Sania Mirza conducts MasterClass on Fitness and Yoga for 8 lakh students

Mumbai: Tennis Star Sania Mirza motivated over 8 lakh students to adopt a healthy lifestyle through Fitness and Yoga. The Tennis champion highlighted the importance of physical and mental exercises for students to combat limited physical activity and anxieties.LEAD initiated its second MasterClass for lakhs of students for its partner schools pan India.

Padma Bhushan awardee Sania Mirza said, “The pandemic must never come in the way of our commitment to pursue our dreams. Fitness and Yoga is a great way for children today to build on their mental and physical strength. A healthy body and mind is central to overall growth and learning and in the present context it is important that schools provide these opportunities to students.”

With MasterClass, LEAD has launched an industry-first initiative to provide school children with exposure to overall development and growth by partnering with renowned experts to share their knowledge and experience. Prior to the initiative, students from small towns & cities didn’t have access to such opportunities. 

The MasterClass on ‘Fitness and Yoga’ with the sports icon was enriching for the students and their parents as Sania shared her mantra of ‘building inner core and muscle strength to remain fit. A believer in achieving dreams at any cost, she explained the role of discipline in life to students by sharing anecdotes on how she managed both, sports and academics.

Sania chatted with mothers on their role in supporting their children in remaining mentally and physically strong during the pandemic while also taking care of their own health by indulging in fitness activities.

LEAD Co-founder & CEO Sumeet Mehta said, "MasterClass provides access to an exclusive world that is otherwise unavailable to students and schools from small towns. Our mission is to make excellent education accessible and affordable to every child. And with successful celebrities such as Sania Mirza, students will get a dose of inspiration to take fitness and health seriously in life. Because a fit mind lives in a fit body. In future, we will bring more such Masterclasses to students of LEAD powered schools!”