Hi, I’m Katy!

ABOUT MY FITNESS JOURNEY:

In 2009, I asked my husband what the fastest way to lose weight was. He said running. Ugh. I only lasted 4 months. I was later invited to something that would change my whole life and kickstart my career in fitness: Zumba. With no coordination, formal dance training, or previous experience, I entered the Zumba world and was hooked (and I also lost 45 lbs)!

A year later, I attended a Zumba B1 Training in Salt Lake City, Utah and became a brand new group fitness instructor. I will always call Zumba my first fitness love. Yes, it helped me lose weight, but it gave me much more: community, confidence, motor skills, teaching skills, a job (!), and the desire to share my passion for movement with those I was blessed to dance with.

After 10 years of filling classes each week, I took a break from dancing to explore different movement modalities. It was about that time I had a hysterectomy. My recovery process was one of the hardest experiences I’ve ever known. My core was wrecked, I didn’t even know what a pelvic floor truly was, and I had no idea how much breath played a part in pretty much EVERYTHING!

Insert: the next 5 years of expanding my knowledge with research studies and teacher trainings galore! I learned and trained in pelvic floor health, recovery, exercise science, yoga, and menopause coaching so I could share ways to help women prevent what I had experienced, connect with those who did, and create exercise programs that made movement more meaningful and JOYFUL!

In 2020, partnered with my best friend and started The Body Benefits during the Covid outbreak so people could have access to workouts from home. When the world opened up again, The Body Benefits blossomed into a wonderful community connection, offering floating sound baths, master classes, teacher trainings, and more.

As seasons change and my role as a mother, a wife, an instructor, and an educator shifted, I made the incredibly hard decision to step away from teaching fitness classes full time and only keep my local yoga classes. The opportunity to came around full circle to teach Zumba again — and I didn’t even hesitate. This time around, it’s for my virtual friends online! I’ve had so much fun making new friends, connecting with old “Zumbettes,” revisiting old choreography (that I swear is burned into my DNA), and challenging my brain to memorize new choreography!

My wish for this website is that you will come to find as much happiness moving in ALL sorts of ways as I do. Welcome to The Movement Club, I’m so glad you’re here!