Make sure you make your way over to my YouTube Channel to catch the dance fitness videos we shot in my filming class! Make sure to subscribe and like : )
I’m super proud to have been on the Dance Fitness scene in Seattle for 7 years now, and come September, will have been running my studio space in West Seattle for that same time!
Let’s keep it going shall we?
xoJ
A: Real Estate Marketing / hiking, reading, travel, working out
A: I’m lucky to work from home – saving that commute time is huge!
A: I’m almost 49. My goal is to be in the best shape possible by the time I hit 50 next summer. I tend to get tendonitis and similar injuries, so my goal is to stave those off by listening to my body, and taking care of it with massage, acupuncture and rest as needed.
A: Fitting into my clothes. Making it up the trail.
A: I’m very motivated by my current goals, but also by my husband who is on this fitness journey with me. He has lost nearly 100 pounds by working out and eating better.
A: Before working out in the morning, I have a Garden of Life vegan protein shake. It has just enough boost to get me going, but it doesn’t fill me up. Then after working out, I have a kale smoothie (kale, coconut water, frozen blueberries, banana, peanut butter and coconut oil).
A: I’ve lost 40 pounds in the past few years, and I’m keeping that off. I’d like to lose another 15 pounds in the next year.
A: that’s crazy! I love the constant challenge of the choreography. I never look at the clock during class, except to think that I wish we had time for a couple more songs. 😀 I love when the adrenaline kicks in mid-way through class and we really get moving.I also love the music. I don’t listen to much mainstream pop at home (I’m a KEXP listener), so I’m not familiar with the songs we dance to, but when I hear them out and about, l I feel at least a little hip. Like a couple weeks ago, I recognized the walk-up music for one of the Mariners batters. My nephew had to tell me that it was Kendrick Lamar, but hey, I knew the song anyway. (And the moves.)
A: I have better moves when it’s time to hit the floor at weddings.
A: Way too much Theo Chocolate. I have to have a little bit (sometimes too much) every day!
A: I really mix it up! I do small group personal training twice a week at Anytime Fitness. I take other dance classes around town. I go for walks in the neighborhood, and now that it’s summertime I go for a hike every weekend.
A: I’m a cancer survivor. I had non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2008, so I’m nearly 10 years cancer free!
JC: YOU’RE AMAZING!
A:Also, my husband runs the Washington Beer Blog and we love beer travel. It’s one of the reasons we started dating – we met over beer.
A: well YOU are of course, Jennifer! 😀
A: He loves that it makes me happy.
A: In the middle of a hike, at the top of a mountain on a sunny day in August. One of my faves: Third Burroughs at Mt Rainier.
I just led the most amazing crowd if only for a few minutes at a 90’s Throwback event produce by the fabulous DayBreaker. I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into, but what it was, was SUPER positive, supportive, FUN, sweaty, LIT and I hope to get back to it again!
I had a dancer from class join me to help lead the crowd, and though it was a bit of a rocky transition when the music came on, we rocked on like champions!
Later, the mc asked me to join him in a freestyle to Poison (Bel Biv Devoe), and I was just a bit nervous to do so, because suddenly it was just the 2 of us on stage! An unrehearsed performance/freestyle, which has never been my strong suit, and in front of a crowd I did not know, to a song I hadn’t listened to for a while!
All ended well, and the crowd ate us up! I am really hoping for some video footage, and double hoping it looks good!
I gave up 2 classes to be at this event. Something I will rarely do. I happen to have amazing subs, so I was confident to leave my students in their capable hands. It’s important to get the DancePowered name out there, to get the style, the vibe, the energy of the kind of class it is out to as many people as possible. I’m glad I did it. It’s good to get out of your box every now and then. I do not regret it whatsoever!
It’s amazing to see dance continue to blossom in the states, and to have become even more accessible to people who may not dance if it weren’t for dance fitness, Zumba, or DayBreaker’s availability.
This was just one of those experiences that made me realize that dance continues to bring me opportunities, growth, strength, joy, community, power, and confidence. I am so grateful that I overcame my insecurities and fear of failing in front of other people, and pushed myself to become a dancer. It has not failed me.
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I cheated and used my class members to send a hello to my pals in Barcelona ; )
Thanksgiving 2016. They were more than happy to accommodate!
We had a great class before noon. It always feels amazing to dance on a holiday!
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