Trainer Cindy Jourdain makes SMD writer Anju Maskeri do lunges and push-ups as part of the workout. Pics/Snehaâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Kharabe

On a Wednesday morning, we're at Cindy Jourdain's bootcamp at a plush Juhu studio. With us, there are about 15 women — some, like actor Nimrat Kaur and Sarah Khan, actor Saif Ali Khan's daughter — more familiar than the rest. We're all here for a fitness training camp that hopes to bring out our inner goddess. "Well, you could say that. Everyone's got their own take on this, but the essence is empowerment and using fitness as a medium to become better version of ourselves," says Jourdain, a former ballerina, and a past member of London's Royal Ballet Company, who has also trained Katrina Kaif in the past. "When I retired from the ballet company, the journey that ensued became an interesting aspect of who I am today. It was about finding the woman outside of the stage, the woman who is stepping away from the light," she explains. The bootcamp takes over from there, the idea being to help women find their inner goddess, or god for male participants, and feel "safe, happy and comfortable."