Zumba Love

I started a new warm  up today: If you wanna dance with me from Zin 37. Great energy and I love the lyrics at the begining: "You gotta love yourself, respect yourself, check yourself, don't wreck yourself." To me Zumba is a celebration of life and a celebration of the only thing we truly own in this world, our body. We tend to spend so much time being critical of what we look like, "wrecking" ourselves: my butt is too big, my waist is too fat, oh my goodness, look at the flab on my arms!, instead of celebrating the gift our body is. I think we need to take the words from Dance with me to heart: learn to love yourself, respect yourself, check  yourself and don't wreck yourself with the negatives. Need to make a change? Then love yourself and take more Zumba classes, or go for more walks. Respect your body and make food choices that fuel it and don't just fill the empty spot in your stomach. Then check back often to see if you are 'loving' yourself. Our bodies are a gift, no matter your size or shape, it is yours, celebrate it! Peace, Love, ZUMBA!

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