{"id":1610,"date":"2022-08-05T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottishdancingreading.org\/?page_id=1610"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:58:20","slug":"dancing-for-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/scottishdancingreading.org\/index.php\/home\/dancing-for-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>DANCING FOR HEALTH<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Dancing must be one of the most enjoyable ways to stay fit, to release stress and to maintain and promote physical, mental and cognitive health, as well as to increase self-confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Information on the RSCDS website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rscds.org\/about\/health-strategy\/health-benefits-scd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.rscds.org<\/strong><\/a> describes studies that have found dance increases aerobic power, muscle endurance, muscle strength and flexibility in all age groups. Findings also show that dance can have a positive effect on quality of life and mood, and that it could reduce anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">This video, made about 2009, used to be on the NHS website: <a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/video\/NHSChoices\/t_pHry4NIpI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NHS video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANCING FOR HEALTH Dancing must be one of the most enjoyable ways to stay fit, to release stress and to maintain and promote physical, mental and cognitive health, as well as to increase self-confidence. Information on the RSCDS website www.rscds.org describes studies that have found dance increases aerobic power, muscle endurance, muscle strength and flexibility &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scottishdancingreading.org\/index.php\/home\/dancing-for-health\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Health&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1610","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Health - Scottish Country Dancing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scottishdancingreading.org\/index.php\/home\/dancing-for-health\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Health - Scottish Country Dancing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DANCING FOR HEALTH Dancing must be one of the most enjoyable ways to stay fit, to release stress and to maintain and promote physical, mental and cognitive health, as well as to increase self-confidence. 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