| The Oxford Dictionary defines confidence as | | | | Experts agree that exercise helps in beating |
| boldness, fearlessness, impudence & | | | | depression. Intense aerobic exercise can boost your |
| presumption. Well, you need all that and more when | | | | mood. Studies have shown that regular exercise |
| you learn to salsa dance. | | | | works as well as antidepressants to relieve major |
| Salsa dance and music came to the world from New | | | | depression. It may even help prevent depression in |
| York via Cuba. The Afro-Caribbean & Latin | | | | the first place. |
| cultural mix has given us a very distinctive music and | | | | Salsa dance three times a week for about 45 |
| dance form. The frenetic pace of salsa dancing | | | | minutes a time (or thereabouts - more is better), for |
| doesn't leave any room for hesitation. Confidence in | | | | the best results. If you exercise hard enough to feel |
| your every move is really essential if you are to get | | | | out of breath - that's even better. |
| the most out of your dancing. | | | | The thing is, you don't have to go to classes when |
| You don't have to be worried or anxious about how | | | | you first start learning. There is a good range of |
| you look when you salsa dance. No one will be | | | | books, videos and DVDs so that you can start to |
| looking at you. They won't have the time as they will | | | | learn salsa dancing at home. After you have got a |
| be totally absorbed in their own moves. | | | | basic idea of what to do, then you can launch out, |
| Any dancing will burn calories, but salsa dancing will | | | | find yourself a teacher and get out on that dance |
| burn up about 600 calories per hour when you are on | | | | floor. |
| the dance floor. You get a terrific cardiac workout, | | | | Learning to salsa dance is great fun. It increases your |
| build stamina, slim down and generally will look better | | | | self confidence, burns calories and develops muscles |
| than you every have. | | | | you never knew you had. |