Karli was a natural mover from a young age growing up in her mother’s dance studio. Her love for ballet led her to summer intensives with the Joffrey Ballet where she had her first Pilates class. In college, as Karli was teaching dance classes she became mat certified through the Pilates Institute of America and began to incorporate Pilates principles to ballet. She began to work at a small studio as an apprentice teacher and then expanded her knowledge with at the Body/Mind/Spirit Pilates Convention in Santa Clara, CA. After taking an inspiring class with Lolita San Miguel, Karli knew her future would involve teaching Pilates. She then became certified on all equipment and mat through Polestar Pilates.