MentalThrive
 Holistic Movement​

Grecia Johnson (owner), is originally from Belize, Central America. Her dancing career began when she was 15 years old. Her dancing background involves various dance styles such as ballet, where she trained with Ballet Magnificat, Jazz, hip-hop and even cheerleading where she cheered for three years in high school. She even went on to becoming an Indiannette for Itawamba Community College band where she danced for two years.

 Grecia is a certified DVIDA instructor, earning honors. She has trained with top-level professional instructors such as Ron Montez, Jim Maranto, Jannell Maranto, Felipe and Carolina Tolona, and Derrick Ritter. Having worked for the Tupelo Dance Studio she had the opportunity to train with the “best” Tammy Wilson the dance studio’s manager. While Ballroom is her favorite style of dance style to teach, she continues to enhance her knowledge by learning different forms of dances such as belly dancing and pole dancing. Grecia teaches individual, couples to even group classes/lessons. Her goal is to make each of her class lessons fun, easy to learn while inspiring a passion for dance within her students. Grecia believes “Dancing is therapeutic to the mind and body.” She also “believes that the most important aspect of dancing is enjoying one’s self and furthering a healthy living lifestyle.”