Have you ever seen a father & daughter dance at her wedding? 👰 🎩 The idea of it gives me goosebumps. Cultures around the entire globe have traditions around dance 💃. Dance brings families together. Dance sends the rain (in some cultural beliefs). Dance is in a sense a bon voyage for some. Dance really builds community, improves the fitness of those participating and positively impacts mindsets.

The following blog is all about dance: what science tells us, real stories from my upbringing and simple steps to implement. If you stay to the end I share a program I am absolutely excited and honored to share with you.

Dance Strategy 1: Know and Share The Benefits Of Dance To Your Family, Friends & Co-Workers 💃 ⠀
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Check out this article that shares the benefits of dance. I especially love the benefit of improved psychological well-being. Whats your favorite?⠀

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Dance Strategy 2: Use The Fun Of Dance As A Cover For A Weight Loss Program 🤣

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I didn’t have any PE in high school until my senior year & wasn’t involved in any sports.⠀
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However, I was in an elite music group where we danced and sang all over the USA (about 40 gigs a year). There were 10 girls (4 altos, 4 sopranos and 2 split) & 10 guys (4 tenors, 4 bass and 2 split) and we spent an hour every day after school where we’d either sing, dance, or a combo of the 2.⠀

I never questioned my body image, weight or hated the skin I was in. I also was always on the go and didn’t snack much (mom was so kind as to make our dinners and often reminded me to eat my lunch 😂).

I LOVED showbiz 💫. The idea of being able to get paid to perform for high level people as a high school student blew me away. I was never really sitting still for any moments in high school.

Every weekend we weren’t gigging somewhere we were selling hot dogs 🌭, 🍔 and 🍟 at the stadiums in Seattle (Mariners, Seahawks, and University of Washington Huskies). That’s how we would fund our trips and our $600 dresses. Standing for 8-10 hours fundraising for our trips kept us burning calories we didn’t really think about. If we got bored and it got slow we’d practice our dance routines and our singing parts. We knew we were good and we wanted to be the best nation wide.

I never remember hearing any one of the other 9 girls say, ‘man I need to go on a diet.’

Most people don’t think dance is the kind of physical activity that burns a lot of calories but for us, it was due to the amount of repeat, rehearsals, performances, tempo changes, etc.
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Comment below on your favorite style of dance 💃 

Dance Strategy 3: Dance To Improve Your Memory!
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There are dance combinations I learned my my first year in show choir in high school 😆 ⁠. That was over 19 years ago 😮
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Here’s an interesting video of dancing & memory from Dr. Zorba out of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. They found it to use more memory than fitness classes alone because of the repeat functionality of it as well as the tempo portion. If you haven’t taken a dance class yet, I highly recommend it! If you’re on a budget, I recommend looking for a beginner dance video on YouTube in the genre you prefer (ballet, tap, hip hop, swing, etc).
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Let’s all grab a dancing 🕺 partner or dance by ourselves in our homes or 🚗 ‘s this week!⁠⠀
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Y’all down?! 🤣 ⁠

Dance Strategy 4: Dancing & Mental Health?⁠⠀
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Dancing can help adolescent girls with their mental health.⁠⠀Check out this article from the National Institute Of Health. They did an intervention with 112 adolescent girls ages 13-18years. 54 of them were selected for the dance portion and 24 were interviewed. They found from those they interviewed 5 categories of how dance helped them with their internalization of their stresses. The 5 categories include: 1) An Oasis from stress, 2) Supportive Togetherness, 3) Enjoyment & Empowerment, 4) Finding Acceptance & Trust in Own Ability, & 5) Dance as emotional expression.
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I’m so grateful I got to dance all through high school for the Governor of Hawaii, all the school district superintendants Of Washington, Disney®, Sonics® NBA, & more 💃🏽⠀

Our director fought against society norms to get men in the group dancing. He fought against the grain that we were a low income school and would never amount to anything good. He believed so strongly in a better future for every single one of us members, that many of us today are professionals in law, education, entertainment, CEOs, and more. Thank you Mr. Crouse for your diligent work when no one really believed in us but you.

I interviewed Mr. C for my podcast, episode 1. Check it out here if you haven’t listened yet.
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Who’s ready to get some dancing on? 🤸‍♀️⠀

Dance Strategy 5: Find Dance Curriculum When You Know You Can’t Create It Yourself.

The Move Happy Facilitator Program© Includes Dance!⁠ I’m Super excited, honored & proud to share my 16-week program with you!⁠ It is something I actually facilitated to my former patients in a psychiatric hospital.⁠⠀

We ran the program 4 days a week and each week included a topic like how I share with you every week! ⁠All weekly topics were related to happiness from what I researched⁠.⠀
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I created a psychological questionnaire to measure happiness (simple 1-pager) & a fitness questionnaire to measure fitness so you and your participants can track progress throughout.⁠⠀
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My patients improved for the most part in both areas consistently and spread news about the group around the hospital 💜 ⁠⠀
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Each day includes:⁠⠀
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Journaling 📓 (pre-designed questions I created)⁠⠀
Group Discussion of the daily topic (a subtopic of the weekly)⁠⠀
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Workouts 🏋️‍♀️ With Minimal Equipment (about 20-30min workouts)
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I recreated the workouts via video example (demo not full) so you don’t have to be a fitness expert to run the program⁠.⠀
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I’m looking for program testers that are willing to give me a testimony to increase the trust factor (honest testimony of course). ⁠⠀
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To the first ✌️ that email me a receipt of order, I’m sending you some swag once you’ve had a chance to try the program out and give me an honest review.⁠⠀
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To order go here.⠀
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Move Happy® Updates

The Move Happy Podcast Has Broken The 150 listen records! We’re at a total of 183 so far. I’m looking to have over 250 listens this week. Are you up to the challenge? I’ll be releasing this week’s podcast later today! Make sure to follow my channel to get notified when I release before I announce on social media platforms.

Move Happy is Hiring! We’ve got 2 spots left! If you’re in sales or looking to add some sales experience and love my Move Happy® Mission then send me a copy of your resume and a 1-paragraph reason why I should select you. I am looking for 18 year olds in the US for right now.

Job description:

Move Happy Sales Representative is good at setting appointments with high level facilitators/CEOs that want to dive deeper into a productive positive leadership role, building community and keeping a positive mindset.

This is a consultative approach selling a VIP service. The kinds of clients Move Happy® is wanting to attract are not concerned about the cost, but more so the value.

Clients should be able to leave the experience feeling like every dollar was well spent, they have a clearer vision for where they want to take their company/groups and have actionable plans in place.

This role is not good for:

Those looking for hourly wages. Those looking to set appointments with people not looking to consulting services. Those looking for immediate pay out.

Benefits for working with Move Happy®

You select your hours ✅

You decide how much you want to be paid ✅ (bonus tiered structure for performance)

High commission pay out ✅

You can work from home, or your favorite coffee shop ✅

Move Happy swag provided ✅

Social media brand training you can take with you if we part ways ✅

A CEO that cares about her team will be leading you the entire time (but not that icky micro-managing type) ✅

So there you have it folks! Dance your brains out! Your memory will improve, your waistline will look and feel better too! Dancing can bring a community together, it can be a source of fun and happiness for you. Dancing can help you forget about weight loss problems because you’re focused on the routine and creative flow. It can provide you opportunity to get into competitions, show off what your mama gave you, and just plain have fun! You can order the MHFP if you lead groups and don’t want to create your own curriculum. I’ve included some dance moves as a part of the entire program. Go here to order. Lastly, if you’re looking to join the Move Happy® team, send me your resume and brief 1-paragraph reasoning as to why I should select you.

PS: Don’t forget to tell someone you love them today…