Connection #2: Community
Did you know that moving with other people is far more beneficial than individual exercise?
Here's a 2017 research project into the benefits of community movement: Group exercise participants showed significant improvements in all three quality of life measures: mental (12.6 percent), physical (24.8 percent) and emotional (26 percent). They also reported a 26.2 percent reduction in perceived stress levels. By comparison, individual fitness participants on average worked out twice as long, and saw no significant changes in any measure, except in mental quality of life (11 percent increase).
When we move our bodies in a group, we also feel more of a connection and sense of belonging more quickly. The typical barriers to connection are broken down.