Zumba®Happiness benefits mental health

6 October 2011

Zumba®Happiness benefits mental health

The theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is “GET IN THE GAME - Training for happiness” and cityfitness Zumba instructors are supporting the week by hosting Zumba®Happiness classes to encourage New Zealander’s to get off the couch, get active and invest in their mental and physical wellbeing.

Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place between 10-16 October and is celebrating the five winning ways to wellbeing; connect, give, take notice, learn and be active, all of which are elements of the Zumba®Happiness classes.

Allyson Donnelly, cityfitness Director of Group Fitness says ‘Exercise is such a powerful way to develop or maintain a positive mental state. cityfitness is excited to be a part of mental health awareness week – we share Zumba’s philosophy that exercise can be both fun and results-oriented. We invite our local communities to come experience a class and the cityfitness gyms to support this great cause.”

cityfitness Zumba Happiness classes will run across the week beginning October 10. Times and days are as follows:

cityfitness Nelson CBD Monday 5.30pm
cityfitness New Plymouth Monday 6.00pm
cityfitness Nelson Monday 6.30pm
cityfitness Northwood Tuesday 6.15pm
cityfitness Thorndon Wednesday 5.15pm
cityfitness Lyall Bay Wednesday 6.00pm
cityfitness Palmerston North Wednesday 6.15pm
cityfitness Johnsonville Wednesday 7.15pm
cityfitness Kapiti Wednesday 7.35pm
cityfitness Porirua Thursday 5.15pm
cityfitness Newmarket Thursday 7.30pm
cityfitness Nelson CBD Friday 9.30am
cityfitness Napier Saturday 9.30am

Zumba®Happiness events are open to anyone interested in taking part and are being held all over the country with donations going to the Mental Health Foundation.

For a full list of classes or to view other activities being held over Mental Health Awareness Week a calendar of events can be found at www.mentalhealth.org.nz.

Mental Health Awareness Week is endorsed by the World Federation for Mental Health and will be marked in over 150 countries.

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