Hi, I’m Kim West!
My current offerings include:
Balanced Body® Pilates Teacher Trainings
Pilates Teacher Mentoring & Continued Education
Customized Pilates sessions
Tone Your Pelvic Floor in 4 Weeks (Online)
Gut Disease as a Teen
My life went sideways at 14 years old when I developed ulcerative colitis, killing my dream to attend a performing arts high school in LA.
During that 8 years of chronic illness, the medical system insisted that I’d be sick for the rest of my life. I disagreed.
Even as a teen with no access to ancient medicine, I knew another path existed. I committed to finding it, teaching myself holistic healing (pre-internet)!
After my colon was removed in 1999, I set out to understand why my body was inflamed, leading me to become the sovereign, healthy and empowered woman I am today.
Dance, Pilates, and Entrepreneurship
My first big step in reclaiming my health was to live what I actually wanted. At 28, I quit my corporate job and moved to Seattle to study dance.
After I earned my BFA, I moved to New York City where I co-directed a dance company, producing and performing in shows locally and globally.
I was certified in the Pilates method by the Kane School of Core Integration known for its somatic and progressive approach.
I started a bespoke Pilates business that matched Pilates practitioners with clients based on their unique needs, ranging from spine injuries to autoimmune conditions.
Science & Spirituality
From cadaver labs and Traditional Chinese Medicine to CranioSacral therapy and Tantric yoga studies, my wellness exploration has been diverse! I’ve worked as a certified health coach and created a pelvic floor health course for women.
From 2012-2015, I developed and taught education content for instructors at the renowned Erika Bloom Pilates in NYC. Today, I train and mentor Pilates teachers worldwide as a Balanced Body Educator.
My spiritual path continues to evolve through all my movement practices, plant medicine, and my ancestors. Since the sudden loss of my parents in 2025, I am embarking on my next chapter of learning.
Landing in New Zealand
Back in 2013, I slowly pulled myself away from New York City to consult on a new Pilates program with the luxury resort brand Aman in Turks and Caicos. I was offered global teaching opportunities with European oligarchs, world leaders, industry leaders and artists, creating my nomadic lifestyle that led to meeting my Kiwi hubby.
Now based in Christchurch, I train and mentor Pilates teachers throughout New Zealand and enjoy the majesty of the South Island.
Credentials
Creator of Movement Teacher Programs
Flow State: A Reformer Master Class for Teachers
Contrology Meets Contemporary: Mat or Reformer Edition
Pre/Postnatal Pilates Teacher Workshop: Do’s, Don’ts and Tips
Tactile Cueing for Pilates Teachers: Let your Hands to the Talking
Tension Unraveled: The Pelvic Floor and Jaw Connection
Biomechanics of Functional Movement, Erika Bloom Pilates Teacher Training Certification
Hip, Knee & Foot: Anatomical Relationships, Pathologies & Pilates Program
Biomechanics + Fascia Restrictions of Common Injuries
The Foot: Optimal Movement from our Foundation
Advanced Movement Studies
Cadaver Dissection, Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Cadaver Dissection 101: Anatomical Relationships in Disease from a TCM Perspective, New York Chiropractic College and Zheung Gu Tui Na
Pregnancy and Postpartum, Balanced Body Education
Inner Unit and Diastasis, Kelly Kane, NYC
Sugarbush Series: Pelvic Floor and Women’s Health, Kelly Kane
The Supple Neck, Madaline Black
The Foot: Foundation of Locomotion, Kelly Kane
Foot to Pelvis Connection for Gait Analysis and Correction, Stillpointe
Posterior Lateral Hip, Lesley Powell
Foot and Ankle Health, Marimba Gold-Watts
Osteoporosis Protocols, Rebekah Rotstein
Functional Muscle Balancing in Pilates, Irene Dowd
The Psoas/Diaphragm Connection, Julie Turner
Sacroiliac Joint, Kuan Hui Chew
Sciatica Protocols, Kuan Hui Chew
Certifications
Pilates Educator, Balanced Body Education
Comprehensive Pilates Instructor,
Kane School School of Core Integration, NYC
Prenatal Pilates Certification and Postnatal Protocols with Erika Bloom, NYC
Holistic Health Coach, Institute of Integrated Nutrition
CranioSacral Therapy Course 1 & 2, Upledger Institute International
BFA in Dance + Independent Pilates study, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
