than to have my mind directed elsewhere. I could have gone home and watched Netflix or read, but it\u2019s so easy to wallow in those feelings while doing that. Instead, I went to the dance studio. My happy place. I would spend 40 minutes focusing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle-self-improvement","category-nutrition-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-metro-eagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}