Pilates is a conditioning routine that may help build flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance in the legs, abdominals, arms, hips, and back.[4] It puts emphasis on spinal and pelvic alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core
or center, and improving coordination and balance. Pilates' system
allows for different exercises to be modified in range of difficulty
from beginning to advanced. Intensity can be increased over time as the
body conditions and adapts to the exercises.[4]
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Benefits of Pilates (Wikipedia)
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Benefits Of Jazz
Benefits of Jazz
Jazz and other forms of instrumental music highly enjoyable and are listened by people all over the world. Observations and some studies display that music is very beneficial to listeners, other than only being enjoyable. Further down are major benefits of jazz.
1. Healing effects
Jazz normally involves music that is composed with the assistance of several instruments like piano, violin, harmonica, guitar and flute among many other instruments. It ought to be noted that music therapy is quite beneficial to patients, particularly those in recovery. In fact, even in the past, music was utilized for enhancing healing.
2. Benefits heart patients
Among the many jazz benefits on our general health is that it assists people with heart problems as well. A study performed on heart patients found that the participants had reduced blood pressure following listening to jazz music. It also assists in normalizing the heartbeat in such patients.
3. Reduces migraines
Individuals suffering from headaches and migraines have been treated
with certain kinds of jazz. Aside from preventing migraines, jazz music
also lessens the period of a migraine attack. Jazz music is very calming
and soothing to the brain.
4. Flexibility
Dancing to some jazz music increases flexibility considerably. Most jazz dancing classes usually start with a short warm-up exercise that
comprises of various stretching workouts. The jazz dances usually
require dancers to perform moves that require stretching and bending.
Dancers therefore enhance their flexibility naturally through simply
dancing.
5. Endurance
Engaging in jazz dances regularly enhances endurance significantly. Endurance refers to the capability of muscles to place more effort for long hours without fatigue. In addition, jazz dancing increases stamina and it is also more enjoyable.
Even though jazz music and dance offers
various benefits, it is also regarded as boring by many people. Most of
these people opt for other kinds of music like techno, which has a
faster tempo.
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