AN ANALYSIS ON MENTAL WELLBEING AND DANCE PRACTICE W.S.R TO INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE FORMS

Body expresses its existence because of mind that emotes, similarly mind needs body as media for the ex-pression of its existence. Thus, Mind, Body and Spirit coordinate with each other for balancing functionali-ty in humans and promote health. Dance is one of the mediums that bring synchronization or the coordina-tion between them. The neurological, muscular and emotional elements of the body respond to dance in all constructive ways. The article analyzes all those components that help mind and emotions to remain well composed by regular dance practice. The focus or concentration, the mental activity and tolerance, the pa-tience and stability are all brought into the person by practicing dance. In this study special emphasis is giv-en to Indian classical dance forms as it involves both vigorous as well as delicate foot works and it also has vast array of hand gestures to make dancing more interesting and graceful to practice. Keywords: Natya, Nritya, Manas, Satwa, Medha, Harsha, Prana Vata, Sadaka Pitta, Rajasa guna, Tamas, Mano Vijnana