Changing lives through PAWF

    Performing Arts with Fitness or PAWF Nagaland Club came to the limelight in 2015 when they organized a fitness programme to create public awareness. This was met with huge success! The PAWF Club is now extremely popular for its fitness programmes GX (group exercise) like Zumba Fitness, Dance and Martial Arts. Currently, GX classes are being held at the Ana-Ki Conference Hall, Khermahal, Dimapur every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The PAWF Club has members as young as 4 years old to many active and energetic moms and dads. Beyond fitness, the PAWF Club also offers services like Creative Choreographies, Mentoring and Events.   The founders behind the PAWF Nagaland Club originally were Talien Pongentsur and Talitemjen. With rising popularity, presently, the team is expanding and now includes a Creative and Production Team headed by Akum Den, and a group of likeminded people who are solely dedicated to bring about changes in the society.

  Talien is a product of Fitness First Platinum Delhi and a certified Zumba fitness instructor. Having worked with many world class fitness trainers, she is a Zumba Zin Member Worldwide, meaning she is certified to teach worldwide.   Talitemjen is a Certified Choreographer from Mumbai under 3 Idiots Production and one of the first Choreographer of Nagaland to represent Nagaland State to the National level dance competition (Naach Challenge 2009). He is trained under the guidance of international Choreographer Lindsay Lorell (CANADA). He is trained in Ballet, Jazz, Salsa, Contemporary, Hip-Hop and Bollywood. He also choreographed the opening and closing ceremony of Hornbill 2015. Talitemjen is also the chief instructor of Japan Karate Association of Nagaland.   The PAWF Club believes in the growth of the individual, building a positive community and increasing productivity, promoting good health, acting as a channel to opportunities and employment for the younger generation. Beside fitness, it also strives to promote Dance and Martial Arts in Nagaland to show dance and Martial Arts lovers the right channel and mentor their career as well.   Talien says, “Our body is our Church, our Temple, our Gurudwara, and our Mosque. Our body is the small place where the worship begins because that’s where our heart and mind lives and these two phenomenal activities help us to define who we are. If we are healthy enough we will be able to worship better, reach out better, inspire better, teach better and work better for the Creator. With us at PAWF we work you out, make you forget stress, give you positive energy and make your productivity increase.” Meanwhile, Talitemjen elaborates the PAWF motto ‘Change your life with us’. “Our tree of Life starts from the Root. The Root is Me. I am constantly changing and therefore I am progressing. Change is Good, it is risky yet it leads to growth. When I change definitely I am inspiring my families and friends and the community starts to grow based on what I am now which is lead by positivity. We are trying to feed the community with positivity and good energy. We get the exact response of what we put out there and that is when we talk about the positivity of Universal Energy. We see our friends changing, our student changing and family changing. This is when we came up with this ‘change your life with us’.”   The PAWF Club is currently working on charity events in hopes of ‘generating something good’. On the 2nd of April, 2016 it is organizing an exciting and fun event for less privileged children and their parents at The Garden (Super Market, Dimapur) called “Zumba Kids”. Soon after this, the PAWF Club also has plans to reach out to some 400 Church youths. Simultaneously, the PSWF Club is also working with Nagaland Manhunt in collaboration with Embolden Group, taking care of their fitness activity and choreographing the show.   On April 7th, 2016 the PAWF Club will be celebrating the World Health Day in collaboration with the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (Referral Hospital) in partnership with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland.   Talien and Talitemjen envisions working towards a future where the PAWF Club is an established and thriving brand, which will provide opportunities and jobs to the younger generation. These two creative and inspiring artistes also aim to provide employment opportunities to upcoming dancers and mentor the artistic career of the youngsters as well.   “We are working hard, harder than ever. We are trying to build the community we always dreamed up. We have goals and we keep ourselves equipped with positive energy which helps us deliver,” they say.