Siddhartha Gautama said that life is full of impermanence everywhere, but death is an inevitable fact. The vast majority of species have the instinct to avoid harm and death. Everyone subconsciously wants health and vitality to reside in their bodies for a while longer, preferably forever. But when the body begins to age and the mind and body feel heavy, health is so precious and rare. Perhaps the moms and dads don't even realize that they started square dancing as a promising activity precisely under the subconscious of not accepting defeat and not recognizing old age.
Second, the group sense of belonging
Psychological research shows that everyone is afraid of loneliness and isolation, and hope that he or she belongs to one or more groups, such as families, work units, associations, etc., so that you can find like-minded friends, get warmth, help and love, eliminating or reducing the sense of loneliness and loneliness, and get a sense of security. For people like to warm up to the country, from the original unit after retirement, the daily social urgently need to fill in another way, a variety of senior university, interest groups is the alternative, and square dancing is the most popular. Can't feel the loneliness? Recommend to see the movie "Gravity", feel the eternal and deep solitude in space. When you are the only one left in the whole world, and even hearing another person's voice is a luxury, you can understand more y that human beings are always group animals.
Three, power motives
As the saying goes, where there are people, there is a jungle. If in the original unit we have the title of the division of equal rank, then square dancing is a kind of reshuffle, after retirement, we are in a relatively fair starting line. And square dance senior people will generally be on the leader of the seat to try, if the leader of the team in the decision-making mistakes or not popular, then the final result is to be replaced by the new leader of the dance. But behind this simple replacement, there are some unknown complications. What is the reason for the rivalry behind this "pure" square dance? People who came from that era, who would not have a little class struggle thought?
According to the American social psychologist McClelland, individuals have the need to influence or control others and not be controlled by others, the psychological tendency to satisfy such needs has the nature of power, which is the power motive. There are two broad factors that give rise to power motivation, the first being the need for social control. The higher the level of control an individual has over others and the surrounding environment, the greater the individual's dominance, and a dominant position in social life gives the individual a sense of security and enables them to obtain more resources for survival and development; and secondly, the fear of incompetence. Incompetence will put people in a disadvantageous position, which will cause a sense of inferiority, and the sense of inferiority will motivate individuals to try to get compensation, and the appeal for compensation often goes to paranoia, leading to the pursuit of extreme power and status. Moms and dads who are more y motivated by power have an urge to point the finger, whether at work or in other activities. It's all well and good to be positive, but wouldn't it be a losing proposition to be burdened by the hookups in the group?
Four, healthy brain
In the human cerebral cortex of the central back of the gyrus, there is an inverted proprioception of the small figure, which is the somatic sensation in the cerebral cortex of the localization and the corresponding parts, known as the proprioceptive center. Both limb sensation and limb movement are directed and controlled by the higher centers of the cerebral cortex - the proprioceptive center and the proprio-motor center. When dancing, the cerebral cortex is constantly stimulated and exercised. That's why Mom and Dad square dancing, from the dance psychology point of view, can help them to strengthen their brain and reduce the risk of developing dementia (Alzheimer's disease). According to surveys, today Alzheimer's disease has become the third biggest killer of the health of the elderly, after cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and malignant tumors. The average survival period of Alzheimer's disease patients is only six years, which is much shorter than that of the healthy population.
In addition to stimulating the cerebral cortex, square dancing is also good for the cerebellum. There are three mutually perpendicular semicircular canals in the human cochlea, and when dancing, the flowing fluid will produce different degrees of pressure and stimulation of the sensory nerves of the walls of the canals, thus producing a sense of the direction and strength of movement of various parts of the body in the cerebellum, and over time, the cerebellum will also be exercised.
V. Doctor's advice
But everything is too much. Mom and dad exercise too long, will prompt the body to release a large number of hormones to break down the protein, to supplement the energy needs of excessive exercise, accelerate organ aging. If you exceed the heart load capacity, it will also cause the heart function decline, but harmful to the health of the body. Therefore, doctors recommend that the total exercise time to no more than one hour is appropriate, this hour to be reasonably distributed: jump before you do 5-10 minutes of simple stretching of muscles and ligaments warm-up; up to 40 minutes to jump, after jumping in situ rest for about 10 minutes, you can do some slow movement, relaxation of the finishing movement, do not go directly home, otherwise it will affect the brain oxygen supplementation and venous blood reflux, so that the blood pressure is lowered. In addition, the doctor also suggests that moms and dads dancing square dance should try to avoid large-scale neck twisting, waist turning, hip turning and other actions. Wear sweat-absorbent cotton clothes when dancing, and at the same time, it is best to bring an extra jacket to prevent sweating and getting cold.