Testimonials

 I am 66 years old and I was one of Andriza's dance students. She is an excellent teacher, very creative as a choreographer and has a lot of patience and care with her students. Dance is very important to me, because / can exercise, have fun and exercise my attention, balance, coordination and memory at the same time, which is very important for those who are already over 50 years old.

- Lucy Montero

  l'm 58 years old. I had been looking for an activity that suited my age, but that was also fun - something to make me 'leave home for'. I'd had a few unsuccessful experiences, all classes seemed monotonous or risky for my age. Then a friend recommended dance classes with teacher Andriza. I liked it since my first class. We always started with stretching exercises, followed by warm up exercises. After them we danced to different types of music (waltz, tango, samba, salsa, pop) shaking all parts of our bodies. This was a light, joyful, efficient and very pleasant activity. At the end of the class we had breathing and posture exercises, finishing the class with a relaxing massage made by teacher Andriza. I miss her classes because they helped me get fit, control weight and be in a good mood.

- Ângela Paranhos de Galindo

   I am 64 years of age. A couple of years ago I lost my mother to a long battle with alzheimer's disease. After this, I found I had too much spare time on my hands and decided to focus on my fitness and flexibility as I suffer with some arthritis and have high blood pressure. I joined Anytime Fitness and just over 12 months ago started Andriza's yoga class. I had only ever done a yoga beginner class many years ago so / was nervous to begin with and unsure whether I would be able to "cope" with the class. I found that Andriza's practices begin with a lot of care and gentle asanas to warm up the body. She is encouraging and supportive when I am unable to do certain challenging asanas (offering gentler alternatives - particularly when my knees and shoulders play up!). Andriza also ensures that there are cool down poses at the end of the class and a time of relaxation and meditation.12 months on and I am still attending Andriza's yoga classes (I go 3 times per week now.) Apart from increased flexibility, better balance and less soreness in my muscles I have also found that it has had a positive effect on my mental well-being. It has helped me remain calm in day to day situations which in the past would have thrown my mind into turmoil. Looking for some aerobic exercise (and not interested at my age in HIlT nor a personal training session where the trainer tells me "feel the burn!") I joined Andriza's cardio dance classes. Again Andriza spends time at the beginning of the class on warm up and stretching moves before increasing the intensity. This certainly helps my muscles to relax in order for me to cope with the aerobic part of the class. In addition, instead of continual pounding exercises or too many repetitive moves she incorporates latin dance sequences into the exercise routine. This makes the class more interesting as well as engaging my brain and co-ordination learning the moves - I really enjoy this part of the class particularly learning new sequences - it takes my mind off the fact I am actually exercising and getting my heart rate up. In my opinion Andriza is an excellent yoga, cardio and dance teacher. I still enjoy and look forward to her classes.

- Gaye Edwards