We grew up without any distractions like mobiles or even color TV. All we'd do daily is study, eat, and play. For us, the gym meant using the handpump, washing clothes, jumping from walls, riding buffaloes. It feels like destiny that my brother Vikash and I both joined Decathlon.

I took up Pilates about two years ago. I started practicing it because I wanted to look good and fit. But now, I do it because it feels so good.

I never consciously planned to be a coach or an athlete. I was just endlessly fascinated with the way that people used their body weight to work out. That led me to fall in love with fitness as a whole and I focused on turning my passion into my career.

Apsara Vydyula has always had a special affinity for the spiritual and her path to being a yogi was as organic as it was incidental. Read her inspiring journey beautifully narrated.