InFocus Magazine, highlights the people and communities of the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island and they discovered Bellyfit!  Enjoy this article about a leading Bellyfit Instructor who has truly embraced the Bellyfit mission of empowering women through movement, music, community and culture.

For the full article click here: http://www.infocusmagazine.ca/2012/fit-for-the-community/

Excerpt from article:

Leanne Zdebiak-Eni is the Comox Valley’s first BellyFit Instructor, and has been offering classes through her fitness studio Island Fitness Pilates (IFP) since 2008. As owner and operator of IFP, she’s seen the impact the classes have had on her clients over the past three years.  And now she has partnered with local DJ em.ash (who goes by the name Michael Holding when he isn’t playing music) to create a community fundraising event that shows just what women can do when they move.

What attracted Zdebiak-Eni to BellyFit was the holistic qualities of the classes.  “It’s a total mind/body exercise—and that doesn’t always happen when women are exercising. They’re not always aware of their feelings and emotions,” she says.  “Women and young girls are presented with so many opportunities for a negative self-image that anything that encourages women to feel good about themselves is wonderful.