by pulsepdx | Feb 3, 2024 | Members
What is your PulsePDX story? I moved to Portland from NYC a little over 8 years ago. When I first got here, I started looking on Groupon for things to do. I love dancing but had never really taken dance classes or anything formal like that. I’ve never felt...
by pulsepdx | Jun 29, 2023 | Members
What is your PulsePDX story? Three years and 3 months ago to the day I was laying in a quarantined room with Covid for weeks and weeks and weeks, months actually. That was before we knew we didn’t have to quarantine that long. I was too sick to get up and really...
by pulsepdx | Mar 23, 2023 | Members
What is your PulsePDX story? I went to nursing school in Portland right as Zumba was really taking off and luckily Portland was full of amazing classes and instructors. So I’ve been a Zumba fanatic since the beginning and right as I was moving back east for grad...
by pulsepdx | Feb 7, 2023 | Members
What is your PulsePDX story? Growing up and into my 20s I was always that person who could eat an entire tub of ice cream and a full-size bag of Cheddar & Sour Cream Ruffles in one sitting (which I often did) and not gain a pound. Then I turned 30. The magic of...
by pulsepdx | Jan 17, 2023 | Members
Spotlight on Wendy L What Are Some Highlights of your Fitness Journey? As I reach a milestone birthday this year, I realize how very lucky I am to have been dancing at PulsePDX for 10 years! I wasn’t able to take dance lessons as a child as I was told my body...
by pulsepdx | Dec 18, 2022 | Members
Spotlight on Aisha What are some highlights of your fitness journey? Well, to start, I hate exercise. When I was 4 my mom put me in a ballet class that I stopped going to after a little boy made fun of me. In grade school I hated gym class. Growing up the only active...