Bolly Fit, Fitness Through Fun

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Do you dream of energizing fitness that's a spa experience you look forward to, not dreaded exercise? Step into BollyFit, Fitness through Dance. Fitness that's Fun.

(watch the video to see Fox 2's Deena Centofanti attempt to Bolly Fit Dance)

BollyFit synergizes artistic elements of Bollywood film dances with classical (Bharat Natyam) and Bhangra styles in a dynamic dance experience. A spiritual thread is woven in and participants increase consciousness ("Presence", as described by Eckhart Tolle) through dance. Clock time slips by and, by the way, you've worked up a sweat and strengthened BollyMuscles!

BollyFit attracts a spectrum of souls - from never-before dancers to grandmothers who haven't danced in 30 years - who experience increased athleticism and emanate aliveness into the universe!

BollyFit founder, Anuja Rajendra, is an experienced dancer and choreographer trained in classical, folk and Bollywood Indian dance styles beginning at the age of six. Anuja has performed professionally across the United States and in Canada and India since she was twelve years old. She believes that being fit, moving to music, and joy are natural states and that BollyFit is one of many vehicles that can guide us to return home.

If you are a dancer waiting in the wings, come join us!

Bollywood refers to the world's largest film industry based in Mumbai, India. Bollywood films are famous for dances that often merge classical, folk and Western styles within the same item. Bhangra is the vivacious Punjabi folk dance with infectious, energizing music.

While increasingly popular Bollywood movies often showcase glamour, BollyFit makes the best of Bollywood- artistry, fun, music and energy - accessible within each person. Whether your outer form is young or old, large or small - through BollyFit, you can unleash the star within and experience vitality in the reel of your life.

Anuja, along with her sisters, studied Bharat Natyam, a classical Indian dance style that is over 4000 years old. "The Rajendra Sisters" graduated to a professional level together, presenting their Arangetrum (professional stage debut) when Anuja was twelve years old. The troupe gave hundreds of performances in the U.S.A., Canada and India with items ranging from classical to folk (e.g. Bhangra) to "film dances" inspired by the Bollywood movies they adored.

Anuja's professional path led her to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration. She has excelled at stints in the corporate, non-profit and technology start-up sectors. In 1997, the death of Anuja's older sister, Rachana, in an automobile accident, propelled Anuja to found Moon-baked Creations Art Lounge and Cafe in Okemos, Michigan in her sister's memory. In 2003, while a student at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Anuja was selected by Professor C.K. Prahalad to co-author a casebook on Emerging Markets. The work was published by Wharton School Publishing as part of the renowned book "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Eradicating Poverty through Profits."

Anuja stopped dancing for ten years after her sister's accident. After having two children 18 months apart and gaining 60 and 45 pounds during the respective pregnancies, she wanted to be healthy again without the dread typically associated with exercise. She found herself turning on music and dancing again. Along the way, the weight shed and a joy that was shielded for years emanated from within. Friends asked her to share the secret, and BollyFit was born.

Anuja and her husband live in Ann Arbor, Michigan with their dancing buddies, two smiling sons.