https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/workshops daily 0.75 2021-11-11 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/workshops/yamuna-akybe monthly 0.5 2021-11-11 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/workshops/event-one-96ser monthly 0.5 2021-11-11 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/workshops/yamuna monthly 0.5 2021-11-11 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/home daily 1.0 2025-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1623264837728-C2GFW3E85IS8MK373NF6/DSC_5563.jpeg Home - TRX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/0a1dcd1c-12a8-4434-8064-9ebe93f48850/IMG_7256.jpg Home - Yamuna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1623264789870-RITB7XZ34HAOITDWU46K/static1.squarespace-2.jpg Home - STOTT Pilates® https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1623264813820-G7MNYQORLU3UDMFRNT4W/DSC_5606.jpeg Home - GYROTONIC® + GYROKINESIS® https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1dba57c2-d39d-4d29-85fe-a3509cc9e49c/IMG_7434.jpg Home - Restorative Yoga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1623264876131-4MR77O7US7LX786A84NC/DSC_5410.jpg Home - Pilates Suspension Method https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/the-studio daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/ab56113a-2801-40c7-bb92-227af968526a/team+alt+ii.jpg About - “Positive energy and laughter flow into every corner of the space, uplifting all who enter.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1624378960884-4WYTQW0NXMA97DLQKBBH/image-asset.jpeg About - Shelia Donovan Shelia Donovan is the heart, soul and founder of the Pilates Studio in Canton, Massachusetts. Her love, positive energy and laughter flow into every corner of the space, uplifting all who enter. She and her instructors share a love of movement and are resolute about educating their clients in mind body practices. As an athlete herself, runner & marathoner, Shelia knows the profound joy, strength and healing that accompanies movement practices. Her belief is that joyfulness, renewal and transformation through mind body practices is for everyone to experience. Passionately committed to all forms of movement that connect mind, body and spirit, she has completed a multitude of courses and certifications enabling her to serve as an expert, inspiring confidence in her students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1635367789208-W08XOF0MA8ODKOAWTSX1/Jackie.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1635367905109-C67FKVPT414LLKF10GMU/Melissa+alt.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1635367936931-SF62EU2OAW1K7B671T1W/Caitlin.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1635367967575-6R2SHMZJIPL96RGZMLH7/Melanie.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1635368056078-X3CWSN6257WTYLJ8K5HP/Pam.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1662244703924-RSOSOAOT5N0L1OJPYVI0/unnamed.jpg About https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/sessions daily 0.75 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/102882d5-ad4c-427e-ba25-2f701f1f425d/DSC_5160.jpg Sessions - STOTT PILATES® STOTT PILATES® is a contemporary approach to the original exercise method pioneered by the late Joseph Pilates. Lindsay and Moira Merrithew, along with a team of physical therapists, sports medicine and fitness professionals, have spent over two decades refining the acclaimed STOTT PILATES® method of exercise and line of equipment. The refined method resulted in the inclusion of modern principles of exercise science and Rehabilitation – making it one of the safest and most effective methods available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/de46568f-0236-48e0-a38a-3af76e8a2b57/DSC_5843.jpg Sessions - GYROTONIC® GYROTONIC® is an innovative exercise equipment system and healing practice that incorporates movement philosophies from yoga, dance, gymnastics, swimming, and tai-chi. Each exercise is synchronized with a corresponding breathing pattern and is based on three-dimensional, circular, continuous flowing movement utilizing a unique weight and pulley design for resistance. Motion patterns are natural, turbulence-free, and smooth with no interruption. Among its many benefits, GYROTONIC® exercise strengthens and develops core muscles, creates expansion and decompression of the joints, improves posture and spinal alignment, increases blood circulation, reduces back, neck, and shoulder tension, and enhances athletic performance and mental focus. Our GYROTONIC® studio is fully equipped with: Three Professional Pulley Tower units Jumping-Stretching Board Leg Extension Machine Classes are available for private or semi-private duets and are pre-paid scheduled sessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/10901bb4-a3df-4012-b245-6ea18124d253/DSC_5607.jpg Sessions - GYROKINESIS® GYROKINESIS®, the original mat format from which Gyrotonic emerged, is a full body movement and energetic exercise system developed by Romanian born Juliu Horvath in the 1980’s. This movement system is based on three key principles: Narrowing of the Pelvis: This principle, which applies in all positions (sitting, standing and lying down), facilitates the creation of space between the vertebrae. In a contrasting movement (i.e., a movement in which parts of the body simultaneously reach in opposite directions), the body’s energy spreads upward to elevate the spine while, at the same time, the legs and feet connect to the ground, spreading energy downward. The Fifth Line: The central flow of energy in the body through the arms, legs, and spine; the Fifth Line is not considered an anatomical reference, but rather a way to integrate the body’s own internal energetic support into the exercise experience. The Seed Center: The generative space where life force originates and returns to, working in synchronicity with the other two principles. This is the space that all movement is rooted in and begins with in the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® movement systems. GYROKINESIS® classes are available in group format with the use of a mat and stool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/42c62512-758a-4807-8645-187a3c1100ad/IMG_7434.JPG Sessions - Restorative Yoga Restorative Yoga is a therapeutic style of yoga that utilizes props to make it easier for the body to get into certain poses, and thus, surrender to the pose. Practicing poses using props provides a completely supportive environment for total relaxation. The more your body is supported in the poses the deeper the sense of relaxation. Relaxation is a state in which there is no movement, no effort, and the brain is quiet. Typically, Restorative poses are sustained for ten minutes or for as long as you are comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/df3e0996-0047-4d37-8d33-850d744d82ee/DSC_5938.jpg Sessions - TRX TRX Suspension Training is a type of total-body resistance training that uses your own body weight and gravity, to build strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, core and joint stability, all while preventing injuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/f43123ad-35f9-4e88-a683-1112abe69dd1/DSC_4156+2.jpg Sessions - Yamuna Yamuna Body Rolling™ was created by Yamuna Zake, Educator, Bodyworker, Herbalist, and Aromatherapist. It is a unique exercise system that provides health, fitness, and ‘massage’ using a series of 6 to 10 inch balls and your own body weight. Through a series of routines, you will work specific muscles from the insertion of the tendon, deep through the elongated muscle, to create suppleness in tight areas and optimize the range of motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/ff1d9f30-d072-4593-9775-e41eb081e6f0/DSC_5369.jpg Sessions - Pilates Suspension Method The Pilates Suspension Method (PSM) combines traditional and contemporary mat Pilates and equipment-based Pilates exercises and performs them on the suspension trainer. Each PSM exercise is Pilates-rooted and is also done in many of the traditional Pilates series. The PSM is designed to teach in a group or one-on-one setting. We currently offer weekly group sessions (4 people max) and private sessions. https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/pricing daily 0.75 2025-04-10 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/teacher-training daily 0.75 2025-04-01 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/location daily 0.75 2025-04-01 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/schedule daily 0.75 2025-04-01 https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/team/melissa-hertzel daily 0.75 2021-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1635367905109-C67FKVPT414LLKF10GMU/Melissa+alt.JPG Melissa Hertzel - Melissa Hertzel Melissa Hertzel is a Stott Pilates trained instructor in both Mat and Reformer. She is also trained in TRX Suspension. Melissa joined the studio as a client in 2008, shortly after the birth of her second child. She found Pilates to be both challenging and fulfilling. As a Mom, Pilates provided Melissa with time to focus on herself, something that can be quite a challenge as a parent of young children. Soon after, Melissa became an instructor. Pilates has provided her with such an important strengthening of mind and body, she wants to be able to share that experience with others. She hopes to teach her clients the positive effects Pilates brings to both the body and the mind. https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/team/caitlin-towle daily 0.75 2021-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/1635367936931-SF62EU2OAW1K7B671T1W/Caitlin.jpg Caitlin Towle - Caitlin Towle Caitlin Towle is a certified Pilates Suspension Method Instructor and avid practitioner of pilates in all forms. Caitlin was granted the gift of movement at a very young age—as a dancer since age 5 and an equestrian since age 7. Her mother loved Pilates, and when she was 19 brought her to Shelia Donovan Pilates Studio—she hasn't left since! After she tried the PSM, Caitlin was entirely hooked. Practicing mat Pilates and PSM has dramatically improved her skills as a dancer and dance teacher, as a dressage rider, and as a weight lifter. She takes it as a great honor to be able to teach the PSM and share this exceptional workout with others. https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/team/melanie-cox daily 0.75 2021-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/69341514-9a84-46a1-a52e-738dc5f56fa7/Melanie.jpg Melanie Cox - Melanie Cox Melanie has been teaching Stott Pilates mat work for over 15 years to both youth and adults and is continuing her Stott education at Northeast Pilates. She is creator and director of The Boston She Party (an entertainment company in Boston), an Adjunct professor of Dance at Dean College, a regular dance instructor at Edge Studio of Dance located in Canton, and a mom to four teenagers in addition to being a Stott Pilates instructor at Shelia Donovan Pilates Studio. Melanie has choreographed multiple productions collaborating with musical groups including The Wolff Sisters, Swing Caravan, The Varsity Girls and Dewan Brown. Her choreography styles range from her work in musical theater to classical jazz which incorporates styles adopted from Gus Giordano and Bob Fosse. She has choreographed musicals including Pirates of Penzance, The Music Man, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz. In addition, her productions often incorporate aerial arts, acrobatics, hip hop and commercial styles. https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/team/pamela-borden-epstein daily 0.75 2021-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/9303fc30-f980-4ce5-9309-4a2b7560fb1e/Pam.jpg Pamela Borden-Epstein - Pamela Borden-Epstein Bio coming soon. https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/team/shelia-donovan daily 0.75 2021-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/8a2422e3-ea10-4cc6-ae64-b9159795b000/Shelia+alt+ii.JPG Shelia Donovan - Shelia Donovan Shelia Donovan is the heart, soul and founder of the Pilates Studio in Canton, Massachusetts. Her love, positive energy and laughter flow into every corner of the space, uplifting all who enter. She and her instructors share a love of movement and are resolute about educating their clients in mind body practices. As an athlete herself, runner & marathoner, Shelia knows the profound joy, strength and healing that accompanies movement practices. Her belief is that joyfulness, renewal and transformation through mind body practices is for everyone to experience. Passionately committed to all forms of movement that connect mind, body and spirit, she has completed a multitude of courses and certifications enabling her to serve as an expert, inspiring confidence in her students. Originally from Virginia, Shelia’s fitness journey began with a BS degree in Exercise Science/Kinesiotherapy from Norfolk State University followed by 13 years employed as a Kinesiotherapist with the Veterans Administration Hospital. She relocated to Massachusetts in 1998 and graduated from the Massage Institute of New England. Gaining her National Certified Massage Therapist license in 1999, she remains an active AMTA member. At about the same time, Shelia became a personal trainer, receiving her certification through the American College of Sports Medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/02056747-8bff-49c9-9981-119ca4f3f353/sd-psm.jpg Shelia Donovan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/ea85a1bd-875b-4756-b9a5-4e7eba5df8ec/sd-ryt.jpg Shelia Donovan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/b09454ed-950e-46b8-bf14-39a5be41bc89/sd-stott.jpg Shelia Donovan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/afd26ad3-a08d-4132-9054-e1edd0b756dc/sd-yamuna.jpg Shelia Donovan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/2288943f-db53-4f2c-9189-6004f9ab9c2e/sd-gyro.jpg Shelia Donovan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/84587555-a123-47fa-9955-edaa95e3755a/sd-trx.jpg Shelia Donovan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/102882d5-ad4c-427e-ba25-2f701f1f425d/DSC_5160.jpg Shelia Donovan In 2008, Shelia became a registered National Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher having completed the rigorous YogaWorks program with Natasha Rizopoulos, as well as certifying as a Thai Yoga Massage Therapist through the Lotus Palm School of Montreal. She has studied with many renowned yoga instructors including Beryl Bender Birch, John Friend, Rodney Yee, Baron Baptiste and Sean Corne. Shelia expresses, through all of her teaching that mind body exercises are part of a journey that must be continuallyexperienced. She believes that the ability to gain mental and physical strength through one’s practices helps a person maintain clarity and to endure whatever obstacles life may bring. Shelia is well known for her attention to detail and her ability to “see” and “feel” each individual’s strengths and relative weaknesses and then formulate a specialized program to address these needs. She has guided all of her instructors in these methods. Whether clients be elite athletes, the unconditioned, weekend sports enthusiasts, those with significant physical disabilities, people with joint replacements, and a variety of other issues which require special attention, she is inspired and moved by all of her clients’ dedication and courage. She mentors young athletes as well as her instructors, sharing liberally her wellspring of knowledge and talents in mind body methodologies. Her generosity to the Canton community and fundraising for worthy causes is another passion to which she devotes her time. Whether it be a memorial run, raising money for YogaHope, or supporting the local schools and charities, Shelia is well recognized and admired. She is an integrating force and role model in the lives of her students, her community and beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/9b0a1d0d-5aa1-440a-b0d1-d83d3a51e3fc/154883470_481296866574438_5976595029456368345_n.jpg Shelia Donovan Shelia has trained in Stott® Pilates since 1998 and became a fully certified Stott Pilates Instructor in all aspects of Pilates, advanced Mat & all equipment; both level 1 and level 2. In her pursuit of rigorous academic credibility she undertook the Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries Program twice at Mt. Sinai Medical School and is now an alumnus with access to cutting edge research in musculoskeletal conditions. In 2003, she began her Gyrokinesis® / GYROTONIC® exploration which added a missing piece to her mind body practices. The system was created by Juliu Horvath, to rehabilitate himself as an injured dancer. Shelia trained with master trainers Kathy Van Patten of Boston and Sebastian Plettenberg of New York City. During 2004, she completed level one teacher training and completed her certification by Juliu Horvath as a GYROTONIC® and Gyrokinesis® trainer, followed by Level 2 GYROTONIC® and specialized equipment. In caring for her own wellness and desire to continue running 10K/5K races and marathoning, (Shelia has completed 35 marathons and won 3) Shelia pursued Yamuna Body Rolling and became a certified Instructor of Trainers. She utilizes the Yamuna Body Rolling and all of the above methods proactively to prevent injury for herself and her students. Trained and certified in ActivCore FEX™ gives her an additional training apparatus which augments the wide variety of methods offered to her clients. https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/team/yeradmi daily 0.75 2022-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6074ed4efbf8e0695420be3b/6bef604e-64c7-4249-8f17-50e47b07fe53/unnamed.png https://www.sheliadonovanpilates.com/store daily 0.75 2022-12-13