a study issued last month found that dancing is the most effective way of treating and mitigating depression. Walking, therapy, and yoga also outpaced SSRIs. and if you're saying 'oh this was probably funded by Big Dance', there's no evidence of that and if you're saying 'that's just what a Big Dance shill would say', well honey you're right
I dance poorly; I am somehow fundamentally ungraceful, and knowing I will never be excellent has made it easier for me to really enjoy and build habits around dance. I’m taking ballet now, I took ballroom and flamenco in college, it’s a lot of fun, and an added benefit is that dance is one of the most effective forms of movement for improving mental health and wellbeing.
been in the existential, depression, spiral, identity crisis, world crisis, questioning everything since about August, finally coming to terms that it won’t just go away. So I danced the fuck out of myself for an hour. Felt so good.