Dancing is so good for the soul

I've had a couple is negative-attitude days recently. My blood pressure rose for no apparent reason and it frustrated me. Then it started plummeting down, way down. I am already dizzy and feel high all of the time, but this low blood pressure made me feel like I was going to leave this earth. I continuously have low blood pressure after taking the medication. The dosage is extremely low and I take it in divided doses. If I skip a dose, trouble sets in; it shoots up. This will get reviewed on Friday when I see my GP. In the meanwhile, I drink a tiny amount of caffeine to surmount the problem.

So for the past three or four days, I have been a bit less than positive--blaming the doctors. In reality, they do not listen very carefully.

We went out to dinner to our friends' house last night. I faded after 1 1/2 hour. Sitting without doing is very taxing to my brain. Still, it was my first social event. We are going out again tonight. I am resting this afternoon in order to build up my strength to a longer visiting time.

This morning my dear Slava came to dance with me. I kept up for one hour. As long as I keep moving, my feet can keep catching my swaying body. If I stand still, or sit still, the brain has to work so much harder on the balance and I wear out. So we did a very brief warm up, a review of American Foxtrot, and Slava decided it was time to move on the International Tango in close contact. Wow did that strike a momentary panic for me. I had attempted some tango a few days ago and decided to ditch it. I could not balance myself in the link. Well, I surrendered to his suggestion and struggled a bit  with the movement at first to see it smooth out with repetition and time. Same thing happened with the International Waltz. The biggest challenge is to dance in close contact as this requires a finer reaction to switching the weight around. I know it will improve by the time he returns from his multi competitions. Katya will work with me on syncopating figures.

It is amazing how music soothes the soul and how it helps the body to flow.  It regulates spastic movement AND IT CERTAINLY  SOOTHES THE SOUL.