Pilates Oasis Brings Decades of Body Training Experience to Middletown

The new Pilates studio traces its lineage back to the founder of the system, Joseph Pilates.

Pilates Oasis owner Tysan Lerner and her husband and co-owner, Zenon Dolnyckj, at the ribbon cutting ceremony of Pilates Oasis in Middletown, N.Y., on June 13, 2026. Oliver Mantyk/The Epoch Times

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—Pilates Oasis studio in Downtown Middletown officially opened with a ribbon cutting on June 13, bringing a Pilates approach grounded in the method’s original lineage to the city’s historic district.

Tysan Lerner, co-owner and founder of the studio, started learning Pilates when she was 22 years old after a back injury as a dancer. She found the help of then-80-year-old Pilates instructor Kathy Grant, who was a direct student of Joseph Pilates, the creator of the exercise method.