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Watching a couple spin around the room is joyful, but the real benefits of salsa come when you join in. "Salsa dancing makes people happy", says Martha Santos, Ph.D., a salsa dancer and an associate professor of Latin American History at the University of Akron. WELLNESS DANCING IS A SENSATIONAL WAY TO FEEL YOUNG. "The music is percussive and exciting, and when you combine it with rapid movements from the various Latin American dance traditions salsa encompasses, it's like the dance has a healing quality.". [Extracted from the article]

The article looks on actress Alison Sweeney's personal healthy-body regimen. Sweeney's regimen involves eating healthy food, including oatmeal with blueberrries, quinoa and fish tacos, exercising four days a week, and seeing her trainer Steve Lee one a week for a long workout that include boxing, yoga and explosive jumping. Also included in her regime are playing paddle tennis, night hiking with her friend Patty, and salsa-dancing.

The article describes several dance styles that may be used as a total-body workout. Latin dances that include salsa, merengue and cha-cha has quick and sharp steps with hip action. It is considered healthy for abdominals because the spine get a 360-degree workout. In the Masala Bhangra dance, the upper body and the arms do a lot of dancing. This may result to sexy and fit shoulders, arms and backs. In the jazz dance, there is a combination of sharp kicks and slides, which targets the front of thighs.

The article presents things or traditions that the publication's staff looks forward to during the holiday season. Topics include salsa dancing and drinking coquito, a Latin version of the drink eggnog, baking and decorating sugar cookies with children, and gathering with family members for a potluck-style dinner.

The article presents weight-reducing dance advice from professional dancer Jennifer Galardi, who starred in the DVD "10 Minute Solution: Dance It Off & Tone It Up!" Galardi said that salsa and mambo can burn up to 350 calories an hour while toning the tummy and sculpting the upper body. Hip-hop exercises the leg muscles and can burn up to 400 calories.

Presents instructions on cardio salsa dance from Kim Blank, a choreographer who taught Keri Russell for the movie `Mad About Mambo.' Side slide; Salsa ball change; Hot rock.