Kim is passionate about teaching her students to strengthen their bodies from the inside out. She was introduced to the Pilates method when she was an aspiring ballet dancer living in Solvang, California. Kim studied and performed with the Goleta Civic Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, UCLA, Allan Hancock College and the Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera. After years of teaching dance and fitness to hundreds of children and adults, Kim earned her Pilates teaching certification from Infinite Dynamics in San Luis Obispo California. In 2000, Kim opened Inner Strength Pilates and Gyrotonic Studio in Los Olivos, California. Kim owned and operated New Movement Pilates from 2012-2025. She has operated home Pilates studios in Utah, Minnesota, Texas and Kansas. Kim blends Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic, and strength training into all of her sessions. Kim likes to think of herself as the every human movement teacher.
She was diagnosed with scoliosis as a child and continued to have chronic back pain well into her twenties. She suffered from a soft tissue back injury after having a cesarean section birth in the hospital. This sparked a commitment to healing herself through movement. She is proud to report that her second baby was born at home. Kim has recently fit her health puzzle pieces together to understand the connection between PMDD, MCAS, scoliosis, hypermobility spectrum disorder and her lifelong anxiety, depression and pain symptoms. After she committed wholly to her own movement practice and re building her gut biome, Kim became a stronger and happier person living with less pain. She has a wander lust and is using the benefits of her movement practice to travel the world and ski faster. Pilates, primitive and functional movement, neuroplasticity and weight lifting are the keys to Kim's quest to actively age and navigate life during perimenopause and auto immune disease.
Specialties:
pre and post natal
neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, strokes, epilepsy, ataxia
chronic pain
scoliosis
dancers
alpine skiers
golfers
active older adults and children
ehlers-danlos syndrome (EDS)
mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)
Education/Mentors:
Christine Wilson, Gyrotonic
Wendy Anderson, Gyrotonic
Matthew Sanford and Mind Body Solutions
Mariska Breland and Meg Koppele, The Neuro Studio
Erin Meyers, Spiral Spine
Anula Maiberg, Pilates Human
Katy Bowman, Nutritious Movement
Lindsey Leaf, Fat Body Pilates
