What happened to me
I’m so excited to state that I was one of the chosen few that participated in the Zumba Fitness 2nd Annual Instructor Convention September 4th, 2009 in Orlando, Florida; and as luck would have it, I was the only Canadian among the dancers to appear on stage in front of over 2,300 Zumba instructors from all over the world.
I feel so honored to have been chosen to be part of the group dancing a Flamenco on stage at the Zumbathon and was very proud to represent Canada and Quebec and the 50+ boomers!
And not only that, we were dancing on stage with the creator of the Zumba Fitness program, Beto Perez.
Among over 15,000 Zumba Fitness instructors worldwide, there are a great many of us who range in the age of between 50 and 75. This years’ instructor convention proudly welcomed over 160 Zumba Fitness instructors in that age bracket. I myself am 56 and have found that dancing and fitness, particularly Zumba Fitness, has kept me young, and I’m not the only over-50 fitness instructor who has also admitted to this!
I wanted to bring in something new to my small town. No one was holding Zumba Fitness classes here and where they were held they were very popular. You move your body to the music, and the music is so exciting and infectious it creates a party atmosphere. It’s dancing, it’s aerobics and so much fun that you don’t even realize your actually working out!
Right now I teach Zumba Fitness in Saint-Anicet and Huntingdon, Quebec five times a week and welcome everyone from teens to seniors, men and women, to attend my classes. If anyone needs more information about Zumba Fitness, their website is: http://www.zumba.com, and it’s one of the largest fitness programs in the world today, with over 16,000 certified instructors and more than five million people taking weekly classes in over 40,000 locations all over the world.
It’s good for the mind, body and spirit; it helps you maintain your flexibility, balance and strength as well as making you look and feel better about yourself. I’m 56 years old and It’s the peppiest I’ve ever been in my whole life!
What I learned
That I can stand up in front of an audience and DANCE!
What I wish I'd known then
Actually, nothing. I learned so much over the last year or so about fitness and teaching to fill a novel. Zumba fitness is amazing and I love it and dancing; it's my life!
