About Us

Since 2006, Balance has offered a clean, quiet oasis where students can practice finding their center and connecting to their core.

We help reluctant exercisers, gym-phobes, and anxiety-riddled perfectionist feel strong, move with ease, and chill out so they can release from stress, find their zen, and heal from deep within.

We offer private, semi-private, and group instruction in Pilates, Yoga, & Barre. We limit class size so that we can give students individualized attention. We love celebrating special occasions like Bachelorette Parties, Girls Getaways, and Family Reunions with a signature private group practices catered to your needs.

Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays from the Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, join us for yoga at the Cove Beach with a stunning view of the lighthouse – the ultimate way to start your morning.

We also offer local and international retreats, events, and workshops – including our Rockstar Advanced Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training.

Our massage therapists are trained in all modalities such as Relaxing Swedish, Therapeutic, and Thai Yoga Massage to help relieve tension from your body, instilling an overall sense of wellness.

At Balance, we are committed to serving our students by helping them to restore their optimal equilibrium of mind, body and spirit – creating a happier and healthier community in Cape May and beyond. We do this by providing a clean, safe, healing environment in which our students can practice and learn from knowledgeable, caring instructors. We welcome you to join us on this journey.

Judy Heany

Owner, Pilates & Yoga Instructor, & Licensed Massage Therapist

Moving fluidly, without pain is a birthright that the stress of daily life can hinder. A solid, committed practice of Pilates & Yoga is a gift to bring back confidence, grace, peace and strength to bodies and minds. Master Pilates & Yoga Instructor, Judy Heany, guides students through classes and trainings to harness their inner strength, in a safe, effective and fun way.

Judy has sought, over the last two decades, the highest levels of training from the most reputable teachers possible. A Philadelphia native, Judy originally studied with “Best of Philly” alums David Newman from Yoga on Main and Janine Galati at Alternative Health and Fitness in 2000-2001 before heading to the Caribbean for four years. During her time in the islands, Judy was the resident instructor for Pilates and Yoga at both The Self Centre at Caneel Bay in St. John and the Ritz Carlton in St. Thomas.

Since her return to the US in 2005, Judy completed Comprehensive Pilates training with Carol Beringer at Pilates & More in Wayne, PA and deepened her Pilates knowledge about adaptations and modifications for scoliosis and osteoporosis from Master Instructors, Michele Larsson and Karena Teck Lineback, and Rebekah Rotstein. She is also one of the only Pilates Method Alliance Certified Instructors in South Jersey. In 2014, Judy became faculty of the Balanced Body Pilates Instructor Training Program.

In 2018, Judy became one of the few certified Scolio-Pilates Practitioners upon her completion of mentorship with Karena Teck creator of Scolio-Pilates. Having scoliosis herself, Judy is no stranger to the challenges a twisted and crooked spine can present and is excited to share what she has learned with the students at Balance and beyond.

Judy advanced her Yoga training as well since her return to the states. After meeting Sadie Nardini nine years ago, Judy trained and hosted her mentor many times and is currently one of the few Master Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga Instructors & Yoga Shred Teacher Trainers on the East Coast. She’s had the opportunity to study at intensives with Judith Hanson Lasater, Shiva Rea, Doug Swenson, Simon Park, and Dharma Mittra. She is one of the only Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 Instructors in the area allowing Judy to offer the only Rockstar Advanced CSV Yoga Teacher Training Program and Yoga Shred Instructor Trainings in the US at her home studio in Cape May @ Balance.

In 2016, Judy graduated from the Barberio School of Massage in Linwood and began offering Relaxing, Therapeutic and Thai Yoga Massage. She has completed over 100 hours of training in Thai massage with teachers Michael Buck and Rose Griscom prior to this comprehensive training.

Judy celebrates Balance Studio’s 16th season of practice and teaching in Cape May this year. She continues to provide the safest and most effective training in Pilates & Yoga for the community. Her vision for Balance is to hold space for students near and far to experience true and deep transformation and empowerment from the inside out.

Marggi Vangeli

PMA Certified Pilates Instructor

This Pilates devotee left her musical roots after marketing and promoting rock legends for 20 years to study Pilates and open a studio in North Jersey. Marggi was a part of the first class to be certified by Power Pilates in 1999. Given her close proximity to NYC she continued her study with such luminaries as Deborah Lessen, Blossom Crawford, Brook Siler and the anatomist, Irene Dowd. In addition to these master teachers, she studied privately and hosted workshops at her studio with Michele Larsson, Pat Guyton, Halle Clark and Rebekah Rotstein.

Marggi was also an early participant in the Pilates Method Alliance and served on its Board of Directors as Treasurer, and taught in the original PILATES IN THE SCHOOLS pilot program in the early 2000’s.

Her interest in Pilates began in 1978 and her study intensified after her years on the road with rock bands where her scoliosis reared its crooked, twisted alignment…or lack thereof. This inspired her “movement heals” philosophy which continues today.

Lucky for us, Marggi has been a life-long summer resident of Stone Harbor and thus is able to share her passion and experience at Balance through her classes and private lessons.

Normajean Frumento

Barre, Pilates, & Yoga Instructor

Yoga, Pilates and Barre are different expressions of movement with the same goal in mind… to release, restore and renew both the body and mind.

NormaJean is a former dancer(is there such a thing as “former”) whose teaching style centers on form, fun and challenging students to push their comfort zone in the most nurturing way possible!

Get Our Latest Tips & Updates