Episode 14: Ayesha Billimoria - athlete / trainer / founder of Project Fitgirl

Straight from Bombay’s Parsi Colony, my first guest of 2019 is the fantastic Ayesha Billimoria (32), a runner, personal trainer, model, and last but not the least - Founder of Project Fitgirl, a grassroots movement she started to spread awareness of fitness to schoolgirls in India. Join me in hearing how Ayesha overcame numerous physical and mental challenges to become one of India’s leading fitness influencers. If you need a dose of motivation to achieve your fitness goals in the New Year, this episode is just the thing!

Apologies for all the background sound - you really get a sense of Ayesha’s street soundscape (complete with menagerie) in this episode! Listen to the full chat below, on iTunes here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like what you hear, we would love it if you could share with friends and family!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 14:

• Follow Ayesha on instagram @Fitgirl.india and the us @theindianeditpodcast

• Ayesha’s fantastic TEDx talk The Power of The Mind

• Ayesha’s YouTube channel

• Cathy Freeman’s autobiography

• Abhinav Bindra’s book A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold

• Bob Richards’ The Heart of a Champion

• Budapest’s beautiful hilltop park Normafa

• Dhansak - a delicious meat and lentils Parsi classic - here’s a recipe

Special thanks to Mohit Shandilya & Rajat Upadhyay @ Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!