Dena Joy Drotar was attracted to Pilates for it’s tremendous ability to heal bodies and because Pilates, like life, is a never ending challenging adventure. 

She is the former Teachers’ Program Director for Vintage Pilates, and is a major keeper of the flame of Jay Grimes’ teaching. 

Dena Joy is a graduate of Jay Grimes’ Master’s Program “THE WORK”, and was also in the highly-selective follow-up program “TEACHING THE WORK”.  At Vintage she was one of the four founding teachers along with Sandy Shimoda, Karen Frischman and Jay himself.  As a Pilates instructor she has the rare ability to recognize body imbalances and assist clients and teachers who want to go deeper into their understanding  and execution of Pilates, clients who are recovering from injury or need assistance as their bodies change with age .

Dena is known to bring an incredible generosity and sense of humanity to her work. She is also a gifted bodyworker, performer and healer, all of which imbue her work with spirit, kindness, challenge and joy. Read more about Dena here.

We are offering 5 separate workshop events:

• Return to Life with Pilates (Dena, 1/24 11-12, $45)

• Teacher’s Toolbox (Dena, 1/24 1-2:30, $65)

• Studio Class (Dena and James, 1/25 12-1, $45)

• Strong and Long (Dena, 1/25 1-3:30, $125)

• The Guillotine (James, 1/25 4-6, $100)

Come join us!