Adults with learning disabilities attending our Parkhead Resource Centre in Ashington are improving their fitness and having fun – Bollywood style!
Each fortnight, a professional instructor from a local dance centre arrives at Parkhead to lead a creative Just Jhoom dance class, and friends invited from other disability centres around the area can’t wait to join in, too!
Just Jhoom – which means ‘just dance’ – is an intriguing blend of Bollywood dance and aerobics which offers a great way to exercise the whole body and mind.
With imaginatively named moves, such as ‘waterfall lunge’ and beautiful hand movements like ‘bee’ and ‘lotus’ everyone loves listening to the instructions as much as taking part.
Ellen and Steven from Parkhead sum up their feelings about the class perfectly: “It’s great!” said Ellen; “I think it’s fantastic!” added Steven.