Caribbean Heat – December 10 @ 4:30 with Ximena
Come join us for a Caribbean Heat Party Ximena is back with a fantastic dance party that you are going to L-O-V-E! Caribbean styles are Carnival style dances, but without all of the costumes and heels, though if you happen to have any pieces, feel free to bring them! Brazillian, Soca, Samba, Dancehall, Calypso are just some of the styles that you might see in the class. BONUS: You just might see me some teach you! Join us at 4:30 for this amazing Caribbean Heat party 🙂
Read MoreMeet Vanessa Santos – Our new Wednesday Instructor
This bubbly girl is going to make you sweat! I’ve had the pleasure to get to know Vanessa over the past month and I’m just in love with her! She currently teaches weekly at VI Fitness, and even her fiance joins her for classes. True love! Vanessa has joined the team as the Wednesday 7:30 – 8:30 pm instructor and will be subbing some classes while Noriko is away as well. She’s been dancing since she was 5 and found Zumba in 2013 through a YouTube video! Originally teaching in Toronto at 2 Fitness centres, Vanessa is now in Victoria and excited to be...
Read MoreWebsite Redesigned and Updated
The website has a new look and feel! I’ve spent the past few days working on updating the website and updating a lot of the pages. You will have noticed that things have been moved around and some new things have shown up. I updated the instructor pages and added our new instructors for 2017 as well. Additionally, I added a link directly to the blog as I am not going to be posting everything to the main page to keep the number of images that are loaded down. What’s new? Check out the dedicated Blog page! I recommend that you also click through to the...
Read MoreUpdate for November 17, 2017
Message from Lizy It’s been 7 weeks that I have been out of the studio and away from teaching now and it’s been a process of paying attention every day to know my body is telling me. It took me a long time, to be honest with my doctor as well with myself about the level of my health truly was. So often we find ourselves in a trap of living our daily lives with obligations that we can’t turn away from. We depend on our income, other people depend on us, commitments have been made. We push aside our needs and what our body is saying to us, toughing it out, saying we...
Read MoreUpdate for November 7, 2017
Update for November 7, 2017 Message from Lizy I’ve been away on a 5 day retreat up in Bowser, secluded in a little beachfront cottage. My daily companions have been a couple of type of ducks, a kingfisher, a seal, an eagle, some seagulls and a little squirrel that snuck up occasionally on the deck. Every day I watched the ocean ebb and flow and it reminded me of how I see students come in and out of the studio at times. I have heard from some people that you haven’t come to the studio as you are missing me, and I really appreciate that so much. At the same time, what I want...
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