Christie Etter

My name is Christie Love Etter, aka Christie Love.  I have always had a love for dance, theater and the arts.  I went through a period of depression, and subsequent weight gain from medication and overeating.  I decided to back to movement again and started taking Zumba.  It helped me feel alive again and as the weight started to fall off, I decided that I would make the plunge the become a certified instructor myself. So I took the training, and was soon busy teaching classes of my own.  A year later I went for my AFAA Group Fitness Certification, and I've since received certifications in other formats of Zumba, Pilates, POP Pilates, and bootybarre.  I enjoy learning new ways to move the body and receiving new education.  I am currently teaching Zumba and Pilates and continue to enjoy being an instructor.  I strongly feel that movement is medicine and is one of the keys to staying not only physically, but mentally fit as well.  I run a blog at www.TheMentallyFitLife.com which shares my takeaways on "Living the Fit Life, Inside and Out".