Dance Fitness with Carolyn

ump on and off a box! I spent the next 20 years exploring tap dancing, line dancing, belly dancing and more, but got totally fed up with the faffing – I just wanted to dance. I didn’t feel the need to do it perfectly, I just wanted to enjoy the music, make some friends, get fitter and have some fun! In 2011 I was accidentally introduced to Zumba fitness and I was hooked immediately. It did exactly what I wanted, I got to dance without someone telling me it was wrong, the moves fitted in to the music and the music was catchy and uplifting. It was so much fun that I wanted to do more of it and become an instructor, but I was lacking confidence, I was older that everybody else, I wasn’t a gym bunny or a professional dancer. I was just an ordinary, stressed out wife and mother. I’ve been running dance fitness classes in Northamptonshire ever since. I believe a dance class should first and foremost be welcoming and supportive for everyone, be somewhere where ladies can enjoy being with like-minded people, break free from the stresses of everyday life, improve their fitness and have some fun.