Just Jhoom! Dance and Mindful Movement

Last week I was very lucky to be part of MIND’s first ever Happy Monday.This is a new campaign that MIND have launched – they plan to do it once a year to encourage people to fundraise on a Monday in March, as well as do fun, happy fundraising activities on that day! As an Ambassador for Happy Monday, I More →

Jhooming for the TV series The Hotel

Just Jhoom! is one of the most versatile dance-fitness programmes in the industry today. Training with us allows you to run Just Jhoom! classes in fitness venues, village halls, school halls and church rooms. Basically anywhere that there is space, a large, clean wooden floor and a group of people who want to Jhoom! You can tailor your classes depending More →

Mombasa Jhooms!

  Yesterday Mombasa Jhoomed! Or at least 15 women at Bodybliss Gym in Mombasa Jhoomed! This was the first time Just Jhoom! has travelled to Africa. It excites me no end to have brought Just Jhoom! even for a short space of time to the country of my birth! Many of you already know that Just Jhoom! is an amalgamation More →

Songs for Just Jhoom! classes Autumn 2011

Songs Film Sadi Gali Tanu Weds Manu (2011) Jalebi Bai Double Dhamaal (2011) Character Dheela Ready (2011) Parda Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010) Galyan Sankli Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991) Chammak Challo Ra.One (2011) Rola PeGaya PatialaHouse (2010) Desi Beat BodyGuard (2011) Main Chandigargh Ki Star BBuddah Hoga Tera Baap (2011)

Free to Dance

If you’ve not heard of Ben Hammond yet, then you soon will! This 33-year old London teacher is on a mission to raise funds for Burma by dancing his way around the country. We at Just Jhoom!were lucky to meet Ben when he came to a Just Jhoom! class here in Guildford. The session was the very first leg of More →

What a year 2010 has been….

Just Jhoom! was launched only 7 months ago on Thurs 27 May at the Cranleigh Arts Centre. The Launch Party was packed – with over 70 people Just Jhooming! As part of our Launch, we asked the general public to log onto the Just Jhoom! website, learn the Launch Routine, teach it to their friends and family and then film themselves More →

Music in Just Jhoom! Classes

Music can make or break a dance-fitness class. So, at Just Jhoom! we take a lot of time and care over the songs we use. During the Instructor Training programme we spend quite a lot of time listening to music, analysing the structure and choreographing moves to suitable songs. Although we cannot give Just Jhoomers the music (for legal and More →

My motivation and inspiration behind Just Jhoom!

Picture the setting. A studio, mirrors on one wall, a sound system playing the track Om Shanti Om whilst ten females concentrate on their dance moves, keeping to the words of the song. Was your first thought: “a dance studio, ten dancers, barefoot, performing a classical Indian piece of invocation”? Or was it: “a fitness studio, ten women – all More →