Meet Kelly
I’ve spent 26 years helping people feel at home in their bodies
I’m Kelly Etter. I’ve been a certified Pilates trainer since 2000, and before that I spent more than 20 years as a dancer and musical-theater performer, so I know what it means to ask a lot of your body, and what it takes to care for it.
I work with teens, adults, and people living with injuries or chronic conditions. Over the years I noticed something: the body only relaxes as far as the nervous system allows. That’s why I’ve widened my work beyond Pilates into nervous-system and vagus nerve practices and resilience coaching, as a Lisa Nichols Certified Transformational Trainer.
In 2025 I lost my home and my studio in the Eaton Fire. I know what it is to start over, and I know it can be done. That experience lives in everything I teach now: we rise, we rebuild, and we keep moving forward.
I see clients in Altadena in person, and everywhere else over Zoom.
Credentials & background
Certified Pilates Trainer
Since 2000, with clients from teens to seniors, including injury recovery and chronic conditions.
Lisa Nichols Certified Transformational Trainer
Coaching tools for mindset, resilience, and lasting habit change.
Nervous-System Regulation & Resilience Training
The science of how the body settles, applied to real, everyday practice.
Persistent Pain Pilates Educator Training
Specialized education in teaching movement to people living with persistent pain.
Dr. Stuart McGill Back-Care Education
Evidence-based spine mechanics and back-care methods.
Rebecca Leone Pilates Training
Advanced Pilates studies with one of the method’s leading educators.
Former Professional Dancer & Radio City Rockette
Decades on stage inform the speaking, workshop, and performance side of the work.
Media & Podcasts
Articles, interviews, and podcast conversations, all in one place.