Jacqueline Valk is an author, speaker and movement educator exploring how rhythmic, social movement can help people live sharper, stronger and more connected lives.
What if one of the most powerful ways to protect your brain, your relationships and your independence has been hiding in plain sight?
We spend years searching for ways to stay sharper, stronger and more independent. We're told to exercise more, manage stress, protect our memory and make time for relationships, yet most advice treats these as separate problems, each demanding its own routine.
In 76 Percent, I explore the one activity that combines movement, rhythm, memory, coordination, courage and human connection, all at once, partner dancing.
I wrote this book because my grandmother lived with dementia, and that's what set me on this path. If it helps even one person reduce that risk, it's done its job. If it helps more than one, all the better.
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The book that started it all, the moment she realised dance was never just about the moves. Partner dancing, she discovered through her own research and experience, has powerful benefits for the mind and body alike.
Follow her personal stories, on the dance floor and off it, of how dance changed her life.
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"We have separated brain health, physical health and human connection, but some forms of movement train all three at once."
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Dance as Medicine
Why Adults Need Movement, Music and Community
Partner Dancing, Confidence and Mental Health
From Performance to Purpose
Rhythm, Resilience and Reconnection
"Dance is not just performance or exercise, it's a tool for the nervous system."