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Vishal the news guy doing his first pole lesson.
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Thanks to Rod the Morning Guy, and Vishal the News Guy for making my first radio experience a fun one!
Snapd Coquitlam - June 2015
Room to Move Dance & Fitness Diana Watson has been the owner/operator of Room to Move Dance & Fitness since 2012. Located in Port Coquitlam, the business offers a variety of classes including pole dancing, dance classes and fitness classes for women utilizing a variety of unique equipment such as aerial hammocks, Jumping® fitness trampolines and hula hoops. All of the Room to Move instructors have an expertise in the classes they teach, many of which have over 10 years of experience. Diana and her team pride themselves on offering their clients personalized service to help them achieve their fitness goals. For more information please visit www.roomtomovefitness.ca Photos by Lisa Landry Return to edition Owner/operator Diana Watson & her Room to Move Dance & Fitness team |

Walking for an MS cure
TRI CITY NEWS
MAY 22, 2015 11:34 AM
Diana Watson, left, and her cousin Kathy-Ann Nobbs-Thiessen and the Room to Move team have already surpassed their fundraising goal of $1,000. Photograph By COURTESY OF DIANA WATSON
Diana Watson has a positive, never-give-up attitude that radiates when she talks.
The 38-year-old Port Coquitlam resident owns a successful dance and fitness studio called Room to Move and teaches Zumba, Jumping, pole dance, flying stretch and hoop dancing.
But, because she’s so active and always has a smile on her face, her students don’t know the pain she lives through nearly every day.
As a child, Watson had metal rods implanted in her back to correct a curvature in her spine from scoliosis. And eight years ago, she received another health blow: she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Watson didn’t give it a second thought. Everybody she knew with the disease was in a wheelchair; she didn’t have any mobility problems.
However, three years ago, as she was opening her studio, Watson was forced to face the illness after it temporarily crippled her body. “It was kind of bad timing,” she said.
Since then, Watson has seen her health steadily decline as she gets older. Many days, she finds it hard just to lift her legs and walk in a straight line. Often, there is pain and numbness in her hands and legs. The heat also exacerbates her system.
Thanks to the MS Society of Canada, Watson is on an oral drug that has minimal side effects. Some day, with the advanced research that’s happening, she hopes to say she’s cured of MS — an illness that impairs vision, balance, memory and mobility, has no cause and affects more than 100,000 Canadians.
Watson helps the society out when she can. On Sunday, she and her cousin, Kathy-Ann Nobbs-Thiessen, also a teacher at Room to Move, will lead the warm-up at the charity’s annual ScotiaBank MS Walk in Port Moody (eight other MS Walks are taking place across B.C. on the same day). The Tri-City event happens at 10 a.m. at Rocky Point Park, with two- and five-kilometre routes along the Port Moody Inlet.
It’ll be Watson’s second time in the walk and she’ll have plenty of support, with her team “Room to Move” rooting her on each step of the way. The team has already surpassed its fundraising goal of $1,000 for the cause, she said.
With forward motion so difficult, Watson admits completing the MS Walk will be a feat for her body. “I’m not gonna lie,” she said.
Still, she’s strong in mind and spirit for the challenge. “People always say that if there’s a will, there’s a way. And I have that will.”
• Check-in for the ScotiaBank MS Walk on Sunday starts at 8 a.m. at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody (2800-block of Murray Street).
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© Copyright 2015 Tri-City News
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TRI CITY NEWS
MAY 22, 2015 11:34 AM
Diana Watson, left, and her cousin Kathy-Ann Nobbs-Thiessen and the Room to Move team have already surpassed their fundraising goal of $1,000. Photograph By COURTESY OF DIANA WATSON
Diana Watson has a positive, never-give-up attitude that radiates when she talks.
The 38-year-old Port Coquitlam resident owns a successful dance and fitness studio called Room to Move and teaches Zumba, Jumping, pole dance, flying stretch and hoop dancing.
But, because she’s so active and always has a smile on her face, her students don’t know the pain she lives through nearly every day.
As a child, Watson had metal rods implanted in her back to correct a curvature in her spine from scoliosis. And eight years ago, she received another health blow: she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Watson didn’t give it a second thought. Everybody she knew with the disease was in a wheelchair; she didn’t have any mobility problems.
However, three years ago, as she was opening her studio, Watson was forced to face the illness after it temporarily crippled her body. “It was kind of bad timing,” she said.
Since then, Watson has seen her health steadily decline as she gets older. Many days, she finds it hard just to lift her legs and walk in a straight line. Often, there is pain and numbness in her hands and legs. The heat also exacerbates her system.
Thanks to the MS Society of Canada, Watson is on an oral drug that has minimal side effects. Some day, with the advanced research that’s happening, she hopes to say she’s cured of MS — an illness that impairs vision, balance, memory and mobility, has no cause and affects more than 100,000 Canadians.
Watson helps the society out when she can. On Sunday, she and her cousin, Kathy-Ann Nobbs-Thiessen, also a teacher at Room to Move, will lead the warm-up at the charity’s annual ScotiaBank MS Walk in Port Moody (eight other MS Walks are taking place across B.C. on the same day). The Tri-City event happens at 10 a.m. at Rocky Point Park, with two- and five-kilometre routes along the Port Moody Inlet.
It’ll be Watson’s second time in the walk and she’ll have plenty of support, with her team “Room to Move” rooting her on each step of the way. The team has already surpassed its fundraising goal of $1,000 for the cause, she said.
With forward motion so difficult, Watson admits completing the MS Walk will be a feat for her body. “I’m not gonna lie,” she said.
Still, she’s strong in mind and spirit for the challenge. “People always say that if there’s a will, there’s a way. And I have that will.”
• Check-in for the ScotiaBank MS Walk on Sunday starts at 8 a.m. at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody (2800-block of Murray Street).
[email protected]
© Copyright 2015 Tri-City News
- See more at: http://www.tricitynews.com/news/walking-for-an-ms-cure-1.1944452#sthash.kbxKl1xP.dpuf