Bollywood Dance Fitness
What is Bollywood?
No experience. No judgment. Just pure, gloriously spicy chaos.
Let’s talk about Bollywood for a second. The Indian film industry doesn’t make movies — it makes events. Drama cranked to eleven, costumes that could stop traffic, and dance scenes so explosive they make Hollywood look like it’s running on decaf. Bollywood pulls from classical Indian traditions, folk styles, hip-hop, jazz, and absolutely anything else that makes your body want to betray your dignity in the best possible way. It is loud, colorful, unapologetic, and completely, utterly intoxicating.
Welcome to your new workout.
Your Instructor
Ten-plus years teaching this format. Time spent in India studying classical dance and Kalaripayattu — one of the world’s oldest and most electric martial arts. A personal story of healing through movement. And hundreds of routines ready to go the moment enough of you say yes.
This isn’t a fitness instructor who googled Bollywood. This is the real thing.
Hands That Tell Stories
Before there were words, there were mudras. Ancient hand gestures used for thousands of years in Indian classical dance to tell entire stories without speaking a single syllable. A blooming lotus. A bird in flight. A heartbreak. A triumph. Your hands become the narrator — and in this class, you’ll use them exactly that way.
Your instructor didn’t just study mudras for the art of it. She needed them. Years of sewing work for Cirque du Soleil, had wrecked her hands and wrists with overuse and repetitive strain injuries. Then she met her husband — from India — and everything changed. Through that connection came classical Indian dance, mudras, and the ancient martial art Kalaripayattu. Moving her hands with intention became part of her healing. She didn’t just learn this culture — it helped put her back together.
That’s what she’s bringing into the room with you.
My Curry- Odyssey
A Little Name Dropping (Because Why Not)
Here’s something you won’t find on any other fitness instructor’s bio in the Twin Ports.
My ex-husband is a filmmaker in India — working with producers and directors who are the Bollywood equivalent of Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. That’s not a metaphor. That’s Tuesday.
I’ve been on set, behind the scenes, and yes — I’ve met some of the biggest names in Indian film. I’ve stood on stage and spoken at Nitin Desai Studios — India’s answer to Universal Studios — one of the most legendary production houses in Bollywood history.
So when I say this class is authentic? I mean it in a way that’s hard to top.
I didn’t fall in love with Bollywood from a YouTube playlist. I walked into it through a side door marked family — and it changed everything about how I move, how I teach, and what I believe a fitness class can feel like.
You’re not just getting a workout. You’re getting a piece of a world most people only see on a screen. And being immersed in this culture was an experience like no other. Everybody assumes Indian is all about Yoga and a peaceful, calm life. Totally opposite! India is so fast-paced. Everytime I got off the plane, it has a smell to it; the spices cooking, the incense burning in the air, the humidity…
