Picture this: the room is so hot even the walls are sweating. A bevy of babes organized in three loose rows wind their waists in sync to the pulsating dancehall reggae music that fills the space. The impressively bodacious ringleader stands before the group, surveying their movements and clapping her hands to keep time.
“One, two, three, four!”
Satisfied that her charges have understood the tempo, she flips around and gives her back to the expectant army. Spine arching slightly, she juts out her posterior and moves it to the beat, the guiding claps forgotten. It traces the points of the compass, moving from north to east, east to south, then south to west. The ladies follow, the music booms above them all. After three rotations, she turns to her audience.
“Y’all got it?”
A murmur of affirmation rumbles through the crowd, already thick with perspiration and exhaustion. Yup, we got it.
Welcome to Brukwine, the Caribbean inspired fitness class that allows you to not only burn calories, but to also connect with your inner dancehall queen.
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I discovered Brukwine exercise classes quite by accident. The social media addict at my core had me scrolling Instagram hungrily, through the scores of wide-angled landscape shots and expertly posed selfies uploaded by the travel and beauty bloggers I stalk follow. Though I enjoy my feed, it’s highly predictable, which is why when I came across beauty vlogger Monica Style Muse‘s video chronicling her first time trying the class, I took notice immediately, spirit alert as cockroach antennae. Beautiful women of various shapes, sizes, and colours gyrated across my tiny phone screen to base-heavy island jams that stirred my soul. What was this?
Further investigation yielded Brukwine’s official Instagram page, which is laden with even more audio-visuals of what goes down during each session. Rightly hooked, was I.
The brainchild of NYC natives Tavia and Tamara, Brukwine is the ultimate booty shaking, body toning workout; with classes offered 4-5 times a week across two NYC locations, I knew I that I had to experience it for myself. And thus, not 21 days later I found myself in that room with the sweaty walls in mid-town Manhattan, concentrating *hard* on isolating the muscles in my derriere so I could move it to and fro with razor-like precision. Not an easy feat.
But words can only tell you so much, and for most of us seeing is believing. Peep my short vlog so you can get a better idea of what Brukwine is like:
NYC continues to surprise me with the amount of cool things there are to do within its confines. If you’re looking to shake up your fitness routine, express yourself through dance, and work muscles you didn’t know you had, Brukwine is an option worth checking out. Just don’t be surprised if it prompts you to book a ticket to the West Indies so you can show off your newly acquired dance moves at an authentic bashment.
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I am really liking your daily NYC life videos – I am thinking of taking a dance class myself starting once I finish up grad school next month and I am looking at various options. I hadn’t heard of Bruckwine before but it definitely sounds interesting!
Thanks Chanel! I should do more, but I’m too lazy to bring my camera out! You should definitely check out Brukwine! They also have a location in Brooklyn if that suits.
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