Arja Pirinen

Arja Pirinen, a native of Finland, has about 25 years of training in dance and 
fitness. She started her dance training in 1980 at Joy of Motion Dance Center 
with Michelle Ava, Robert Teri, Tyrone Murray, and Don Bailey. For the past few 
years, she has also studied salsa with Shaka Brown and Irene Holtzman of Clavekazi 
Dance Company, and Argentine tango both locally and in Buenos Aires. She began 
studying Pilates in the mid-1990s with Karen Garcia of Studio Body Logic. She is 
certified in Pilates mat and apparatus through Power Pilates and the Physicalmind 
Institute, New York. She has taught Pilates workshops and classes also 
internationally, in Europe and South America. Arja is a certified personal trainer 
(NSCA-CPT) and yoga teacher, as well. Since 2002, she has been managing the yoga 
program at the Embassy of Finland. Currently, she is the Fitness Director for 
Pilates at Results the Gym.