What Gospel exercise?

What started as Anu Mylläri's Gospel workout ® for YWCA Tampere in 2005 has now grown into a variety of Gospel exercise lessons. The lessons are tough workouts during which one goes through various basics of exercising. The lessons start and end with a prayer. We use modern Christian music of different styles and rhytms suitable for exercising and dancing. All Gospel workouts are suitable for all ages. Earlier experience in exercising, dancing or even religion is not required.

Why Gospel dance?

Our idea and calling is to encourage free movement without any pressure of performance. During the lessons we focus on the well-being of the student and on creating a successfull learning experience. We are all created by God. Understanding of this fact, and with the help of our gospel workouts, one can find ones own beauty, femininity and unexpected resources within. Gospel exercise supports healthy body image, girl- and womanhood by means of well-being and spirituality.

Gospel Latin ® is a latindance workout composed by Asta Lehtimäki in 2007. In these lessons God's accepting love and mercy is combined with energetic dance. Gospel Latin is a registered brand, which ensures the quality of the lessons. Dance instructors Asta Lehtimäki and dancer/ pastor Piialiina Ristolainen are responsible for product development, launching and training new instructors.

Gospel dance lessons consist of a warm-up, easy steps, dance techniques, dancing and a short quiet-time at the end of the lesson. We start slow and easy and pick up the tempo as each group develops. In latindance one esspecially gets to exercises the midriff, hips, upper- and lower back aswellas learns good posture and use of ones body. We offer two levels: Intro is suitable for everyone while Tempo is suitable for those who have some experience in dancing. In Gospel Latin lessons we rock the Samba and Cha-cha, enjoy cheerful Merengue and Salsa, looove beautiful Rumba and swet out with Reggaeton and Jive.

We also offer Mother-Child-Latin class where mothers and children can enjoy the same Latin rhythms on the terms of the children. Other variations of our gospel-workouts include Gospel-Show Dance (2009) and the popular Gospel-Spice (2009). Gospel-Irish class was succesfully started in spring 2010.

If you feel the call to start Gospel workouts in your own community, feel free to contact us! We offer launch packages, dance days and exerciseinstructor training. (To contact us click here)