A Corporate Professional turned Passionpreneur, Ashwini took to her childhood passion for Dance and Fitness after quitting her corporate job. And since then, she has been striving to create her own legacy with her dance and fitness studio.

Ashwini Soni is the Founder and Proprietor of Relive Dance and Fitness, Mumbai.

Ashwini originally hails from Khandwa, MP but is settled in Mumbai. She received her school and college education in Khandwa itself. She did a B.Sc. in Biology. Then she did an MBA from Indore.

Ashwini shares that after working in the corporate sector for a few years, she heeded her inner call to do something of her own and follow her childhood passion for Dance. She says, as a kid, she always loved to dance, and do Yoga, and therefore she thought of combining Dance and Fitness and started her Zumba classes. She started by conducting Zumba certification courses. Later, she also started Choreographing Bollywood Dance after learning the same from the leading choreographers based in Mumbai.

Ashwini says that her motto in life is to spread happiness through her dance and fitness club.

Talking about her challenges and struggles, Ashwini says that she wanted to be a doctor and for that she worked really hard but couldn’t clear the medical entrance examination. Besides, she says that hailing from a small place and then moving to big cities like Indore for her MBA and then to Mumbai for her job entailed its own set of challenges. However, she had big dreams and that’s what kept her going.

Ashwini says that anyone can be a Zumba instructor. She says that aspiring Zumba instructors can do a certification in the same right after high school and become an instructor of it as it doesn’t require any bachelor’s degree.

Getting a five-star rating on Google reviews is her biggest achievement to date, Ashwini says.

Ashwini believes that whatever you do in life, Education is a must. She says education helps in decision-making and doing things better and differently. And Experience is something you gain after your Education only.

Talking about Covid, Ashwini says that the pandemic hit the fitness industry the most as all the gyms and fitness centers were shut in light of the pandemic. She also had to shut her studio which she had started right before the onset of the pandemic and it was a huge financial loss for her. However, she started online dance and fitness classes, and thus could survive the pandemic.

Ashwini thinks that in any business, Proper Planning, Team Building, and Budget Forecasting are the essentials to run it smoothly and scale it. She advises business persons  to focus on these essentials meticulously.

Ashwini feels that she was a born leader. She says she always took her decisions and stood for her dreams. According to her, leadership is about taking all the people in the team along and heeding their suggestions.

Ashwini acknowledges that her family members always supported her in all her endeavors.

To the youth, her message is that no work is small or big and to always dream big. Besides, she advises them to follow their dreams and passion as every field has its own importance.