Like many others I did attended a Zumba® party and cursed it to
glory without even studying about it pre or post the session. However I did
wonder “What was so special?” The same old Bollywood music and very common
steps which I could do at home…! Zumba®
for me was not anything special or worth my money or time.
As time
passed by I left my job and joined a Dance studio and my introduction to Zumba®
Fitness was once again not on such a good note. I could not dance past 3 songs
and definitely kept losing my breath and Stamina. Gained it though eventually
and all thankful to my seniors out there who helped me grow. However there came
a day I had to take it myself without any seniors involved and that was the day
I actually froze.
The
world turned upside down the day I had to take a batch. Now mind you I had no
license and no experience and hell yes one of the “Party Crashers”. I could not
help but spend odd 8 hours checking out Zumba® fitness videos on YouTube. And eventually my curious mind guided me to
understand what I was getting into.
Days
passed and I just could not stop but want to learn everything I could about
Zumba® fitness. I spoke to my head instructor at the studio and he guided me to
speak to this wonderful personality I am glad I met Ruth Gabriel.
Well
that was the beginning of my Zumba® fitness journey. I was indeed skeptical
about everything I was doing however I did have Ruth speak so much to me and convince
me about what I was getting into was just a great world that changes lives.
Now I’m
sure you are wondering what changed?
My life
was opened to a world of People, Opportunities, Work, Experience, Good health, A
new family and lots more. From losing the flab to learning and understand body
works everything was an open book in the Zumba® fitness world. Now I shall tell you how this mattered.
After I got my Zumba® fitness license I got the courage to open a Dance Studio. In the very first week of my Studio inauguration I happened to injure my toe. All I had to do is just inform the Zumba® community and I got instant help. I can't seem to thank you enough Manish Gohil. He did handle my classes for a whole month and gave me a great boost in the time i could not expect anything good. Well that's what ZINs in Mumbai do. ZIN Mumbai you rock...! (Much love :) )
Zumba®
Fitness is a Dance workout that you will love doing not only because it works
perfectly on your body but also because it just makes you dance to some crazy
party music. Zumba® fitness a crazy Latin inspired dance workout. The music
just makes spirits high while you don’t realize that you are working on your
body. Being a Zumba® fitness instructor is definitely not easy, however when
you have a ZES like Sucheta Pal you can achieve quite a bit. The words she said
is the only thing I take to all my classes today. “Keep the ego and attitudes
out of the class and just be yourself.” This attitude changes a lot and changed
a lot for me for sure. Joining the ZIN (Zumba instructor’s network) has benefited
me to a level I could not imagine.
On the whole I’d like to say that Zumba® fitness does changes you on the whole, from the attitude to your body. I would most definitely encourage a lot more people to start loving themselves a little more and suggest them to pamper themselves. “Self importance can be a boon to life” Stay healthy and keep dancing..!
This journey has had it's ups and downs, however I would like to Thank
you Zumba® fitness for all that you do for us ZINs.
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