Welcome to

SPRING. Movement

Our vision is to be the world’s most trusted Pilates education platform.

Our Story

Co-founded in 2023 in New York by Talia Williams, physical therapist, and Kimmy Kellum, founder of East River Pilates, SPRING. Movement was born out of a deep curiosity for movement, education, and people.

Originally established as East River Pilates' Comprehensive Teacher Training Program in 2019, our team has had the pleasure of nurturing thousands of students' education journeys and building a thriving and supportive community, in Brooklyn, and beyond.

Today, SPRING. Movement is the proud and official Teacher Training Program for East River Pilates, NYC. Featuring physical therapist-approved Certifications, Courses, and Coaching, our robust programs are designed to equip aspiring and established Pilates professionals with everything they need to thrive in their careers.

Our programs are continually optimized for student success. By harnessing the power of current scientific research, technology tools, and cyclical performance reviews, we are proud to offer the most flexible, innovative, and effective hybrid learning style.

Our mission is to nurture confident, versatile, and successful Pilates professionals for the real world.


SPRING. in

Certifications

Become a Certified Pilates teacher and begin a rewarding career with our physical therapy- approved Teacher Training Program.

Courses

Become an industry leader, stay current with the latest research, and excel professionally with our ongoing education platform.

Coaching

Harness your full potential, realize your goals, and build a thriving business with our personalized one-on-one coaching sessions.

Our Core Values


Integrity

We practice honest, trustworthy, and ethical behavior in all that we do. We are dedicated to authentically serving the greater good of our community above our own interests and demonstrating high moral standards. We take full ownership and responsibility for our actions and are committed to upholding personal and collective accountability at all times.

Community

We believe in the power of community and genuine connection to the people around us. We honor the opportunity to serve our community and foster a safe space for all people to come as they are and experience a true sense of belonging.

Accessibility

We believe in making Pilates education accessible to all people, everywhere. We are committed to addressing accessibility barriers in everything we do, including systemic, financial, technological, physical, and communication. We habitually challenge all things with the question, ‘how does this realize accessibility for all?’

Curiosity

Curiosity is contagious, and we believe it’s the key to creating a safe, engaging, and successful learning environment. Obsessed with cultivating curiosity within ourselves and our community, we’re on a life-long journey of exploration and discovery. We promote inquisitiveness, independent motivation, risk taking, and a learning environment where we nurture a healthy relationship with failure, growth, and success.

Your go-to Pilates
education platform

Meet Our Co-Founders

How your go-to Pilates education platform came to be.

  • Talia has extensive experience as a Physiotherapist treating and rehabilitating all types of Musculoskeletal and Sporting injuries, including Post-Operative rehabilitation and Pre & Postnatal conditions. She has a passion for lumbo-pelvic conditions, including back pain, disc injuries, nerve compression, sciatica, and sacro-iliac joint dysfunction, and has specialized in treating conditions of the lumbar spine and pelvis, hip, groin and knee. This pairs perfectly with her extensive Pilates experience which she uses to manage these presentations.

    Education: Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Masters of Business Administration, Mat & Equipment Pilates Certification (APPI), Pre & Postnatal Pilates, Dry Needling, Kinesio Taping, Muscle Energy Techniques, APA Sports Physio L1Integrated Dry Needling, Musculoskeletal Segmental & Dry Needling for Physiotherapists Dynamic Taping, Kinesio Taping Level 1 & 2, , Treatment of the Pelvis and Lumbar Spine, Sports Level 1, APA

  • Kimmy is the proud founder of East River Pilates and SPRING. Movement. With a thriving community across 3 Pilates studio locations and a virtual workout platform, her team are forever on a mission to share the life changing benefits of Pilates to all people in Brooklyn, and beyond. Nominated as the 6th most popular fitness instructor in NYC by Observer Magazine, Kimmy’s been featured in Vogue, Well+Good, NY Magazine, BossBabe, Romper, Refinery 29, Insider, Brides, and WMag, where East River Pilates was awarded first place in Summer's Best Workouts.

    Kimmy is enthusiastically dedicated to connecting people, elevating teams to their full potential, and revolutionizing industry standards - to ensure the pursuit of a Pilates career is sustainable and rewarding, complete with amazing pay and benefits, a phenomenal balance of work and play, and the opportunity to retire comfortably. She leads intentionally with her heart, with optimism, empathy, and generosity at the core of everything she does.

Meet Our Educators

Incredible things are possible when a team of incredibly passionate people get together. We’re proud to introduce our experienced team of educators.

  • Abby is a certified Pilates Instructor with a BFA in Ballet Pedagogy and over two and a half decades of movement teaching experience. She began Classical Ballet training at age 9 which led her to the dance program at The Hartt School at The University of Hartford. She received her Pilates education from The Equinox Institute and The Lab, has a 200 hour YTT, and has completed the Beginning Year studies at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.

    Abby has always had a fascination with how the mind and body are intertwined and how emotions are bound in the body. She has also attended workshops for Pre & Postnatal Pilates, Anatomy & Biomechanics, and Oov and CoreAlign.

  • Melody (she/her) is certified instructor of Pilates with an extensive movement and creative arts background. At a young age she was fascinated with mindful movement and has continued to explore a variety of modalities throughout her life so far. She has a BFA in Theater and a Minor in Dance from the University of Florida, and began her teaching career as an artist in residence in Central California. She received her Pilates training from the Equinox Institute, Movement Salon, Core Pilates (Pre/Postnatal), and Bodytonic.

    Melody is passionate about sharing her experience and knowledge with aspiring practitioners as they move forward in their Pilates journey.

  • Nicole (she/her) is a certified Pilates Instructor and sought-after choreographer. She has more than 10 years of teaching experience in both the Pilates and Dance industry. Originally from Switzerland, she first was introduced to fitness through her mother who has been running her own Pilates studio for over 17 years. She moved to New York in 2008 to study at The Alvin Ailey School. She received her Pilates training from Rolates Pilates, Le Pilates Studio, SPRING. Movement (Pre/Postnatal), and Pilates Method Alliance (HIIT in the Pilates Environment).

    Nicole firmly believes in the transformative power of movement, the ability to bring about profound changes in people's lives. She looks forward to sharing her knowledge and experience to aspiring instructors through SPRING. Movement’s Teacher Training Program.

  • Hailing from Australia, Jack (he/him) found his way into fitness through his background in dance. He was first introduced to Pilates at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne where he received his BFA in Music Theater. Jack immediately fell in love with the form and immersed himself in Dynamic Reformer, Mat Pilates, as well as hit HIIT classes. His curiosity pushed him to pursue further training with Unite Health where Jack studied all Pilates Apparatus. He draws on his dance background to challenge his client's flexibility and coordination while using the key principles of pilates to improve posture, form, strength and lifestyle.

    Jack is excited to share his teaching experience with new instructors at SPRING. and foster their love of movement.

  • Lydia (she/her) is a certified Pilates, Yoga, and Barre instructor. She is also the director of ClubShamoun (C-LS), an experimental art company in NYC. She views movement as medicine and strives to help clients feel fully embodied and positively connected to their bodies. Lydia draws on her diverse movement background to shape her teaching methodology for clients and is equally passionate about creating a safe and exploratory learning environment as a Teacher Trainer.

    Lydia holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance and a Mat Pilates Certification from Cornish College of the Arts. She has a Comprehensive Pilates Certification from Balanced Pilates NYC, a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training from Loom Yoga, a Barre Teacher Certification through Barre Above, and an additional Pre- and Post-Natal Certification from SPRING. Movement. She previously created and conducted the NASM/ACE-certified Barre Teacher Training for The Loom. Currently, Lydia trains aspiring instructors in Loom's Yoga Teacher Training and leads SPRING Movement's Cadillac, Chair, and Barrels Certification.