Kristina Rihanoff teamed up with a small group of women as she hosted a dance class with TENA last month.
The former Strictly pro dancer, 47, was all smiles as she got back to work amid money woes.
Kristina and her husband Ben Cohen placed their five-bedroom £1.75million home on the market following money struggles.
Ben laid bare their financial struggles when he pleaded poverty during an appearance in court, admitting he was ‘fighting to save his relationship and home’ after professional dancer Kristina was caught driving without insurance.
And while Ben flogs topless photos online to promote his £32.95 2025 calendar, Kristina has turned to her dancing roots.
Kristina Rihanoff, 47, teamed up with a small group of women as she hosted a dance class with TENA last month
The former Strictly pro dancer was all smiles as she got back to work amid money woes
The dancer showed a small group of media and influencers a new pelvic floor strengthening dance routine, sharing her first-hand experience with bladder weakness.
Kristina has partnered with TENA as part of the launch of new TENA Silhouette underwear, to encourage women who experience bladder weakness to seek help.
She said: ‘As a professional dancer, I wasn’t prepared for what happened to me post-birth. No one talks about the fact you can experience pelvic floor weakness to the point of losing a little bit of control.
‘And as a very fit woman, where exercise and movement is my profession, I assumed I’d just bounce back – so it was a mental and physical challenge to overcome.
‘I’m now dedicated to helping other women rebuild their pelvic floors, by teaching yoga at my studio as well as meditation, mindfulness and breath work.
‘Women shouldn’t feel scared to move or exercise, even if they do suffer with bladder weakness – there is help out there such as online support, your doctor and even talking to family members can help.’
Kristina was slapped with six points on her licence but faced a ban for totting up 12 penalty points after being caught behind the wheel of her £30,000 Audi Q3 in Northampton on April 4.
Her partner, who admitted bungling the couple’s car insurance policies, was dragged to court to support her failed appeal against the motoring conviction.
Kristina and her husband Ben Cohen placed their five-bedroom £1.75million home on the market following money struggles
Ben laid bare their financial struggles when he pleaded poverty during an appearance in court, admitting he was ‘fighting to save his relationship and home’ after professional dancer Kristina was caught driving without insurance
And while Ben flogs topless photos online to promote his £32.95 2025 calendar, Kristina has turned to her dancing roots
Since then, the true extent of the couple debts and failing business ventures has been revealed.
The pair, who share an eight-year-old daughter Melina, now face more potential legal battles after failing to submit accounts for a yoga studio which plunged almost £500,000 into the red.
Their money troubles started to rear its head following the Covid pandemic in 2020, which impacted their fitness and wellbeing studio called Soo Yoga in Northampton.
The business struggled to make money during the pandemic, which Ben acknowledged while giving his testimony at Northampton Crown Court.
‘I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything – to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn,’ he said.
When questioned on how this was impacting his relationship he added: ‘We’re still living together. We’re in it financially.
‘We’re in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is just another problem for me to deal with.
‘I’ve got credit cards that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a business debt because of Covid. It’s just another problem.’
The dancer showed a small group of media and influencers a new pelvic floor strengthening dance routine, sharing her first-hand experience with bladder weakness
TENA is a Swedish-based brand of Essity that specializes in products for adults with urinary or fecal incontinence, such as pads and diapers
Companies House records show that the Soo Yoga Group Ltd was £488,470 in the red in its last submitted set of accounts for the year ending on July 31, 2022.
Soo Yoga Group was set up by Kristina and Cohen in June 2017, but the professional dancer stepped down as a director and transferred her 50 per cent shareholding to her finance in September 2022.
The studio’s website says it offers a range of ‘holistic’ classes including yoga, pilates, dance, cycling, spin, Hiit and meditation for a membership of £690 a year, or a pay-as-you-go rate of ten classes for £120.
Its debts include an outstanding £190,000 loan made to Soo Yoga Group by a company called Bespoke Ballroom Ltd which is 50 per cent owned by Russian-born Kristina who is listed as an American citizen.
The company was listed to be compulsorily struck off on December 27, 2022, but the action was suspended nine days later and discontinued on April 28, 2023.
Records also reveal that a food services company called Soo Greens Ltd which is 100 per cent owned by Soo Yoga Group Ltd was effectively £6,633 in the red, taking into account future liabilities, in its last accounts for the period ending on July 31, 2020.
The company’s accounts for the year ending in July 2021 have still not been filed and are now nearly 29 months overdue.
Another company called Soo Purple Mountain Ltd which is also owned by the Soo Yoga Group, was set up in December 2021 and dissolved by a voluntary strike off in February this year without ever filing accounts.
Ben’s ex-wife Abby Cohen has since moved on with her partner David Warner
A fourth company called Soo Group Ltd which was half owned by Cohen and half owned by three other people was also incorporated and voluntarily struck off on the same dates.
A fifth company called Yoga Wellbeing which is 100 percent owned by Rihanoff was £5,041 in the red, taking into account future liabilities, at the end of July 2020. Its accounts are also nearly 29 months overdue, according to Companies House records.
Kristina left Strictly in 2015 after falling pregnant with Ben’s daughter, now eight.
