Originally from NYC, and transported from Los Angeles, CA, Sherry has lived on Martha's Vineyard, MA since 2002. She feels fortunate to offer private and group fitness and yoga classes to many wonderful people from around the country.

Sherry is particularly drawn to the change within that is experienced through yoga and physical activity- to "play" within muscles, skin, bones and organs; to use breath and movement to get to know herself and her divine nature better; and to purify the body and mind so that the true Self has a place to call home.

sherry says, "It is pure joy to take part of others' transformations- to watch as clarity, compassion, discovery, energy and growth unfold in sessions, to share laughter and song and reach new heights with a group during classes' and she often wonders why everyone isn't doing this for a living!

Sherry is eternally grateful for her two soul mates- husband Robert and son Miles- whose unconditional love, humor and willingness to flow have illuminated her path.

Sherry officially founded FLY Yoga in 2007 after several years of teaching "for fun". She and hubby Rob are excited to go the next step with the brand new FLY Yoga Studio.

Training:

Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with Ana Forrest

200 hour RYT, Sonic Yoga, Center for Yoga Studies, NYC, Yoga Alliance

willPower & grace, Stacey Lei Krauss, willPower Productions

Spinning Instructor, Mad Dogg Athletics

Pre and Post Natal Exercise, Elizabeth Noble/American Physical Therapy Association

PreNatal/Postpartum/Birthing Workshops, Golden Bridge Yoga, Los Angeles

Sherry is inspired by my many teachers; Ana Forrest, Jonathan Fields, Lauren Hanna, Stacey Lei Krauss, Erich Shiffmann, Shiva Rea, Gurmukh, Pradeep Teotia and all the gang at Sonic Yoga and Laughing Lotus.

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 Lulubandhas and the Ojai Yoga Crib in his hometown of Ojai, California.

Robert also trained and certified with Karma Kids NYC and will be bringing this unique Yoga for Kids program home to FLY Yoga Studio when we open.

He has created the anticipated program BRO-ga- Yoga for Men (and women who dare).

He is excited to join wife Sherry and the FLY team and share his passion with others on Martha's Vineyard.

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 her yoga classes over these past few years, Sian has been strongly influenced by Sherry's style of teaching. With Sherry's encouragement, Sian began her yoga teacher training certification with renowned teacher, Shiva Rea, and completed in the Fall of 2008,  certified by Yoga Alliance as a 200 hour RYT.

Sian has been teaching yoga to kids ranging in age from 5 to 14 years old. She created Pandavine, Yoga for kids program, which has become a popular fixture on the Island.

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

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, willPower & Grace certified in 2008, certified perimenopausal since 2002.

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 FLY fusion training.

Jen became a certified willPower & grace TM instructor in 2008 and is excited to teach at FLY Yoga studio in 2009.

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. 

A proud mama of three children, Julie Hatt has been a fitness instructor on Martha's Vineyard for over twenty years. She has taught many classes and styles- from water aerobics, high and low impact aerobics, step class, senior fitness, to baby & mommy exercise.

Julie was introduced to a mindful approach to exercise when she started coming as a participant to Sherry's FLY fusion classes several years ago and was thrilled when Sherry asked her to be part of a team of four instructors to be trained and certified by the fitness master Stacey Lei Krauss in her willPower & graceTM program in the summer of 2008. Julie looks forward to teaching this unique program at FLY Yoga Studio in 2009!