Helen Image: Viral Bhayani/Instagram
Veteran Bollywood actress Helen has shocked the internet with her latest video. The 85-year-old actress can be seen effortlessly performing pilates. The same video was shared by her trainer and is now going viral on social media.
Helen demonstrates advanced Pilates moves
On June 18, a video of actress Helen doing advanced Pilates went viral on social media. The video was originally shared by trainer Yasmin Karachiwala. In the video, Helen is seen expressing her joy in exercising and talking about how Pilates has benefited her overall health.
She can be heard saying, “Feeling so energetic, alive, happy and looking forward to this every day. Feeling great. Elevated. I don’t need to drink or smoke to get that high. Pilates gives me that high. I love coming here. Thank you to all the instructors and my special instructor Bimal. I am 85 and still doing Pilates,” the trainer wrote in the caption while sharing the video, “Age is just a number when you’re dancing with life with Pilates.”
Helen showcases the benefits of Pilates in a viral video
In the video, the actress also elaborated on how regularly doing Pilates has helped her overall health, revealing that when she first started working out, she used to walk with a cane due to weak knees, adding that her physical condition has improved significantly since she started working out, giving her the confidence to resume dancing.
Helen also commented that Pilates gives her an adrenaline rush like no other and that she doesn’t feel the need to drink alcohol or smoke. The video ends with the actress expressing her gratitude to her trainers and instructors. Helen was one of the top actresses of her time and was also best known for her dance numbers in Bollywood films of the late 1970s.
