Based in West Philadelphia, a community with high poverty rates and many children at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, the program was designed to get kids and adults in the community more physically active. Since 2012, Lipman has been running - and collecting data on - a community soul line dancing program called Dance for Health.
Yes, it's fun, but it is efficient in improving cardiovascular health and providing activity," she says. Paula Allen teaches soul line dancing classes twice a week at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood.īut can something this fun really count as exercise? Absolutely, says Terri Lipman, a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. Dancing "keeps me human, keeps me healthy, in shape and fit." "Saving souls is good, but I also got to save mine, and part of saving my soul is to be human," Watson says. Everyone calls him "the Reverend." He says dancing helps him unwind after long days spent ministering to the faithful. Her fellow Addicts dancer, Daryl Watson, is a pastor at a local Baptist church. Powell has been dancing for about four and a half years with the Line Dance Addicts, a line dance class at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood. "I love the people, I love the exercise, it's good for your brain," she says. "You're exercising but you're not labeling it as exercise, because you're just having so much fun." "It's a sneaky way to get exercise in," says Washington, D.C., resident and soul dancing devotee Andrea Powell. For more, sign up for the newsletter and follow on Twitter. This story comes from Life Kit, NPR's family of podcasts for making life better - everything from exercise to raising kids to making friends. Find more stories about your life and health
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