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staff

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 on Martha's Vineyard.

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 her 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.

NEW to FLY YOGA STUDIO:

Kimberly Cartwright
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cup of coffee, some lip gloss, and a good, satisfying poop-the buddha women's underground
Certified Johnny G Spinning Instructor since 2000, ACE certified personal fitness trainer since 2004, certified perimenopausal since 2002.

Jennifer Marcus
A mother of three, attorney, avid runner and all-around fitness enthusiast, Jennifer Marcus's passion and commitment to fitness and well being have recently brought her into the physical fitness teaching arena.  Drawing on her sports and fitness knowledge from years of cardiovascular and weight training, Jen infuses her style with a new mind/body awareness from her regular yoga practice and core fusion training.

Gina Heysek
First introduced to the Pilates Method as a student at the School of American Ballet, Gina was naturally drawn to Pilates. Her 600+ hour apprenticeship and her time teaching on the Upper West Side in NYC  have given her a genuine and contagious love of the Authentic Method™ and a desire to spread the enjoyment and benefit to others.  Gina received her Pilates certification in 2003 through the Pilates Studio of New York, Inc., under the apprenticeship of Brett Howard and Sean Gallagher, PT.  Gina trained primarily with Master Teachers Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Meijo Santo as well as Teacher of Teachers Roxane Richards, through the Pilates Studio of Seattle and Portland Pilates Center before relocating to NYC.
Gina believes The Authentic Method™ of Pilates is truly unsurpassed when compared with the many alternative offshoots of the traditional discipline and teaches the method in its pure form as handed down by Joseph H. Pilates.
Gina brings to her practice a sense of humor and adventure.  The more you laugh, the more you use your abdominals.
Gina holds a B.A in Psychology from Columbia University.  Her approach is to identify each client’s needs and to adapt the exercises to those needs in order to maximize results in a short time.

Bios to come:
Julie Hatt

Bonnie Menton

Claire Parkhurst

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