| There are differences in the Ballroom and Latin styles | | | | your balance, your walk and a sense of body |
| of each dance, some are faster than others with | | | | presence will improve your outlook and others will |
| different music and rhythms. With the Ballroom i.e. | | | | notice the difference to the way your body is |
| Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Viennese Waltz and | | | | carried. |
| Quickstep, it has been known from the competition | | | | These added benefits lead to confidence in the |
| Dancesport field that with the arms raised the heart | | | | things we do in our everyday lives, (you'll even feel |
| does get more of a workout than with the Latin | | | | sexier, especially with the Latin dance like Salsa, |
| dances. However with the faster speeds of Jive, | | | | Rumba and Cha Cha etc). Self-esteem may increase, |
| Swing and Salsa can easily produce the same result. | | | | if you've never been up in front of people before |
| Your lungs will get plenty of oxygen which makes | | | | and once you've done it, the easier it gets, leading to |
| the heart work easier, thus allowing you to enjoy | | | | a sense of wellbeing and a more forward outlook on |
| longer dancing sessions. Quick breaths create a | | | | life. With ballroom and latin dancing all of our senses |
| stronger heart and allowing the levels to rise (in | | | | are being used, taking the hand of another is just the |
| between dances) and fall creates conditioning making | | | | first step, ballroom dance position, leading and |
| the night of party ballroom dancing fulfilling without | | | | following are also others that create therapeutic |
| being tired and stopping prematurely before the | | | | benefits of a hug without the intimacy. Perhaps |
| party's over. As we use muscles we never thought | | | | everyone should take up ballroom and Latin dancing. |
| we had the body starts to tone and excess flab will | | | | Many professionals i.e. lawyers, accountants, bankers, |
| dissipate with regular ballroom dancing classes and | | | | and company directors have all said that having a |
| social ballroom and Latin events. And as we continue | | | | ballroom or latin dance lesson either group class or |
| to use our bones and joints the body's presence | | | | private is the only way their minds can be released |
| improves with more control of rise and fall in some | | | | from their work. Creating an out of work experience |
| dances (i.e. Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Viennese | | | | is almost the same as going on holidays. The mental |
| Waltz) and lesser pain from arthritis which can occur | | | | release is extremely beneficial and healthy for the |
| at any age. | | | | mind. Giving yourself a mental holiday at least two to |
| Our spine can become straighter with the constant | | | | three times a week is a must in this troubled and |
| introduction of correct posture. The expansion of the | | | | pressure cooked world we live in. There is more |
| diaphragm can correct this with just more than a | | | | evidence supporting ballroom and latin dancing as a |
| normal hand shake (firmness) ballroom dance frame. | | | | social must, by being in a social environment we feel |
| This can also help with the lengthening of the spine | | | | more at ease and start to improve our ability to |
| which introduces traction thus helping your internal | | | | communicate in large crowds and conduct proper |
| organs to be in the right places. Your appearance, | | | | social etiquette. |