Kristi earned her certification with BASI™Pilates in 1998 shortly after she was honored to have been invited to work with Rael in his studio in Costa Mesa, California. Since that time it has been an honor for Kristi to call Rael her mentor and friend. During her time working at On Center Conditioning, Kristi was instrumental in developing the teacher training program for the BASI™Pilates certification course and in 2000 she became the first person other than Rael to teach the BASI™Pilates comprehensive course.

Since that date, Kristi has traveled to South Africa, China, Australia, Chicago and both coasts of the US to teach the certification and present workshops that represent the BASI™Pilates approach. The BASI™Pilates organization has grown significantly and Kristi has been an integral part of that process. She has since been named Principle Instructor for the BASI™Pilates organization; a job that entails supervising the teacher trainers within the organization and working one on one with Rael on items like advanced education and workshops. In 2003, Kristi had the privilege of assisting in the development of and participating in the DVD series Rael Pilates. The three part series was voted number one Pilates DVD by health magazine for 2006.

At home in Santa Barbara, Kristi has a full time practice teaching mostly private Pilates lessons. With her clients she focuses on how Pilates and the practice of Pilates relates to everyday life outside of the obvious benefits of the workout itself. Kristi is an independent contractor working out of the Beach Club Athletics in Carpinteria, and also travels to her client’s homes to teach. Kristi is proud to have a client list that includes many fellow Pilates instructors as well as other high profile clients like Oprah Winfrey, Dennis Miller, and Rob Lowe. In past years she has also worked with other celebrities such as Hillary Swank, Carol Burnett and Kenny Loggins. A high point in Kristi’s career came in February 2005 when she was featured in a segment on The Oprah Winfrey Show that discussed some of the benefits that Oprah achieved since she had been doing Pilates with Kristi.