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I am an introvert, but I don't want my hobbies to be individualistic. I want them to be cooperative and involve other people. I used to read all the time. I used to watch TV and movies. I used to play video games. I had a lot of hobbies that were comfortable. For 20 years that's what I did, and guess what resulted? A full bookshelf but no life. No memories. No friends.
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So when you read those books or watched those shows, did you think of things to say about them and wish you had someone to discuss them with? Salsa dancing is fine, and yeh, keep on going. But joining a bookclub as well could be really good for you. (Depening on the club, of course.) We have a very quiet club member in my bookclub, and at least once during each meeting, we'll stop and ask her directly what she thinks about this or that. Then we wait quietly while she forms her thoughts and gives us a reply. Meanwhile, I just blurt things out, and if someone says, "what do you mean?" I mumble, "Ummm, I don't know."
Just be sure while you're joining all these toastmasters and bookclubs and things, to give yourself plenty of alone time for the rest and recovery (recharging?) you need, or you'll end up in a loony bin!