Kim Taraschi

 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. 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.   She ran a home Pilates studio in Cedar City, Utah.  After relocating to Saint Paul, Minnesota, she founded New Movement.  The studio grew into two locations one in South Minneapolis and one in Eagan.   

A proponent of holistic healing, she believes in the benefits of Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic, Restorative Exercise TM, massage therapy, acupuncture, midwifery, and homeopathy. Kim enjoys blending many movement education modalities in order to incorporate breath and movement to strengthen the mind and body and improve overall health.  Kim is a teacher at Club Pilates Lenexa and Overland Park.  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, and neuroplasticity 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