Do you love dancing? Have you tried all forms of dancing there is? If not, then let me tell you more about the newest craze of dancing, the belly dancing. This form is not just an ordinary dance, this one helps women improve different health conditions and other benefits that one doesn’t know about. So to show you that belly dancing is beneficial, here are its top 10 benefits.
Improved Posture
For those who don’t know, belly dancing is also known as the “Raks Sharki”. This form of dance comes with a lot of health benefits and one of which is it improves ones posture. How? Belly dancing requires movement of your hips and other bones in your body in different directions. With this repetitive motion and movement, the synovial fluid found in our joints increase its flow. As a result, women’s pelvis and other parts of the body especially in the belly part are moved in its right places improving ones posture.
Tones Muscles
Muscles of the body are effectively toned because of the repetitive movements when doing the belly dancing. It reached the un-exercised parts of one’s body and as a result tones the muscles. It can even prevent different abnormalities such as lordosis and osteoporosis.
Enhances Memory
This type of dancing also improves ones memory. Because belly dancing steps are done repetitively, it requires dancers to use their brains counting and remembering the steps. By doing these steps and counting most of the time, ones memory is being enhanced. Your brain is being stimulated as you dance.
Improves Sleep Pattern
It is said that this form of dance also enhances the sleep wake cycle of the dancer. A half an hour session of belly dancing can improve one’s sleeping condition, the body is conditioned to feel slightly tired which is good to help the dancer sleep as early as possible until the person gets use to it.
Promotes Weight Loss
This form of dancing does not only tones muscles but as well as promoted weight loss. It is believed that belly dancing can burn large amount of calories per hour. Believe it or not, one can even burn up to 300 calories in just an hour depending on how intense she dances.
Improves Digestion
When we say belly dancing, the main part of the body that dancers move is the belly or the pelvis region. Because of this, dancers massage the inner parts of the body including the internal organs thus improving digestion. So if you have problems such as constipation, one of the best ways to help your bowel movement regularized is through belly dancing.
Reduces Stress
Because you are dancing, you’re therefore enjoying what you are doing which takes your mind off from something stressful. As a result, belly dancing helps you reduce stress.
Prepares Women during Childbirth
It is believed that belly dancing steps and movements are good means to prepare a woman for childbirth. Most of its exercises are for prenatal purposes which therefore strengthens a woman’s muscles in the abdomen. Pelvic rocking, which is being observed during prenatal classes resembles the dance steps done in belly dancing. The pelvis is moved, swaying similar to that of pelvic rocking exercises. No wonder belly dancing helps prepare women for childbirth.
Lessens Menstrual Cramps
Because belly dancing requires constant movement of hips, pelvic muscles are strengthened and circulation of blood is enhanced. As a result, women doing belly dancing experiences lesser amount of pain and cramps during menstrual period.
Reduces Back Pains
One of the best ways to reduce back pain is by stretching muscles in your lower back that are not usually stretched. By doing belly dancing, these groups of muscles are targeted and reached which relieves back pain.
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