Our Instructors
Virtual & Onsite

  • Mary Ann Coughlin

    Stretch, Tone, Tai Chi, health talks, Outdoor walk

    Mary Ann is a Physical Therapist and Bay Ridge Center's Health Management Specialist. She has been a consultant and exercise instructor at BRC for more than 15 years and lives in Bay Ridge.

  • Nissha Marksman

    Zoomba Intro & Zoomba Gold

    A native Brooklyn resident, Nissha is energetic and enthusiastic about having fun while working out. She is a licensed Strong Nation & Zumba Gold instructor who enjoys dancing.

  • Rachael Marotta

    Kwarantine Kitchen, Trips & Travel, Yahtzee & more!

    Rachael loves the interactive nature of classes: not teaching but interacting with members. She loves to develop a class based on suggestions, so please reach out with your best ideas! (Pictured, Rachael with her beloved Grandma Joan.)

  • Whitney Hamilton

    Drawing & Watercolor

    Whitney is a working artist in Bay Ridge and has a BFA from Birmingham Southern College and an MFA Pratt Institute. She is also a writer, director and actor with three of her own feature films out on various streaming platforms.

  • Jennifer Gibson

    Chair Yoga and Yoga Meditation

    Jennifer has been a Yoga Instructor since 2005, specializing in Chair Yoga for seniors since 2011. She is passionate about making the practice of yoga accessible to everyone.

  • Gail Karpf

    Books on the Ridge Book Club (Connects)

    Gail is a long-time resident of Bay Ridge. She taught for 40 years (her favorite grade to teach was 7th) and is a avid reader.

  • High Priestess Saviii Anxelina

    Sound Healing Meditation (Connects)

    High Priestess Saviii Anxelina is fascinated by how primal (song) + verbal (language/poetry) sound can design inclusive landscapes for all.

  • Kristin Miller

    Chair Yoga (Connects)

    ​Kristin Miller is a certified yoga instructor with many years' experience teaching restorative yoga.

  • Kathleen Walker

    Fun and Fit (Connects)

    ​Kathleen Walker has been an athlete, coach, Physical Education teacher, Supervisor, University adjunct professor, consultant and Hatha Yoga instructor.