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Robert Sidoti
Growing up outdoors in Southern California made Robert an avid athlete/outdoors man since childhood. Robert was surfing by five; spent family vacations hiking, fishing and biking, was a star player on his school age baseball, tennis & soccer teams, and took up basketball and golf in early adulthood.

Robert was certified as a personal trainer through National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) in 2002, where he began helping clients improve their athletic performance through strength training and functional fitness techniques. He discovered yoga around this time and was amazed at how yoga helped him improve his own game and stay in the "zone", helped with concentration, and his breath capacity. Robert has always enjoyed the playfulness of yoga- handstands at the beach are his favorite!

In 2008 Robert was certified by Swami Sitaramananda at the Sivananda Vendanta Centre in the "Yoga for Athletic Peak Performance" Program. Robert has continued his Hatha Yoga studies to complete the 200 RYT certification with Kira Ryder, founder of Lulubhandas and the Ojai Yoga Crib in his hometown of Ojai, California.

He is excited to join wife Sherry and the FLY team and share his passion with others.

Sian Williams
Originally from Manchester, England, Sian settled on Martha's Vineyard in 1988. Throughout childhood, Sian was strongly influenced by her athletic father. With his encouragement, she became an avid runner, swimmer and horse-rider.

Despite giving birth to 5 children within 10 years, Sian maintained her interest in physical pursuits, particularly cycling and aerobics. Once the children were all in school, Sian turned her interest to pilates and yoga. Developing a love for yoga, Sian took daily classes and began to develop her own personal practice.

As a regular fixture in Sherry's yoga classes over this past year, Sian has been strongly influenced by this style of teaching. With Sherry's encouragement, Sian began her yoga teacher training certification with renowned teacher, Shiva Rea, this spring and is working towards her Yoga Alliance 200 RYT certification.

Sian has been teaching yoga to kids ranging in age from 5 to 14 for this past year. She currently works with the YMCA after school program and within the Martha's Vineyard Public schools system.

Sian is therefore delighted, and honored, to be part of the FLY team this season.

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