FOCUS

Wednesday 18th November 2020

“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.” 

~George Lucas

Would you like to be able to focus on what you are doing – with ease? In the world we live in we are constantly bombarded with stimuli, bombarded with distractions and bombarded with interruptions. Social media via our telephones, emails and internet are the primary culprit. But so is our obsession with trying to multitask and get through as many activities as we can during the day.

Dance can change the way our brain works. When we engage in creative dancing the brain centers that encourage divergent thinking are reinforced. Divergent thinking is our ability to look for many options and possibilities to any give problem. However connecting with rhythm in a more structured way encourages the brain’s convergent thinking abilities. Convergent thinking is our ability to focus completely on one task.

Dance can offer you focus because by its very nature it is an activity that requires our full attention. It is hard to dance and read a book! When we bring our full attention to the dance we include our physicality, emotion and even imagination. Totally engrossed in the creation of a dance moment by moment our brain learns to focus.

By the way, switching off your cell phone and computer when you need to concentrate on an important task, also helps!!!!

TED Talk: Dance, thinking, hormones by Peter Lovatt