WARNING! This is NOT group fitness "as usual"! CHRISTIAN Dance & Aerobic fitness is here!! Praize Kraze is answering the call for a new standard of group fitness. Visit our website: www.PraizeKraze.com. Watch our demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=039No
Renee Shandra has been leading worship for 32 years. She currently sings in Grace Abounds, has been happily married for 22 years and has 3 beautiful girls.
"I have struggled with my weight and self-esteem ever since I had my 3 children. Trying to balance working fulltime, singing in a band and taking care of my family left little time for my own health. I was diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroiditis in 1999. After 7 years of hyper and hypoactive thyroid levels, I had radioactive iodine therapy to remove my thyroid. I quickly put on more weight and my energy levels went down. I had knee and foot problems. Because obesity and stroke risks are high in my family, I made a choice to start working towards living a healthy life, no matter how I felt. I want to set a good example for my 3 girls so that they will not ever have the same struggles I have had.
I started Zumba classes and quickly got "addicted". I found out about Praize Kraze and thought it was just Zumba set to Christian music. Boy was I wrong! I went to my first class and was blown away! It was a physical and spiritual transformation! I longed for more and found out that they were looking to license instructors. I couldn't believe I opened my mouth and said that I would do it! Was I crazy? I had very little dance background and I was just beginning my journey to a healthier life...but I knew the Holy Spirit was prompting me! It was the right decision! My girls immediately said "we will help". Wow, they were going to be a part of this too! I am not perfect, my moves are not perfect, but my heart is there and more importantly GOD SHOWS UP!
I want to challenge women and men to be the best they can be physically, spiritually and mentally and not to be bound by what the scales say. No one should feel intimidated to come to our fitness class. The journey to better health is ours together! This class is for both beginners and advanced. What you put into the moves, you get out of it. Work at your fitness level. We will move, sweat, worship, praise, laugh, cry and have fun! You just have to show up!
FAVORITE SCRIPTURE: Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do and He will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:5-6
