Zumba is an activity that individuals from all ages can participate in. It is a fun way to exercise to maintain your health. In a 15-minute car ride from La Jolla to Linda Vista, you arrive at the Bayside Community Center, where they offer Zumba to the community for a low cost of $4 per hour session on Monday or Wednesday. As soon as it was 9:30AM, Zumba class has begun. It was fun to dance with my peers and the elderly. The elders made dancing look so easy, where I was struggling to imitate what the instructor was doing. After an hour, Zumba was over, but we stayed and chat with some elders. I was able to talk to a member of the community who has lived in Linda Vista for majority of her life. She told us stories about how she was able to see the changes throughout the city. She said that the community center use to located across the street, which is now a charter school. The current location of the community center use to be a 99-cent store and I can definitely see it in the center. This Zumba class happened to be her first time in the Zumba class at the center. She had decided to attend the class because she wanted to start becoming more active in her life. She said that this class was a form of self-care, for herself. She has become a stay at home mom ever since she had her children. Through the conversation, I was able to learn a lot about her and her life. She wants to be more involved in the community and she wants to go back to school. It is amazing that she wants to do this because it shows that it does not matter what age you are. If you want to do something, you can do it, regardless of your age. It depends on how motivated you are to do what you want. Age should not discourage you from doing anything. Although, she would not be considered an elder, she the age between millennials and elders. So, this provides an insight on an individual who is between these ages. It is interesting to listen to people’s story about their experience of life. It makes me think about who I will be in the future. There are so many possibilities. I do know that I want to be active in my community and health.
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June 2019
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