Not really, folk dancing, or square dancing all exercise the body, just don't overdo it.
The essence of Zen Dance is: awareness in dance, dance in awareness.
Zen Dance is the practice of practicing through dance, dancing in awareness, and discovering the beauty that is inherent in life. You are united with all things, and through dance you move towards awakening, living out the joy, ease, and tranquility of Zen. Zen Dance is a way of cultivating the body and mind by integrating Zen thought and Zen dance. Zen Dance is a kind of dance that arises spontaneously in a state of tranquility of body and mind, where the body, the mind and the music merge into one.
Zen dance is the dance of the Zen mind, a way to cultivate the body and mind by integrating Zen culture with the art of dance. Zen Dance is the dance of the Zen mind, which is a method of cultivating the mind and body by integrating Zen culture and the art of dance. Its smooth and graceful dance posture and the natural, harmonious and dynamic beauty of body and mind enable the free expression of the Zen mind, and at the highest level enable the dancer to realize the essence of life in the universe.
Benefits of practicing Zen dance:
People are composed of three parts: body, mind and heart, and the mind is composed of the concepts and logic of the external world, and people's behaviors are mainly controlled by their minds, and they seldom pay attention to their physical sensations.
Practicing Zen Dance is to bypass thinking, let the body and mind in a state of relaxation, along with the beautiful music, the body's natural flow of energy, the body's natural, harmonious movement, through the dance to continuously cultivate the ability of awareness, awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of external phenomena, and ultimately to discover the essence of the phenomena and the heart, and thus get the physical and mental health, happiness, and self-contained.