Stop What You’re Doing and Dance

Why your body, brain, and mood need you to move

Illustrations: Kaki Okumura

I was at the end of my workout, about to close out my music app, when one of my favorite songs came on.

Oh dang, I can’t press skip on this one.

I thought I would just continue stretching to it, but I couldn’t help but start dancing. I usually don’t dance — I’m pretty awful at…