About Us
“Hola!
I’m Natasha and I help women and men to honor their bodies’ need to be physically active so they can develop a stronger body and mind to be able to live a healthy and happy life.
Natasha was born in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Lima, Peru, at age five, where she grew up with her father and sister. Now married with two daughters, ages 31 and 26, Natasha has always had a deep love for exercise.In 2000, her father passed away from colon cancer, a life-changing experience that gave her a new perspective. While caring for him, Natasha discovered that exercise not only reduced her stress but also strengthened her focus and resilience. For her, fitness became less about achieving a certain size and more about building strength of body and mind to face life’s challenges.Driven by her desire to help others, Natasha began volunteering in the pediatric department of a cancer treatment hospital after her father’s passing. Through Aprendo Contigo, a program that provides stability and confidence to hospitalized children, she learned from the kids themselves, “how a strong, positive mind can give you the strength the body may lack.”In 2002, Natasha and her family moved from Lima to Germantown, Maryland, ready to start a new chapter. Determined to make a difference, she became a certified Spinning instructor and later a personal trainer specializing in Cancer Recovery and Pilates. After five years at Fitness First Health Clubs, she was promoted to Head Trainer at the Germantown location.In 2009, Natasha launched her own business, Kallpa Fitness. She has continued to teach Spinning and Pilates classes at major gyms and studios, including Washington Sports Club, Gold’s Gym, Anytime Fitness, and Onelife Fitness. Today, she trains clients through a mind-body approach, in person, virtually, and at her in-home Pilates studio.Most recently, Natasha became a Menopause Coaching Specialist. After navigating her own menopause journey and realizing how little information and support were available, she made it her mission to change that. “My daughters saw me confused and frustrated, but also taking action, learning, adapting, and finding ways to thrive,” she says.Inspired by that experience, Natasha created Press Play and Thrive, a program that helps women in perimenopause and menopause regain control of their lives through intentional lifestyle changes, empowering them to feel balanced, confident, and strong again.
OUR MISSION
The name Kallpa Fitness was inspired by the Inca Empire’s strong and stable architecture. Kallpa is a Quechua (language of the ancient Inca) word for strength. Interestingly, the Incas created their temples without using mortars. The rocks used in construction were sculpted to fit together by repeatedly lowering one rock onto another and then carving away any sections on the lower rock where dust gathered. The tight fit and concave shape of the lower rocks made the walls extraordinarily stable. In fact, the stones fit together so well that even a knife could not penetrate the seams in the walls.
Similar to the Incas constructing their temples, at Kallpa Fitness, we strive to help our clients achieve a strong and stable body through mindfully constructed training programs.
Similar to the Incas constructing their temples, at Kallpa Fitness, we strive to help our clients achieve a strong and stable body through mindfully constructed training programs.
MISSION STATEMENT
To provide each client with the opportunity to increase mind and body strength to be able to function efficiently and effectively. This will thereby enable the client to live a happy, healthy, and well-balanced life.
Our mission is accomplished through the use of personal training focused on cancer exercise training and the Classical Pilates method and viewpoint. As interpreted by Joseph Pilates, physical fitness is attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure.
Our mission is accomplished through the use of personal training focused on cancer exercise training and the Classical Pilates method and viewpoint. As interpreted by Joseph Pilates, physical fitness is attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure.
our certifications
CLASSICAL PILATES
Pilates Comprehensive Certification with Peak Pilates
PERSONAL TRAINING
Personal Trainer Certification with American Council on Exercise
MENOPAUSE COACHING
Menopause Coaching Specialist with Girls Go Strong Academy
CANCER EXERCISE
Cancer Exercise Specialist with Cancer Exercise Training Institute