Advantage Of Dance

“Oh la la la …..bebe on board??? …. Dance your way thro’ pregnancy”.

Dancing & Pregnancy. “Dance ,when you’re are broken open.

Dance ,if you’ve torn the bandage off.

Dance in the middle of fighting.

Dance in your blood,

Dance when you’re perfectly free”

This was said by Maulana Jalal al – Din Rumi (Rumi), a 13th century Persian poet, Islamic Jurist and theologian. When I read this quote, I was reminded of an advertisement that I came across stating “Belly dancing classes” for Pregnant women and that aroused my curiosity in exploring the benefits of dancing during pregnancy.

Imagine If the last time you danced was in your friend’s birthday party and then put a full stop because of the positive sign in the pregnancy kit, then here is the

The days are gone when pregnancy was meant to be on a bed rest. If you are at low risk or no risk for pregnancy complications, then definitely you could be on a dance floor. Dancing has amazing benefits on a pregnant woman’s body just like any moderate exercises. Listing below a few benefits

- Swaying to your favourite music is a very good stress buster.

- It helps you to relax better and also calms down your baby too.

- If you dream of a flexible body during pregnancy, dancing fulfills it.

- It helps in improving the blood circulation and provides healthy heart and

Zumba: If you were on Zumba, it is good to continue it as it is fun and can be modified easily to slower the intensity. This helps to retain the flavor of Zumba. This gives a feeling of wellness. Aqua Zumba has more benefits than the regular Zumba.

Tap Dancing: Ever since watching Jack teaching Rose to do a tap dance in the movie “Titanic”, most of us would have fallen in love with Tap Dancing. But for the pregnant women, the high – impact jarring may pose risk. Hence do a mild tap dancing by replacing marching steps for the jumps and simple heel placements instead of hops. Towards end of second or third trimester it is ideal to slowly stop it.

Bharatanatyam: This is an Indian traditional form of dance. Difficult moves and postures are minused for a pregnant women. Specially choreographed dance numbers keeping the expectant mother in mind especially which could trigger the maternal instincts in them are delivered in the classes. It is designed in such a way to strengthen the back, abdomen and pelvic floor muscles. Jazz dance, ballroom dance and Salsa are all recommended during pregnancy but minusing the lifts and difficult movements. Hip Hop or urban street dance are not safe because of the jarring