Margi is certified by the Kane School in prenatal and postpartum Pilates, and is perinatal certified by Healthy Moms. Currently Margi studies with Lesley Powell at Movements Afoot and works with Master teachers throughout NYC to create continuing education for her instructors and clients. Workshops held at the Garage have included instructor's education on Osteoporosis, Understanding the Psoas and Anatomy Review. Continuing workshops for clients focus on Postpartum Pilates, Alexander and Pilates, and Margi's specialty Voice and Pilates. Read her full bio on our About Us page!

Frances is a certified instructor from the Kane School of Core Integration in New York. She is a certified hang gliding instructor who has been featured on MTV. In addition she surfs and runs half-marathons. Fran also performs as a dancer in NYC. She was first introduced to Pilates at Sarah Lawrence College where she studied dance and nutrition. Frances continues to study under Bob Liekens at Power Pilates. Her philosophy in teaching is to share the joy of moving. She feels Pilates has made her a stronger more articulate mover. Her goals for her clients are to strengthen, mobilize, and increase flexibility. Her Pilates teaching has focused on fitness training, postpartum, scoliosis, and the foot. She is inspired to motivate and teach her clients to live a healthy and balanced life.

Dylan Goodrich is a fully certified Pilates Instructor who studied at the Kane School of Core Integration. Dylan was introduced to Pilates through her doctor as a way to heal her back and neck pain. She was in a car that was rear- ended by five cars in the pile up accident! With Pilates she was able to rehabilitate her back and neck. Dylan feels this experience has made her sensitive to understanding clients working through limitations and pain. Dylan's teaching in Pilates has focused on osteoporosis, scoliosis and postpartum Pilates. Dylan is co-creator of a postpartum guide "Get in Shape after Having a Baby." She currently manages at the Pilates Garage and teaches at Bridge Pilates.

Donnell has taught Pilates since her certification from Polestar Pilates in 2003. She has been fortunate enough to continue studying biomechanics through the Kane School of Core Integration and The Pilates Garage in Brooklyn. Donnell emphasizes a client's understanding of how his or her body is driven and from that awareness she believes the body can transform. As a modern dancer, Donnell places an emphasis on elasticity when elongating and strengthening the muscles of the body.

Jessica Cassity completed her 500-hour Pilates certification through BodyTonic Pilates Gymnasium. She teaches mat/springs classes and private sessions at Pilates Garage. She also writes about fitness and health for a variety of publications, including magazines like Shape and Self as well as The New York Times. Jessica's workouts tend to be fast-paced strengthening and lengthening sessions that focus on alignment, control and endurance.

Rachel received her teacher training and certification from the Kane School of Core Integration in NYC. She is currently working towards a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at New York Medical College. Rachel’s goal is to help students prevent injury or recover from an existing condition by finding their most efficient way to move. Rachel is also certified in pre- and post-natal exercise by Debbi Goodman, MSPT. She is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance.

Michelle Cohen is a professional modern dancer, a senior teacher of Pilates at the Kane School. Michelle is a certified Yoga instructor from Laughing Lotus and is also a Reiki practitioner. She has conducted international teacher training workshops for the Kane School in Brighton, England and Tokyo, Japan. Michelle has been featured in Pilates Style Magazine for her work on clients with a chronic back pain and disc herniation. Michelle brings her expertise to Pilates Garage to conduct workshops and practice her own fusion of Pilates, Yoga, Reiki, and meditation she calls Movement-Spirit-Touch!

After completing her training at the Royal Ballet School, Jennet Zerbe began her professional life with American Ballet Theatre. She began studying Pilates with Robert Fitzgerald, who trained directly under Joseph Pilates. Fitzgerald opened his studio in New York in the 1960s with a focus on teaching dancers and injury rehabilitation. Zerbe’s Pilates work was integral to her dance career, and she studied intensively with Fitzgerald throughout her eight years with ABT. After then earning an A.B. from Wellesley College, and working in corporate art, she was drawn back to Pilates and working with the body through movement. In 2004, she began her studies at the Kane School of Core Integration where she became fully certified as a Pilates instructor. She is also a Certified Pilates Teacher through the Pilates Method Alliance. Like her first mentor, Zerbe has a particular interest in working with dancers and injury rehabilitation. She enjoys the range of people she sees at the Pilates Garage, where her clients include: people with no movement training of any kind; to college jocks who have gone into one of the “seated” professions; to professional dancers.