Zumba Class- Benefiting Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Survivors 

Location: Dan Wall Fitness Studio

Address: 4007 West Kennedy Blvd, Tampa FL 33609

Phone: 813-251-6300

Website: http://www.danwallfitness.com/

Date and Time: Saturday June 25th 2011

Time: 11:00 am 

Brief History from the official Zumba Fitness website

Source: http://www.zumba.com/about/

Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive. Since its inception in 2001, the Zumba program has grown to become the world's largest – and most successful – dance-fitness program with more than 12 million people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking weekly Zumba classes in over 110,000 locations across more than 125 countries.

My Bum Bum Shaking Revelation (my Zumba story):

Fluidity of motion is therapeutic.

Learn to reinvent yourself and be fluid.

Relearning who you are after crisis can be difficult but once you find your inner voice and passion you will learn to take hold of your life, enforce power & control and allow yourself to heal. Zumba has been the art that I have held onto, enforced in my new birth and learned to heal from; in turn quieting and overcoming negative self-talk. In short, “Zumba can help you become friends with your body again”.

When I commit myself to a full hour of heart pounding, body shaking Zumba I feel in control and in love with the light that flows effervescently through me. I embrace my body specifically my bum bum when I Cumbia, I love my form when I reggaetone, I trust my instincts and hips when I Sumba and Salsa and last but certainly not least, the Merengue pulls me in and I’m caught in a Latin induced trance for 60 minutes.

Zumba has been my healer along with the great support team I have in my wonderful survival sisters at the Crisis Center and my Zumba Warrior Divas that dance alongside me.

I can convincingly say there is acceptance, love, understanding and control of my body in the beautiful rhythmic art which is Zumba.

Peace be to you on your Zumba journey. May you enjoy and revel in its awesome power as I have. Relax, shake your bum bum to the beats and tell all of your fears and inhabitations be gone and that Zumba is in control. In control for 60 minutes that is. I promise you it is one addiction you will be happy you lose power in over and over again. Are you sold? If the answer is Sí, then let’s Zumba! See you June 25th 2011 at Dan Wall Fitness.

– written by Tiffani Barner