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JONEEBA™ AFRICAN DANCE as a Total Body Workout
In Africa, dance is part of both secret rituals and everyday living.
It is spiritual, religious and secular. It is purely for enjoyment
and yet can be full of pomp and circumstance. African dance exists
on so many planes because it addresses the physical, mental and
spiritual needs of the individual and the community. It was there
that Djoniba Mouflet first got addicted to the power and spirituality
of African dance and drumming. He knew that he would share it
with others one day and that is when the Joneeba™ African
Dance technique took life.
Since then, Djoniba Mouflet has achieved guru-like status among
the nearly ten thousand individuals who have studied with him
world-wide over the years, and the many who currently over-crowd
his class at the Djoniba Dance and Drum Centre five days a week.
The key to Djoniba‘s class’ popularity and success
is that the Joneeba™ African Dance Technique is designed
to follow all the principles of exercise physiology for a complete
body workout. It is a combination of three elements: A uniquely
designed body stretching, strengthening, and toning warm-up; powerful
West African dances done Djoniba Mouflet-style to the stimulating
rhythm of the drums; and a methodical way of breaking down steps
so that every person, including those who have never danced in
their lives, can learn, sweat, and have fun.
Joneeba™ African Dance is what the spirit of African dance
and drumming is about—individuality, freedom of expression.
That spirit that allows all to dance with their own accentuation,
flavor and soul. It’s a technique that is high-energy and
fun yet easy to follow, incorporating breathing, exercises, stretches,
balancing, high-impact aerobics, dance, meditation and fantastic
drum music. Joneeba™ African Dance is an all-inclusive fitness
program that fuses style and spirit. From a physical perspective,
this technique is a whole–body workout—strengthening,
toning and stretching all the muscle groups while conditioning
the heart. For Muscular Strength and Tone, the warm-up exercises
combined with the high-intensity dancing strengthen all the major
muscle groups in the body. During the dancing, the many “thrusting”
moves particularly strengthen the muscles important for excellent
posture. When it comes to Flexibility, the Joneeba™ warm-up
is designed so that the stretching exercises come second, after
some initial exercises that get the blood flowing in the body
and fluid flowing in the joints. This order is important for flexibility,
because scientific studies show that optimal flexibility from
stretching is achieved only after the muscle is already warm.
As for Conditioning of the Heart, Joneeba™ is great for
weight loss. After taking Joneeba™ classes regularly, if
you have to run a couple of blocks because you are late for the
bus, for example, you not only will run faster, but will also
become less winded! Other cardiovascular benefits include lower
cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and decreased symptoms of such
conditions as asthma.
As a balance to the physical part of the workout, there is also
the spiritual component of Joneeba™, that is its hypnotic
power through the drum and the rhythm, which is the foundation
and core of the movements. The rhythm excites, prods, lulls, captivates,
pulls, envelops, and inspires you to continue on. Here, the mystical
part of the Joneeba™ journey begins to unfold. The ancient
rhythm of the drums merge with the rhythm of your spirit, making
you move with a freedom that you’ve never
experienced before. This is the magic of Joneeba™ African
Dance!
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