Loka Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

May all my thoughts, words and actions contribute in some way to the happiness of all beings.

“My entry into the Dharma Stream of multi-disciplined yoga began at a very early age. The lessons continue to this day through an amazing lineage of various teachers, circumstances, challenges, and joys. My Yoga practice gifts me space, understanding, and serenity needed to be at peace with what’s present.  My passion and Svadharma in life is to sacredly serve others through various healing modalities while empowering them to live authentically from their essential Divine Self.” 

Joy Kilpatrick trusts the body’s intuitive intelligence and breath to be the entry point for healing and transformation. Joy’s love of learning has inspired her continuing education on the path of unity by becoming a certified Yoga Therapist with IAYT accredited Inner Peace Yoga Therapy program; registered Yoga Teacher, certified advanced Thai Yoga Bodyworker, Reiki practitioner and a student of NVC (Nonviolent Communication). She is also a Wholistic Fitness™ Trainer and Lifestyle Coach and has written and instructed a video: Quick-Fix Power Yoga. Joy has also written Yoga and Breathing articles for various magazines and has been featured in InStyle Magazine with Academy Award Winner, Marlee Matlin. Joy teaches FamilyTime Yoga and Kid’s Mindful Yoga classes locally in schools and online. Joy bows in deep and heartfelt gratitude to God, her Mother and Father, her most precious daughter whose “eyes light up the world in rainbow colors, her Yoga mentors:  Saul David Raye, Nischala Joy Devi, Dr. Marc Halpern, Neil Pearson, Amy Weintraub, Maria Kali Ma, Michele Lawrence,  Steve (Coach) Ilg  and Joy’s inspiring students of all ages!

On a Theatrical note:

Joy Kilpatrick, an Omicron Delta Kappa recipient, earned her BFA from the University of Miami Theatre Conservatory Program before continuing her acting studies with a year-long internship with the Burt Reynold’s Institute for Theatre Training and the acclaimed National Theatre in London. Joy has had the honor to work as a professional actress in Stage, TV, and Film with such stars as Ian McKellen, Larry David, Reba McEntire, Kimberly Williams, Tom Arnold, Claudia Schiffer, John Corbett, John Neville, Burt Reynolds, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Dom DeLuise.  Her most memorable film role was playing Patrick Stewart’s daughter in the film, Safe House and Madonna, in the TV Series B.L. Stryker. Star Trek® enthusiasts will know Joy as a guest  ‘Kling On’ in Star Trek: Voyager.  Those who are Curb Your Enthusiasm fans will also have seen her in that Golden Globe Award-winning series.  Most recently, Joy was cast in the TV Pilot, Badwater, which is filming locally in the South West.

On the stage front, Joy is a Carbonell Award winner for her role of Helena in The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. A few of her other favorite roles have been Olivia in Twelfth Night, Mrs. Kendall in Elephant Man, Helen in Trojan Women, Nickie in Sweet Charity, and Joanne in Godspell.  Locally, she has performed at the Durango Arts Center in the Annual 10-Minute Play Festival, May in Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love directed by Theresa Carson. A company member of Merely Players, Joy has played Donna in Mamma Mia, Mrs. Hubbard in Murder On The Orient Express; for which she won a Broadway World Regional Award for Best Supporting Performer In A Play, and Joan in Small Mouth Sounds.  Visit Joy’s Resume & Acting Gallery

Joy has assisted Broadway Choreographers and has choreographed Equity Musicals for the Stage. Currently, she offers her experience to young students locally through Theatre camps at the Durango Arts Center and as a staff educator for Durango’s 9-R Shared School and Animas High School.