Hingham : Derby Street
Jennifer Anania
Jenny Anania, grew up dancing with her 2 older sisters and later moved on to competitive dancing. She danced at college and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science and a minor in Business. Jenny then became a New England Patriots Cheerleader. Her first year on the team they went to the Super bowl and won, their first ever, and she now is a proud owner of a super bowl ring. She modeled for calendars and catalogs while cheering for the Patriots, and also appeared in an NFL Countdown commercial. Jenny danced at Coyote Ugly in Boston, and at three annual Sturgis bike weeks in South Dakota. She was the Full Throttle's billboard model for 2004. Jenny decided to move to Los Angeles to further her career in dance. She soon joined the Purrfect Angelz, an LA based performance... Read the profile >>
Joanne Flaherty
Joanne Flaherty believes in the life changing effects a daily yoga practice can bring. She's been practicing yoga for five years and teaching for two years. Along with the Open Doors teachers, she has studied with Baron Baptiste and Rod Stryker. Joanne teaches in a loving and gentle manner while she leads her students through a vigorous vinyasa. Read the profile >>
Karen Donahue
As a teenager I was a downhill ski racer, runner, tennis player and swimmer, I loved my sports! I grew up in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York and headed off to St. Michael’s in Vermont at age 18 with a plan. Five days after I arrived, I awoke in a hospital with a nun standing over me, I thought I had died and was in heaven but I hadn’t, I had my first grand mal seizure. So the long journey began. Two years later I moved to Boston, graduated from Northeastern University, got married and had two children. My family has been my inspiration! Their love and support has helped me achieve many goals and capture many dreams. For the next 23 years I dealt with frequent, unpredictable seizures, endured a number of surgeries and many trips to the emergency room. However, I have now... Read the profile >>
Maria Stewart
At age 16, I started my first job at a nursing home taking care of the elderly. From there I pursued my career and went to Northeastern University for Nursing. During this time I worked as a certified home health care aide and took care of patients with multiple sclerosis and brain stem injuries. For years I participated in the 25 mile bike race for Multiple Sclerosis. I have also walked the Jimmy Fund 26.2 mile walk for childhood cancer annually. At 23, I married Mike, a police officer, and was fortunate at the time to purchase a house on the south shore. I had my first child a year and a half later. Four children later, my nursing career had to be put aside to raise my family. Over the years I would walk 25-30 miles a week with the kids strapped in the front of the double... Read the profile >>
Shawn Cornelison
Shawn has been teaching at Open Doors for about three years. His goal in his class is to provide the space for each student to find their own unique path with yoga. He provides his students frequent adjustments and modifications to assist them in taking their practices to new levels. Shawn splits his time off the mat with his other career Sign language Interpreting. He will be interpreting for classes that will be open to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Shawn is available for private classes or for one on one adjustments during regularly scheduled classes. Read the profile >>
Victoria Haffer
Victoria Haffer holds a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology with over 25 years of experience in the Wellness industry. As an International Wellness Presenter, she has certified many Personal Trainers, Group Exercise Instructors, and Yoga Teachers. She is also a Reiki Master, Holistic Nutritionist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Certified Yoga/Pilates Instructor. Victoria continues her Yoga studies with Shiva Rhea, Gary Kraftsow, Anodea Judith, Erich Shiffman, and Paul Grilley in topics such as Anatomy of Yoga, Yoga Therapy, and Chakra Therapy. Victoria currently focuses her energy as the Fitness Director at The Kingsbury Club and Spa and on her private business, “Love and Light Healing” where she combines her magical skills to facilitate transformation with her clients through... Read the profile >>
Zoltan Szabo
Szabo Fitness & Acupuncture
Zoltan Szabo, originally from Budapest, Hungary, is an Internationally Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor. Having been in the field for more than 15 years, Zoltan is a Reebok Master Trainer for Core board and Martial Arts. Zoltan loves teaching group exercise classes, he was the instructor at many aerobic weekends in Hungary and in Barcelona teaching dance aerobic in a class of two-thousand women. As an Aerobics competitor, he was the Hungarian Champion, and 3rd in all of Europe in team category. His love for sports and fitness began as a child and it became his lifestyle. Before relocating to the United States, he spent two years working for Celebrity Cruises as the Fitness Director traveling around the world. Working with people from many different countries... Read the profile >>