Sumaya Dalmia Believes Fitness Is A Journey and Not The Final Destination

Fitness instructor Sumaya Dalmia is a champion of sustainable fitness goals

Sep 12, 2025
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    Fitness is a journey of constant evolution and not just a one-time goal. Attaining fitness goals and looking healthy for many people may be synonymous with starving oneself and spending hours in the gym mindlessly. But when you have snippets of content from wellness influencers like Sumaya Dalmia show up on your feed, you realise there's more to fitness than just sweating it at the gym. The wellness influencer has been tirelessly working to educate people about eating right, understanding their bodies and exercising according to their bodily needs.


    The struggle to dorn multiple hats is real, but for Sumaya, the process is child’s play. Her unending love for health and wellness has helped her emerge as one of the country’s most renowned wellness educators. The fitness influencer accredits her spouse and family for her accomplishments.


    In an episode of The Clique with Manifest’s Editor-in-Chief Chaiti Narula, Sumaya says, “Most people start their fitness journey primarily because of elevating their aesthetic appeal. It's only with time they begin to witness its real benefits like elevated moods, mental clarity and how it facilitates the easy functioning of your bodily processes”.


    This year, at the FDCI Manifest wedding weekend, the wellness educator is gearing up to host a masterclass called the Wedding Bootcamp, which will address fitness tips and hacks for people who wish to steal the spotlight this shaadi season.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    For Manifest to become one of Cambridge Dictionary's most viewed words of 2024 — 1,30,000 hits and counting — it means some of us must have Googled it at least once. I know, I hit that search button over and over again
    because each time I looked at it, I saw a new meaning.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    Putting together a homegrown title at a time when the demise of print has been long announced may seem surprising...
    ...but it has long been a dream of mine to give India a magazine it deserves. A magazine that is the country.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    And nothing, absolutely nothing, represents India more than our weddings.It is a time when families are brought together. Traditions come alive as they are adapted to each couple's beliefs. And lives are joined in a way that the romantic in me still enjoys.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    The fact that it comes with band, baaja and baraat — what's not to love?And that is the reason our first issue celebrates:
    THE NEW BRIDE.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    If you look at
    'Curate Beautiful, Create Happy'individually, they are powerful but when you put them together, they become a promise. While each section is dedicated to a word, I hope you will see this as your first of many handbooks for happiness.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    Curate
    Where we give you a fast-paced look into everything you should wish list when you start to think about marriage. What to buy and how to dress, along with modern mithai and the homegrown fragrance makers to bookmark. Make special note of the feature on alta.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    Beautiful
    It has everything you need to make your wedding special. From the big comeback of red and pink in bridal wear to how the cool kids are wearing corsets to the celebration, there is only one way to get ready for a wedding —with enjoyment.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    Create
    This section is a building block, a step to a better life. A place where we have all the answers. Or at least the beginning of a great conversation.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    Happy
    This needs very little description. It has travel with a special focus on incredible India, and a collection of wedding albums, sourced randomly, but collected with abundance because happiness has no limits.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media

    This first issue has a lot more, including a carefully edited address book of everything you need to make your wedding perfectly 'gramworthy! But it doesn't stop there. Each issue will be different because each one of you is unique.
    Because we manifested this difference, now we will celebrate you.

    - Avarna Jain,
    Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media