Chris Kandianis
Fitness enthusiast and studio owner, Chris has been studying Pilates since 2004 and yoga since 2000. She is passionate about helping people use these practices to develop the strength and flexibility needed to enjoy sports, and prevent and overcome injury while bringing mind/body balance to the challenges of daily life.
Chris is STOTT™ Pilates certified in Matwork and Reformer plus has training in Injuries and Special Populations and Anatomy. Chris is a RYT 200 yoga instructor and an ACSM certified personal trainer. She holds a BA degree from Tufts University and an MBA from Simmons College and regularly attends workshops to expand her knowledge and repertoire. In recent years she has completed over 30 Pilates and yoga workshops, TRX Suspension training and TRX Rip Trainer training.
When not teaching, Chris enjoys biking, skiing, hiking, rock climbing and running. She has run countless road races, including the Boston Marathon, completed several triathlons and has hiked over a dozen of New Hampshire’s 4000 footers many of them in winter.
Cathy Boullie
Cathy truly believes Pilates is an intelligent exercise that can help everyone be better at everything they do. Her medical background as a nurse enhances her ability to work with all levels and abilities of students and reinforces her belief in the role of fitness for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Because of her personal experience with the many benefits of Pilates, it has become a necessity in her own workouts.
Cathy is STOTT™ Pilates certified in Matwork and Reformer plus has training in Injuries and Special Populations and Anatomy and has been teaching Pilates for 10+ years. She is also certified to teach group fitness through ACE (American Council on Exercise), and over the past 20 years has taught boot camp, muscle conditioning, spinning, water aerobics, silver sneakers, TRX and kettlebells.
Cathy has a Masters Degree in Nursing from Simmons College and BSN from the University of Rochester. When not practicing Pilates, she enjoys spending time with her husband Mark and their kids on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Jean Silk
Jean has been teaching group exercise classes for over 30 years including spin, muscle conditioning, Pilates, yoga and barre classes. Her greatest satisfaction is in helping people to become and stay fit. Outside of the gym or studio she has four children and is an avid golfer.
Marie Marchand
Marie is a certified professional level Kripalu yoga teacher. She has been teaching in the Lowell area for over 15 years and has offered yoga retreats around New England and in Italy. She is deeply inspired by the rhythms and wisdom of the natural world, music, poetry and Tibetan Buddhism and weaves all of these into her teaching.
Her intention as a teacher is to create a welcoming environment for students, to guide them inward to connect with their own deep inner experience and to help them find their own authentic path to well-being and vitality through the philosophies and practices of yoga and meditation. She believes yoga has something to offer everyone and strives to make yoga accessible to all.
Meghan McCaffrey
Meghan is a life-long lover (and student!) of Pilates and is passionate about ‘sustainable movement’, i.e. movement that can be a lifetime pursuit without injury.
Meghan is a certified Pilates instructor through Power Pilates®. Her training program in Mat Core 1 & 2 included anatomy, detailed instruction of the Pilates method, modifications, and extensive supervised practice teaching. Meghan has also studied under some of Boston’s best instructors through workshops in Advanced Mat and Barre.
When not on the mat, Meghan works as a Product Manager at a local software company and enjoys spending time in nature; hiking, kayaking, and her new hobby- golf!
Lakshmi Annavajhala
Lakshmi Annavajhalais a 200-hr certified Kripalu Yoga instructor and has been teaching yoga since 2006. Her experience focuses on leading classes that address individual needs, providing modifications whenever necessary; empowering students through practice of breath and body awareness; and emphasizing that the journey is as important as the goal. She chose the Kripalu style of yoga because it is accessible to all ages and body styles and because its goals are to develop a healthy and strong body, an open and caring heart, and a peaceful and clear mind.
Linda Moran
Linda Moran has been studying yoga since 1993 and teaching since 2004. She began taking yoga as part of a plan to manage a chronic back problem and fell in love with it in its entirety.
In addition to teaching yoga, Linda has been a physical therapist since 1982. She earned an Advanced Master of Science in Orthopedic Manual Therapy and Sports Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.
Linda earned her Raj Ashtanga 200-hour YTT (yoga teacher training) certification from Focal Point Yoga in Stow MA and more recently became certified and registered through Todd Norian’s 500 hour Ashaya Yoga instructor training program. Linda now teaches in the style of Ashaya Yoga, which focuses on the alignment of body, mind and heart. It blends precise, therapeutic alignment techniques with the empowering teaching of yoga philosophy to build strength, balance, flexibility, and heal chronic pain. More than a ‘yoga workout’, it supports the harmony and interconnection of body, mind, heart and spirit.
Linda loves the depth and profound healing that is possible with Ashaya Yoga. Her class is fun, therapeutic, and heartfelt.
