Jill Donelan

Open Doors Yoga - Duxbury

Jill Donelan is a certified yoga instructor whose primary focus is to inspire and motivate her students to achieve their goals both on and off the mat. She graduated from the Open Doors Yoga Studios 200-hour Teacher Training Program in December 2022 and has been teaching yoga since March 2023. In addition, she completed a 21-hour Restorative Modalities Yoga Teacher Training in May 2023 and has attended several workshops to elevate her teaching. She will be completing Yoga Sculpt Training through Down Under School of Yoga in November 2024.Sports and fitness have always been an important part of Jill’s life. Growing up, she played soccer, practiced karate, and did gymnastics. Her love of movement continued in college, where she began teaching aerobics and took up running. During graduate school, she began practicing yoga, both at home and in studios such as Baptiste Power Yoga and Open Doors Yoga Studios. After having her first child in 2013, she became certified to teach prenatal and mom-and-baby fitness classes through Oh Baby! Fitness. A few years later, she also became certified to teach Cardio Sport. Throughout this time, she continued incorporating yoga into her fitness routine, appreciating its many physical, mental, and spiritual benefits.Jill loves the creative nature of vinyasa yoga and enjoys developing new class designs and flows to share with her students. Currently, she teaches Power 2/3 classes that include strength, mobility, and flexibility training through core work, twisting postures, standing balances, and upper and lower body dynamic movements on the mat. She offers variations to allow students to increase or decrease the intensity of the workout, enabling students of all levels to participate in her classes.Jill lives in Norwell, MA, with her husband, two daughters (ages 8 and 11), their dog, Abbey, and their cat, Maggie. When she is not teaching, Jill manages the Hanover Farmers Market, serves as Registrar for Norwell Youth Soccer, and volunteers at the Norwell elementary and middle schools. She is also active in the PTO.