Weekly Dance Break!
(FREE!)
“Dance can decidely improve brain health.”
SOURCE: Harvard.edu, in reference to a 2003 study in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Join us every Wednesday for a 15-minute virtual dance break.
2pm Central
No dance experience required.
You may not consider yourself a dancer.
That doesn’t mean you can’t dance.
Or that you shouldn’t dance.
Benefits of Dancing
In today’s world of constant distraction and what feels like neverending stresses, dancing can help you to:
Forge connection with others
Elevate your heart rate
Release endorphins, which make you feel good!
Relieve stress
Make you smile and even laugh
Be a healthy disruption to sitting at your desk all-day
Activate your muscles
Build resilience
Improve your mood
Protect your memory
It can even improve your leadership through increased confidence and vulnerability.
If you’re still reading, join us, even just once, and feel it for yourself.
Having led this same activity with executives inside organizations like Accenture and Salesforce, this is for anyone. Trust us.
Here’s how it works:
Format:
15 minutes, once a week.
On Zoom.
No agenda, no expectations, no conversation - just dancing.
We supply the music.
You bring yourself. Come as you are.
Bring your roommate, your partner, your kids, or even your pets.
No commitment needed either - just sign up so you have the invite on your calendar.
Rules of Engagement:
No judgment - of yourself or others.
Demonstrate respect for all. Be Kind.
Camera ON - no lurkers.
Move as little or as much as you’d like.
(Stay seated, stand up, whatever works for you!)No recording of any kind.
No promoting, advertising, or soliciting of any kind.
Have fun!
That’s pretty much it.
To make it even better…
Add to our shared playlist.
Invite someone you care about to join us.
Sign Up for our Weekly Dance Break below:
Sources:https://hms.harvard.edu/news-events/publications-archive/brain/dancing-brainhttps://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/power-of-music-in-mental-well-beinghttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-new-normal/202305/the-mental-health-benefits-of-dance
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