Joyce Schaer

About Joyce

Joyce lives in Dallas TX and is a is a comprehensively certified instructor offering private Pilates training to individual clients as well as group class instructor at Classic Pilates. She is also a Teacher-Trainer teaching and certifying aspiring instructors both in the US and Internationally. She regularly serves as a guest instructor and workshop leader at studios across the country. In addition to working with private clients and training new instructors, she serves as the Mind-Body Director for the Cooper Fitness Center focusing on the management and expansion of their Private Pilates program. Her goal is to instill consistency and progress with each of her client’s helping them to feel stronger and find the mind/body connections as they walk out of their sessions and into their everyday lives. She regularly attends Pilates training workshops across the country to continuously improve her practice and her teaching skills.
Joyce is originally from Montana and was on the ski slopes at the age of 3 (thanks to her parents). She found her competitive spirit as a high school swimmer and diver and later as a marathon runner. After a running injury side-lined her marathon racing, she discovered the Classical Pilates Method as the solution to remain fit, become stronger and find deeper mind-body connections
Joyce earned her comprehensive certifications on all apparatus as well as her Teacher Trainer Certifications from NYC-based Power Pilates.
Joyce graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Political Science and earned her MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fordham University in New York City. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her two grown sons who live in Dallas.