Dancing with Horses

I'm taking an African dance class, and I think it's helping my riding!!! The whole thing is about loose hips and doing something with one hand and something else with another, lifting the right leg while swinging the left arm. I think it's even better than yoga (plus it's a really intense workout!) for improving my riding. The opposition stuff is really hard for me in riding-the lateral connection between the inside leg and outside rein--and I know why- from dance class. I simply can't get it when I do one thing with the left and another thing with the right- I always end up in sync instead of opposite.
Since it's been about a year now since I've started dance, I'm really starting to get the hang of the opposition stuff, and my riding has also improved. A connection? Who knows.