My Type of Relaxation

I lead a busy life for the most part. I have always enjoyed being a productive individual who is multi-tasking and has little time to worry about herself. However, I do admit of wanting to take a break every once in a while to breathe.

By allowing myself this time I take time into doing an activity I enjoy like taking a nap, being creative by doing crafts or sometimes coming up with dances and recently a routine. 

Even though, I consider what I'm doing to be fun it is still doing something productive yet enjoyable. No matter how hard I try to just relax I find relaxation in creating a dance that will fulfill my satisfaction and am proud of something I created that is fun and brings joy to others when they see the routine.

According to online site The Inspired Classroom in the article “4 Positive Effects of Dance and Movement for K-12 Students” by Elizabeth Peterson written on May 4, 2012 they say the benefits are: being physically fit, creating an outlet, ability to connect with classmates and builds confidence. Elizabeth Peterson writes, “Performing a dance in front of other people, especially when you are new to dance, is a huge risk, and challenging students to take those kinds of risks can build confidence for years to come.”

I agree with Elizabeth Peterson because the first time you perform in front of an audience you get intimidated but once you do perform and everything goes well you become more confident in yourself and begin to build confidence. However, if it doesn’t go too well it motivates me to be better next time I perform. I get an extreme satisfaction from dancing and performing and knowing I created a dance for all to enjoy is even greater. I may not be the best dancer in the world but that doesn’t bother me. After all we can’t all be talented in every department!http://theinspiredclassroom.com/2012/05/4-positive-effects-of-dance-and-movement-for-k-12-students/

Dance.. Dance.. Zumba

Recently I purchased the Zumba game for the Wii at home and it is quite a work out with upbeat music; which leads me to think, what are the benefits of Zumba?

On the online newspaper Huffpost Healthy Living the article “12 Healthy Benefits of Zumba” posted on November 2, 2011 it explains the benefits to be: calorie burning, body toning, motivating, good results, good for all ages, stress reliever, flexible, not time consuming, people can socialize, body awareness, readily available, and a cheerful activity,

Dancing to Zumba includes music like salsa, cumbia, reggeton, hip hop and a variety of others with the options of how intense you want the work out which range from low to high intensity. My favorite is the high intensity work outs because the music choice is faster pace and I love to dance.

I would have to agree with Zumba being good to relieve stress and is motivating because at times to go to the gym only few are motivated to attend and this game as well as the classes available at the gym provide a good work out without realizing you are working out different parts of your body at once.

When I first tried the work out I felt a bit foolish because you have to be a quick learner to pick up the steps but the game repeats some of the steps and towards the end you have so much fun doing the moves and adopt favorite songs.

I would recommend this game to anyone interested in a fun work out who loves dancing or has free time to waste.  And I go by this quote from Ruth St. Denis, "I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what is too deep to find for words."

Anorexia Nervosa

Strange disorders have always fascinated me everything from rare sleeping disorders to abnormal skin tones. However, one topic that has always intrigued me is anorexia nervosa.

 Due to my weight individuals who don’t know how fast my metabolism is assume I am anorexic and perhaps that is why I am intrigued by this topic because it fascinates me the various ways an individual can become anorexic.

Psychological and physical are the main components that seem to motivate victims to seek desperate measures to be thin. Some derive from trying to look like the model in the magazine, others from being told to lose weight for an activity, while others want to control something in their life because they feel it is chaotic and their weight is the easiest to control; however it can also be the deadliest.

According to the Web MD online the section of Anorexia Nervosa Overview, “Eating disorders are complex, and experts don't really know what causes them. But they may be due to a mix of family history, social factors, and personality traits.” Majority of the cases according to this article say the problem begins with dieting and taken to an extreme; when individuals are thin they still see an obese individual in the mirror and continue with taking the dieting and exercise to a higher extreme.

Any sort of eating disorder is a serious problem and should not be an issue taken lightly or joked about. If you know someone with this issue contact a local center or you can go to this website to find a center near you. http://www.eatingdisordertreatment.com/

Why we need to sleep

Having the right amount of sleep is important for individuals to stay active throughout the day and without sleep the body would be powerless. Difficulty in performing daily activities can derive from deprivation of sleep or inability if the individual is too weak to execute the action.  

There are distinct sleeping times that range throughout a person’s lifetime. According to the Web MD online from the article “Are you getting enough sleep” infants sleep the most with an estimated sixteen hours of sleep, toddlers are expected to sleep nine hours, and adults between eight to seven hours of sleep.

Receiving enough sleep is not only important because it gives you energy throughout the day but because sleep allows your body and mind to proper functionally.  The outcome to not enough sleep or too much sleep can be detrimental to a person’s health.  According to Web MD online, “Since drowsiness is the brain’s last step before falling asleep, driving while drowsy can – and often does – lead to disaster.” Not having enough sleep can innate the abilities of an individual to successfully achieve their activities for the day and the mind won’t function properly due to the lack of sleep.

Rest is very important for anyone and must be achieved in order to continue to live a well rested and healthy life.