What it feels like to lead Zumba

It's an amazing experience to put the music on, start moving, and have a class full of strangers eagerly start doing what you are doing. As the class progresses,  I watch the faces and bodies of each person as s/he works to learn, improve, and personalize the steps. Soon a deep connectedness happens... I feel really touched that they are all here, trusting me to lead them through the hour. I whoop and holler, and usually nobody else does (unless Graciella is there), which makes me wonder if it's obnoxious, but I don't care because it's my joyful noise, and I really, really can't help it. By the end of the class, I am so grateful and full of love for the dear people who came to dance with me.