Dance Parties
Hi y’all!!!! It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged!! It’s pretty crazy that it’s already February!! I hope 2017 has been awesome for you and if it hasn’t I have a solution… DANCE PARTIES!!!
Ok, I know dance parties are not going to solve all your problems, but I will tell you from experience that they solve some of them.
Recently I have found myself thinking a little too much about life and people etc etc… and just the other day I got up from where I was, ran into my living room, and just started jumping around to the music I was listening too. Now you may be reading this and think that I’m absolutely crazy, well I’m not. It is a scientifically proven fact that dancing helps relieve stress. Dancing, and just overall physical activity, releases endorphins into the body and these endorphins are the body’s natural painkiller. They help boost your mood and make you feel more relaxed. (I did my research.😁)
Today I found myself in the same situation as the other day and I remembered how I felt after I had danced around, so I ran upstairs turned on the same song I had been listening too and jumped around like a maniac. And let me just tell you, I feel much better. Yes, my stress is still there but my brain is realizing that I’m gonna be ok.
If you don’t believe me or the facts, let’s see what the bible has to say:
“ A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance…” (Ecclesiastes 4:3)
“You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness…” (Psalms 30:11)
Both verses compare mourning and dancing, basically saying that dancing is the opposite of mourning, which I personally find very true. In times when I’m stressed and sad, dancing has always been a way fo
r me to express my emotion and make me feel better. The feeling I get when I’m dancing is indescribable. I feel all my stress and anxiety drift away, the sadness I once felt is replaced by an immense amount of joy.
Not everyone enjoys dancing, I know that. Not everyone is comfortable with dancing. I am by no means telling you to go out into the world and dance when you’re sad, I’m just saying maybe give a dance party a try. And when I say dance party, I don’t mean invite a bunch of friends over and dance all your stress away (which is actually a super cool idea and I’m totally doing that one day), but I mean go into your room, close your door, blast some music, and jump around. The only person in that party is you, so dance around like nobody's watching… because no one is! You are free to be yourself in that situation, whether you’re the most amazing dancer ever or the worst. Our generation is so caught up in what other people think of us that we aren’t ourselves. We try not to dance because we think we look weird, which I completely understand, because I feel the same way. But when you have a private dance party, there’s no one to judge, no one to impress, no one that’s “better” than you, it's just you. (God’s also there but He’s mostly just smiling down on His child thinking about how your happiness makes Him happy.)
I encourage you that in the moments when you feel sad or super stressed out, if you have time, walk away from everything and have a private dance party, I promise you that you’ll feel better.
In case you were wondering, the song that I danced around to was “Someone in the Crowd” from the La La Land Soundtrack. It’s super upbeat and I don’t really know why but it got me in a good mood. It doesn’t really matter what song you’re listening too as long as it's danceable, and preferably jumping up and down-able. 😂
I hope that this post helped in some way ,and I pray that y’all will have great rest of your day/night. We would love to hear your feedback so please comment on Insta or contact us, we’d love to talk to you!! Always remember to keep doing you and walk in love.
XOXO,
T
