Meet Doria - Aqua Instructor Extraordinaire

Doria is a fitness trainer with an infectious passion and an impressive range of skills. Starting her journey at Yarra Leisure as a Zumba instructor, she has since expanded her expertise to become a gym instructor and Aqua instructor, and the driving force behind our hugely popular Aqua Zumba class at Collingwood.

He passion for Aqua fitness led to an incredible opportunity - to attend the Dubai AquaFitness World aqua exercise conference in January, alongside four other Australian Aqua instructors.

“It was mind-blowing,” she said.

“There were 29 countries from all around the world with Aqua exercise instructors, educators. The top of the top.”

Throughout the conference, Doria spent many hours in the pool at the conference centre learning new techniques, trialling innovative aqua equipment and exploring different Aqua exercise styles.

Beyond the pool sessions, she also took part in seminars and workshops facilitated by leading Aqua educators and medical professionals involved in developing new Aqua programs now being rolled out across the world.

“They were presenting different Aqua exercise formats - from dance fitness to boxing, circuit, HIIT, yoga and Pilates,” she said.

When asked about her biggest takeaway from the experience was, Doria didn’t hesitate:

“My main takeaway is that water is magic. It's limitless - it’s for everyone!”
“You can do any format that you want in the water. You can do Aqua morning, afternoon, evening, every day and you can never get bored.”

Congratulations Doria on this outstanding achievement. We are incredibly proud of the dedication and passion our instructors bring to everything they do.