Barbara Christensen is a 7th Degree Black Belt Shorin Ryu Karate instructor, and has been teaching for over 30 years.

Anuja Rajendra:

BollyFit Creator and CEO Anuja Rajendra is an experienced dancer and choreographer and magnetic motivational speaker.  A loyal Michigander, success to Anuja is eliciting the dormant dancer within every body in her home state and helping Michigan reach the top of the charts in the "healthiest state" category for both physical and spiritual well-being. 

Anuja trained in Indian classical, folk and Bollywood dance styles since the age of six and 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. 

To meet growing demand and make the program more accessible, Anuja developed the BollyFit Guide for Guides™ program to certify instructors to teach classes featuring her proprietary content and choreography.  

Her private clients include Michigan-based U.S. National and Four Continents Ice Dance Champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White. Together with their coaches, Anuja developed a traditional Indian folk dance for Meryl and Charlie's 2009-2010 competitive season that they hope to showcase at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. 

Anuja and her husband live in Ann Arbor with their dancing buddies – two smiling sons and a beloved dog adopted from a Michigan rescue.  

 Robin Robinson is Robinsongs for Kids Center Director and Teacher.  She has just moved to Ann Arbor from New York City where she taught Music Together for the past eight years.

Missy Siudara is a 4th Degree Black Belt in Sorin Ryu Karate and has been teaching for over 10 years.

Rajwant Kaur (Victoria) is a Michigan-based teacher of Kundalini Yoga. She has been teaching since 1997 and has taught in gyms, yoga studios, and for private studios and business clients in New York and Michigan.

Originally from Argentina, she began practicing Hatha yoga when she was 18. After coming to the United States in 1990 she discovered Kundalini Yoga at Kundalini Yoga East in New York, and decided to become a teacher. She did her initial studies with Sat Jivan Kaur Khalsa in New York and Yogi Bhajan in New Mexico, and is certified to teach yoga by the Kundalini Research Institute (www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org). She has taken more advanced training classes over the years, including training to teach yoga to children.

Her classes are known for being rejuvenating, energizing and fun. She is skilled at connecting with students at all levels and adapting classes to the needs of each individual student. Students consistently report that her classes relieve stress, energize the body and mind, and improve confidence.

In addition to teaching yoga, she also teaches Spanish to children, and is working towards a degree in Elementary Education. She lives with her husband, son, and two dogs in Ann Arbor.