About Tevia  Fitness for me has changed my life on every level. I can't believe that at age 44 that I am in better shape and stronger than when I was 30. I never imagined that I would own a gym and teach spinning at 44 either. I also never imagined that at 41 I would be diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. My passion for spinning gave me the opportunity to be stronger both physically and emotionally which became my foundation once diagnosed with MS. After being diagnosed I went from teaching 5 classes a week to 8 classes a week. Both physically and emotionally I chose to become stronger knowing that if I didn't have the tools to deal with this disease it would have never come my way. There is a new era of fitness emerging and it is not just about the body. It taps into how you feel and how to feel good at every stage of your fitness level. There is no pill, supplement or deprivation that can lead you there, it is simply by doing things both physically and emotionally that make you feel good. Just as with life, fitness and feeling good are about choices that support those things. I always have said that how you workout is often symbolic of how you live your life. It is where we settle, where we do less, where we know we can do better and how we chose the comfort zone over changing our behavior, outlook and way we experience life. I say that we all should get a little uncomfortable and begin to experience life for all it has to offer and that is all good!

Fitness instructor Tevia Celli is the owner of West Hollywood's premiere fitness studio Body & Soul Workout. Her studio was named "Best of L.A." in Los Angeles Magazine and has been featured in many national publications and news programs as a "fitness sanctuary" offering Spinning, body sculpting, yoga, Lotte Berk, Pilates and private training in a Zen-like setting. An athlete since the age of five, she enjoyed playing softball, soccer, basketball and track. She never considered herself a gym person until she was introduced to Spinning classes in 1989. She loved Spinning so much, that it was the first thing other than sports that she was most enthusiastic about. Celli is renown for her sell-out Spinning classes, which take her students on both a motivational and inspirational journey while getting a total body workout listening to amazing music mixed by Celli for each class. In 2002, Tevia created the Body & Soul Workout Outreach Program for local drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers to encourage the center's residents to take spinning classes as both a motivational and inspirational workout for the body and soul. In 2005, Tevia was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, but there is no stopping this motivational leader in doing what she loves most - training and teaching fitness to her students. She is working with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to help fundraise for the organization. In April 2005, Tevia held an M.S. Spin-A-Thon at Body & Soul Workout and raised over $80,000, with the help of her loyal and generous Spinning students. In October of 2006, she created Team Body & Soul which consisted of 26 students, together they raised over $95,000.00 for the National MS Societies Southern California Bike Tour. In 2007, Tevia and team Body & Soul raised over $ 180,000.00 for the NMSS Bike Tour. In addition to her fundraising efforts for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Tevia has held several Spin-A-Thons at her fitness studio, raising nearly $500,000, to benefit organizations such as Voices in Harmony, September 11th Fund, California Wildfires Fund and Tanya's Children. In 2006, Tevia created Ellipticore, a 45 minute cardio workout on an elliptical trainer. She is working on creating her own Ellipticore machine and will be introducing the workout to other fitness centers in the Spring of 2008. Elipticore has been featured in In Style, Shape and C Magazine. Tevia is currently not taking any medications for her MS. She is living a healthy lifestyle consisting of exercising, a special diet of no dairy, gluten or refined sugar and takes supplements. She contributes this healthy lifestyle as the main reason that she is symptom free. Tevia, a native Los Angelino, was born and raised in Burbank.