Meet the Team

Kelsey is the owner and founder of all things Move With. Kelsey is a BASI certified Pilates teacher, Master Barre Instructor, Level 3 Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist. As a member of a long lineage of athletes, dancers, and teachers, Kelsey’s love of movement and comprehensively teaching it to others is in her blood. After playing collegiate volleyball at UC San Diego, and a short stint working for a Fortune 500 Company, Kelsey pursued a career in conscious movement. She now shares her ethos of conscious movement with an international clientele of all backgrounds, from those new to the Pilates method to students rehabbing from major injuries and professional athletes. As a teacher, her instruction celebrates movement that connects mind with body. Her practice is centered around developing strength and physical awareness that lead one to live life with increased poise, flexibility, and confidence.

Joanna began studying Pilates as a dancer seeking rehabilitation for her lower back in 2003. She quickly learned how the intricacies of Pilates exercises stabilized her spine and strengthened the muscles around it, completely healing her bulging discs. Her new-found strength led her to become a comprehensively certified Pilates instructor through Balanced Body University. Her focus now includes pre and post-natal Pilates, in addition to rehabilitation and Pilates for athletic performance. Joanna brings a deep sensitivity to her teaching and is excited to help her clients learn and understand the strength and power of their own bodies.

Rachel teaches Pilates in group classes and individual sessions. She’s passionate about the healing qualities of movement to reduce pain, improve function and increase happiness. She sees injuries and limitations not as roadblocks but rather as puzzles to be explored with courage and compassion. Rachel’s been teaching in the East Bay since 2014 and has completed the Balanced Body Comprehensive Teacher Training. She recently became an Authorized Scolio-Pilates® Practitioner and is also offering sessions in scoliosis-specific exercises. A former professional dancer and broadcast journalist, she now spends a lot of free time cheering at her teenage son’s lacrosse games.

Janin has had a lifelong passion for health, movement and all things wellness, and started her Pilates journey nearly two decades ago. As a former competitive dancer and athlete, she experienced multiple injuries throughout her career and was always grateful and fascinated by the trainers that helped to rehabilitate her. She decided to follow this passion even further where she studied and graduated with a Kinesiology degree from Cal State East Bay, then received Pilates certifications from both STOTT and Club Pilates. Her teaching style integrates the Pilates method with her background in Kinesiology, and has seen many clients over the years benefit from this powerful combo. Janin believes movement is medicine, and is very excited to join the MWS Team and create workouts that will inspire and encourage healthy movement for all bodies!

Miriam has been a mover and athletically inclined since she was on skis at the age of two, and pursued a dance career through college. She has a double Bachelors of Science from Skidmore College where she studied Exercise Science in addition to Dance, which gave her deeper knowledge of anatomy, physiology and the science of movement and exercise. She received her Pilates Certification through ITT at Studio M in Sonoma in 2012 and did continuing education in Applied Neurology until 2017 with Z-Health. Miriam looks forward to helping you feel grounded, strong, healed, confident and connected to your body and all it can do!

As a competitive athlete, Carlo was first introduced to Pilates in 2014 as an alternative to the traditional gym workout. This fundamentally changed his approach to his own fitness goals and started him on the path to help others as a Pilates instructor. Carlo is a NCPT and has been teaching private and group classes in the Bay Area since 2016. He has experience working with individuals of varying ages and abilities; from athletes looking to increase their strength and flexibility to older adults trying to incorporate movement back into their lives. His goal is to challenge clients in a safe, positive and motivating environment. In addition to Pilates, Carlo enjoys swimming, biking, weight training, and playing soccer. 

Babette (MA, RYT) earned her certification as a yoga instructor in San Francisco in 2015. From there, she discovered her love for Pilates and added additional certifications in this modality along with Personal Training (NASM, TRX) & health coaching (Institute for Integrative Nutrition). Her individual and small group training offerings are designed for all levels and blend a focus on form/alignment with trauma-informed mindfulness and include options for all ages and body shapes. Babette's approach to Pilates focuses on breath awareness, functional movement, core strength, and the mind/body connection while incorporating challenge and fun.

• BA in Physical Therapy (The Netherlands).

• ACE Certified Personal Trainer.

• TACFIT Level 1 Field Instructor.

• FlowFit Level 1 Instructor.

Florian Tan brings decades of health, fitness, and movement practices to his work as a Personal Trainer and Fascia Stretch Therapy Practitioner. As a former physical therapist and Aikido instructor, Florian has an extensive knowledge of working with people through the mind-body connection. Florian’s approach to health and wellness is to build a healthy and strong body and spirit for a lifetime.

Mary has been practicing Pilates for years and has recently started her teacher training certification through Balanced Body. She just retired from the corporate world and is looking forward to devoting more of her time to passion projects, like Pilates. You will be seeing lots of Mary at the studio and via email! 

A note from Mary:

“From my first session, I loved Pilates for the endless variety & how it made me feel. Especially how it quieted the endless “chatter” in my brain. After my spinal cord injury and subsequent major surgery- Pilates played a huge role in my recovery. I’m proof that Pilates really is for every body.  I am so excited to be a part of the Move With team, to share in your movement journey and help you achieve your own goals.”

Meet Woody MoveWith! Woody used to be a resident at Kelsey’s grandmother’s in Monterey. He now is a member and resident at Move With Studio. Kelsey grew up playing with these wooden figures and always had a fascination with human movement. Her grandmother was a former dancer and dance teacher, so movement and teaching runs in the family genes.