Dance Your Way to Fitness: Explore Adult and Kids Dance Classes at Just Move
Move with Joy—Dance Your Way to Better Health
Who doesn’t love to dance?
Dancing is a part of everyone’s life. All around the world, every culture has its own special dances. At weddings or birthdays, or even in your kitchen while cleaning the dishes, dancing pairs perfectly with enjoying life’s biggest milestones or smallest moments. Dancing is usually a way to celebrate or let loose, but now it’s time to discover how dance is also a fun, uplifting way to stay active.
Just Move offers dance fitness classes for adults and kids in Pleasant Hill, Oregon. Ranging from ballet and hip hop, to trendy TikTok dances and Nia®, our dance classes emphasize a community vibe and an inclusive atmosphere to get your entire family moving.
At Just Move Fitness, we’re dedicated to family-friendly fitness, joyful movement, and wellness. Try a class—solo or with the whole family!
Why Dance? The Physical and Mental Benefits of Moving to Music
Think about how good you feel when you’re dancing and the freedom of moving along to music. Dancing can sometimes feel like a workout, even when it’s for fun! Now think about how dancing can be an intentional workout through dance fitness classes. Dance improves cardiovascular health and strength and flexibility. There are also mental health benefits of dancing: it boosts your mood and can even improve cognitive function.
✔️ Cardiovascular Health
Just Move’s dance fitness classes get your heart pumping. Dancing elevates the heart rate, improving cardiovascular endurance and strengthening the heart.
✔️ Coordination, Balance, and Flexibility
Most dance styles incorporate movements that improve your flexibility and range of motion. Through rhythmic movement and following different steps, dance also helps you enhance your balance and coordination.
✔️ Endorphin Release & Reduced Stress
Dancing is linked to the release of endorphins, our body’s natural pain relievers and mood boosters. These endorphins are also known to have a stress-reducing effect.
✔️ Boosted Self-Esteem and Mental Focus
Dancing can boost your confidence. It can also help you improve your ability to focus—following steps and directions sharpens your mind.
Dance is especially powerful for stress relief and joyful movement. When your body releases endorphins, it helps you to shake off any stress. And dancing is a celebration of our bodies and moving. Dancing is an integral part of any celebration.
All in all, dance boosts your overall health and increases mood. Just Move’s dance fitness classes give you a full-body workout and leave you feeling good about yourself and eager to take another class!
Nia: A Unique Adult Dance Fitness Experience
Nia® is a non-impact, high-energy movement form that conditions the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. With moves and music to inspire joy, the choreography draws from a blend of dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts. Unlike high-intensity workouts, Nia® is designed to be nurturing rather than depleting. Focusing on joyful movement and body awareness, Nia® encourages movement that feels good rather than forcing the body into discomfort. It helps you to build resilience through joyful movement and release tension and stored emotions.
Importantly, Nia® is also adaptable for all ages, fitness levels, and body types—no experience necessary.
“Nia® has given me powerful tools for living my life with greater authenticity, engagement, and joy. As a 60-year-old woman, professional, mother, widow, musician, survivor, teacher, I have realized that the healthiest way for me to navigate life is to start first by listening to this body, rather than try to ignore it, or push it harder, or be mad at it, or disappointed in its imperfections, which has been my lifelong habit as an adult. I’m finding a new way with Nia®, and it’s giving me tools in all areas of my life. My music has found a deeper freedom of expression, my grief has new channels through instead of getting stuck, and I feel more flexible overall in my thinking.” –Annette L
Sign up for a Nia® class and experience the joy of movement for yourself.
Kids Dance & Movement: Fitness, Fun, and Confidence
Just Move offers a variety of dance classes and movement classes for kids in the Eugene, Oregon area. Dance has countless benefits for kids, from improving motor skills and stamina, to enhancing cognitive function.
✔️ Builds Strength and Coordination
Dance entails following synchronized movement, which helps to improve coordination and balance. And dance is a form of exercise, keeping kids active and improving their overall fitness and strength.
✔️ Encourages Creativity and Self-Expression
Dance provides kids with an outlet to express their creativity and imagination. As kids practice and learn new dance moves or routines, they find new ways to express themselves through movement.
✔️ Develops Confidence and Social Skills
Group dance classes help kids develop better social skills by working together and cooperating with their peers. Meeting new friends and mastering new routines is a surefire way to boost any kid’s confidence.
Just Move offers a series of age-appropriate classes in a positive, encouraging environment.
Ballet Classes
Just Move has ballet classes for children ages 3 and 4, Beginner Ballet for 5 to 7 year olds, and Intermediate or Advanced Ballet for older children. Through games and instruction, each class helps children develop motor skills, explore the relationship between dance and music, and gain confidence in moving their bodies through space.
Hip Hop Ninjas
Hip Hop Ninjas 1 and 2 are fun-filled classes that incorporate jazz, hip hop, and tumbling. Kids will challenge themselves with ninja obstacle courses, learn fundamental jazz steps, and get down with hip hop basics.
TikTokin’ Teens
TikTokin' Teens will teach you 10-15-year-olds the latest trending dance moves. They’ll warm-up, work out, then master the classics and freshest dances from TikTok.
Enroll your child in a Just Move dance class—spaces fill fast!
Dancing Together: A Family-Friendly Fitness Option
The best thing you can do with your family is to stay active together. Some families may ride bikes together or go on hikes, but have you ever considered taking dance classes together? It’s a new activity to bring the family together while keeping everyone fit and healthy.
Just Move encourages family fitness through dance classes for families to keep everyone moving. Our classes give families the opportunity to connect through movement, while sharing health goals and having fun together. Family dance classes give everyone the chance to improve their fitness, reduce stress, enhance their creativity, and strengthen social skills. It’s a chance for families to have a shared experience, strengthening family bonds.
At Just Move, we encourage pairing adult and kids' classes for a full family fitness experience. Make movement a family tradition!
What to Expect: Classes & Community
When you, your kids, or whole family sign up for a dance class at Just Move, you should expect to have fun. Just Move offers inclusive dance classes to the whole family. Our fun fitness classes create lasting memories, letting families have a blast together while moving!
At Just Move, we value community and making sure anyone who attends a class leaves feeling more confident.
A first-time participant can expect:
Welcoming instructors
Non-intimidating class environments
Modifications for all fitness levels
We want you to feel safe, comfortable, and part of our community when taking a Just Move dance class. Our classes are approachable, led by friendly, encouraging instructors who want to make sure you get the most out of your experience. Our instructors modify classes for participants, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to keep up, even if you think you have two left feet. The point is to let yourself have fun through joyful and mindful movement.
No matter your skill level, you are encouraged to sign up! Everyone is welcome—no prior dance experience needed.
Step Into Joyful Movement at Just Move
Sign up for dance fitness and enjoy the benefits of Just Move’s dance programs. No matter your age, dance fitness improves cardiovascular health, coordination, balance, and flexibility, while reducing stress and boosting self-esteem. For your kids, dance builds strength and coordination, encourages creativity and self-expression, and develops confidence and social skills.
Just Move’s supportive, community-based approach to fitness will encourage you to enjoy the fun of dance. Whether you're dancing solo or with your family, join Just Move today and let the music move you!
