If you ever wanted to try an exercise class and haven't--

--last night, in our 6 p.m. Zumba class in Yellow Springs, along with the 40+ all shapes/sizes people attending, there were no less than seven children under thirteen and one woman in a wheelchair who came and took the class.  The woman in a wheelchair did the arms only and worked up a good sweat.  Her daughter, who was deaf, did the class by watching and feeling the downbeat from the music. It was both humbling and made of awesome all at once. 

 So if you've ever wanted to take a class or feel intimidated by them, try it.  Work to the best of your ability; you don't have to do the whole thing perfectly or be the best in the room or do everything high impact like the instructor. (As one of my favorite class teachers to date said once:  "Low impact does NOT mean low effort!"  You can get a great workout and by marching and lifting your knees, really stretching on side movements and working your lower body by getting lower instead of adding bounce.)  The important thing is to take the class if you want to take the class.  If you take it more than once, you'll get better at it.  

A bunch of children, including a deaf child.  A woman in a wheelchair.  Like the commercial says, come on:  just do it.