Kareena and Saif do it together. And when Bebo’s best friend Amrita Arora joins in, it is a fun threesome. We are talking about their common passion – yoga. The three friends credit yoga expert Payal Gidwani for their state of happiness and physical well-being. In fact, Payal was the one behind Kareena’s chiseled look in Tashan, Saif’s addiction to yoga and the once-plump Rani Mukherji’s present svelte figure.

Payal has scooped together the best of her yoga training experiences and shaped them in the form of her debut book titled XL to XS. In an intimate forward written by her most loyal followers, Kareena mentioned, “‘Payal has helped me challenge my genes and transform my body.” Saif wrote, “It is hard to be unhealthy once you start yoga.”

Her association with Kareena and her beau is so strong that Payal admits that when Kareena was facing intense criticism for her size-zero image and reports of fainting on the film sets, they decided to battle it together. She says, “Yoga has really helped to calm Bebo. It has touched her soul and is her prayer. When the whole size zero debate started, it discredited my work. Both, Bebo and I decided to take it in our stride and move on.” She adds emphatically, “I just want to specify that Kareena was never on a juice diet. She must have been tired when she fainted. That poor child had to enter the freezing waters wearing just a bikini. It can be very tough.”

Payal however adds that training each of her Bollywood celeb clients is not as easy as training Bebo and Saif. She laughs and says, “Amrita Arora just doesn’t like to work out. But now, she has no choice. She has had a baby. She cries when I push her but she loves it in the end.” The yoga expert adds, “Rani Mukherji used to cry too when I gave her leg workouts but it sure has helped her.”

And Payal just isn’t popular with her celeb clients. Interestingly, she tells us that Sridevi’s kids Jhanavi and Khushi were so enthusiastic about yoga that the actor now teaches them yoga at home. In fact, Payal adds, “Maria Goretti’s five year-old can now do perfect headstands. It’s just so beautiful.”