10 Benefits of Ribbon Dance

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Ribbon dance, a sub-genre of dance, is associated with grace, poise, beauty, and feminity. The up-and-coming art form presents a unique opportunity to carve a new path in the realm of fitness. Yoga, Zumba, and Pilates are revered as simplistic and holistic means of achieving physical and mental health compared to more rugged exercises such as cross-fit, bootcamp, and boxing. If you are looking to branch into a new stream of fitness that has the familiarity of yoga, Zumba, and Pilates, then ribbon dance should be on your radar.
Outlined below are 10 benefits of ribbon dance.

1. Stress Relief

How can you be stressed when you are holding a dance ribbon?

2. Concentration Tool

Handling a dance ribbon while listening to a podcast or lecture will satiate your need to move or fidget allowing you to focus your ear on valuable auditory information. This is not for everyone, but worth a try if you struggle with focus.

3. Fine Motor Skill Development

Developing/maintaining fine motor skills help young children and aging adults perform tasks that requires gripping, grasping, and manipulating small objects (i.e., writing, cooking. Etc.) Dance ribbons can train those skills.

4. Confidence Booster

Boost your self-esteem and confidence by setting and accomplishing small “ribbon dance-based goals.”

5. Exercise Your Brain

Anytime you learn a new skill you’re creating new neural pathways that keep your brain active. This activity acts as a form of exercise that keeps your brain elastic. Adult brains lose plasticity and neural degeneration occurs. Keep your brain working.
As the saying goes, use it or lose it.
Ribbon dance is a fun and developed genre of dance and gymnastics that will challenge your brain to constantly adapt and learn.

6. Boost Immune Health

Creative Ribbon Dance, a form of exercise, helps boost your immune system by increasing/aiding respiration and circulation which helps flush out toxins and illness-causing bacteria.

7. Improve Communication Skills

Ribbon dance, historically, is a form of storytelling, through the mastery of body language in a performing arts arena, you can translate these skills into your everyday life, helping you to maintain your emotions, boosting your relationships and emotional intelligence.

8. Tone Your Arms

It can feel impossible to condition your arms. Fret not, creative ribbon dance tones your arm muscles such as your triceps and biceps as well as your shoulder and back muscles.

9. Develop Kinesthetic Intelligence

Kinesthetic learning is learning through tactile feedback or physical activity. If you’re a kinesthetic learner, you “learn best by doing” rather than watching or listening. Benefits of increasing your kinesthetic intelligence include: – Improved muscle memory. – Reduced risk of injury when engaged in physical activities. – Improved concept comprehension.Ribbon dance will help you improve your spatial awareness.