Devrath Vijay
NSCA-CSCS, USA (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) IFAA Master Trainer (International Fitness and Aerobics Academy)
Devrath is a computer science graduate who is aptly named "The jack of all trades". His love for dancing, modeling and Mixed Martial Arts during his college and techie days was what drew him into the world of fitness. Having quit his job as a software engineer, he went on to become the Gym Manager at a Luxury Health Club following which he became a Strength and Conditioning coach at a CrossFit facility in the city. Within this short span of time he has two reputed certifications to his credit, CSCS and IFAA Master Trainer. He is one among a very small number of coaches to be a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in the country certified by the NSCA, USA. He is also among the first few Master Trainers in India for IFAA, a leading German company with a reach all across Europe from the last three decades.
He recently went on to win the silver medal at the EKFA All India Kettlebell Championships 2015 which happened at The Body Power Expo, Mumbai.
"Educating yourself in the fitness industry is an exciting and never-ending process and I feel that is what differentiates a great coach from the rest – a passion to learn! The human body is designed to MOVE and the functional movement patterns that it is capable of doing are endless. When this is combined with an equally strong mind, I feel this is when you can achieve your true potential!"
His Motto: It all starts with a thought!
Urmi Kothari
Certified IFAA Master Trainer
Urmi’s love and obsession with playing sports, fitness, martial arts and movement started when she was 13 which she pursued relentlessly, alongside a career in advertising and an MBA degree. She quit the corporate rat race to become a professional Indian Contemporary dancer in 2009 where she trained intensively in Kalaripayattu, Yoga, rhythm: elements which heavily influence her fitness vocabulary today.
In 2012, she became a full-time trainer / teacher when she founded Kinetic Living based in Mumbai. Here, she focuses on multi-faceted fitness: not only strength and stamina but also balance, flexibility, agility and most importantly, body, breath and core awareness. Drawing from her cumulative experience of 15 years,she usestechniques and exercises from Pilates, Calisthenics, Sports, Kettlebells and Yoga to guide Kinetic Living Team Mates (what she prefers to call her clients) achieve their goals.
Today Kinetic Living has reached lakhs of peoplethrough social media, print media, workshops, online queriesand Urmi has personally touched more than 500 people through her training in the last 3 years.
Urmi is also an athlete herself, and recently won the Gold in women’s under 60 kg category at the National EKFA Championships and best female Kettle bell lifter in the country 2015.
“Transformation of the mind begins from the body. So focus on becoming fit from within to energize the body first and then the lifestyle. Good looks is just a side effect”
Urmi Kothari and Her workouts have been featured in:
- Hindustan Times Café Supplement (July 2012);
- Health & Nutrition Magazine (Aug 2012);
- Quoted in Men’s magazine “STUFF” on fitness tips. (2013)
- Chitralekha Magazine (Feb 2015)
- 18 Cool trainers one should know in Mumbai by Brown Paper Bag (Feb 2015)
- 1 of the 9 must-try workouts in Mumbai by Fitternity.com (Feb 2015)
She is certified in
- Completed Level C, Level B and PT-1 Training Certifications from IFAA-India and associated with IFAA as a Master Trainer (Feb 2015)
- STOTT Pilates Matwork Intensive Plus. (Jan 2014)
- CORE Athletic Conditioning & Performance Training (June 2014)
- On the mat
- With medicine ball and
- With Resistance tubes,
- EKFA Kettlebell training Level 1(April 2014) and Level 2 (Nov 2014) and am an EKFA Leader,
- ACSM Functional Training level 1 and Trampoline and (June 2012)
- ACSM Marathon Training. (Aug 2012)
- Flow Yoga, Integrated Workouts, Dual resistance and swiss ball workshops conducted by Better For-You Fitness (BFY) Mumbai
- Heather Elton’s ‘Adjustments for life’ Yoga –Intensive Workshop conducted in Mumbai on Adjustments, Hip openers and use of props from Iyengar Yoga.
- She is also a practioner of martial art of Kalaripayattu (Kerala's martial art), Yoga for more than 4 years
- A professional dancer with world-renowned DakshaSheth Dance Company since 2009.
Jennifer Hoessler
Certified IFAA Mastertrainer
She grew up with the yoga philosophy, as her mum is a yoga teacher and taught her spiritual wisdom, almost without her being really aware of it. Around the age of 20 she recognized that her way of thinking and living – so to say her consciousness – is spiritually printed. She felt naturally connected to the yogic knowledge.
Before she realized her passion for yoga, a big part of her life was sports and action of all kinds. After school she became a sports and gymnastic teacher by certification. She taught several kinds of aerobic – and health classes for 12 years and as a personal trainer, she collected a lot of experience. It was joyful and provided great experience and exposure, but after 12 years she had no choice but to realize, that her body was overworked and imbalanced. she came to the point where her body and soul could not handle the constant challenge and stress.
In 2008 this lack of awareness for her own limits brought her to “Body balance,” a training program of Les Mills combined with Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi elements. Learning and teaching this program nurtured her body and soul and inspired her to learn more about the yogic way. She had the deep desire to redefine her life and bring serenity, ease, and strength that would balance and nourish her being instead of exhausting it.
She joined several kinds of yoga classes and learned more about the various sources of yoga, which awakened her dream to become a yoga teacher. In March 2011 this dream became a reality: She completed a yoga teacher training in Ashtanga/ Vinyasa style in Goa, India. This education was first of all a journey by herself, through herself, to herself. All of which brought her closer to her purpose in life: teaching yoga, which she has done from then on, in Germany, India and Kenya!
As she had the desire to deepen her knowledge of the healing energy of yoga, she decided to do the “Elemental Yoga Therapy,” teacher training in October 2012 in India.
Yoga brings the restless mind to the present moment. Here and now. She loves the yoga tune: it equalizes body, mind, and soul, it´s such a great gift to pass it on to the world.
Princy Pandya
Dr. Princy Pandya is a qualified physiotherapist and specialized interest in different aspect of life i.e. cerebral palsy and paralysis patients.
Also known as "the energy boost" for fitness freaks, she found her passion in fitness very early and decided to study physiotherapy and received her Degree BPT (Bachelors of Physiotherapy) and pursuing MPT ( Masters in Physiotherapy) in Neurology.
She is one of India’s first LABOOCA® Instructors. As a physiotherapist at Nerve Physiotherapy and Fitness she offers classes and trainings.
As a hardworking, smart, fit and enthusiastic Trainer and Instructor she is presenting fitness awareness programs in Indore like the “Raahgiri”.
With her sharp anatomical, physiological and biomechanical knowledge she is ready to raise the fitness standards in India into new dimension.
Mrinal Mahajan
Dr. Mrinal Mahajan is a qualified physiotherapist and specialized in sports and neurology field.
He started his fitness interest from a very young age and represented Indore as a state level player in Basketball and Handball.
Mrinal Mahajan is a ZIN and one of the first LABOOCA® Instructors in India. He is also a licensed group fitness instructor and offers different Classes in his own foundation known as Nerve Physiotherapy and Fitness in Indore.
In addition he holds a Bachelors degree in physiotherapy BPT, MASTERS of physiotherapy in Neurology and works as an associate professor and physiotherapist in renowned physiotherapy colleges, Hospitals and research Centres.
