Winalee Zeeb is transforming ZZ Underwater World into the Heart Dance Studio, a fitness, wellness and community gathering space designed to help individuals marry mind, body and spirit.
"I want people to learn to love their body instead of other things," she says.
Zeeb was an avid fitness instructor, teaching a wide range of classes including step. After suffering physical injuries, Zeeb turned to exercise that could shape mind, body and spirit.
Zeeb is now one of only 11 certified Nia trainers in the world. According to the Nia official Web site, Nia “simultaneously addresses the body, mind, emotions, and spirit, and puts them on the 'same page' using music, movement and personal expression to integrate one’s neurology." Zeeb also teaches yoga and plans to offer both classes at the Heart Dance Studio.
Zeeb wants other groups to utilize the space. She’s renovating the building to include a fitness area as well as a community-based, education, or meeting area.
Zeeb and her husband, Ron, ran Zeeb Underwater World for more than 20 years. The Heart Dance Studio will occupy Zeeb Underwater World’s 1806 East Michigan Ave. location. Zeeb is hopeful that the renovations to the building will be complete in January.
Source: Winalee Zeeb, Heart Dance Studio
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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