About Caitlin

CAITLIN KOLB, OWNER (she/her)

“I love working with beginners, people who’ve been afraid to move, or anyone who wants to feel ‘unstuck.’ We can always find something that works for you.”

Specialties: self-care, mindfulness, recovering from injury, managing stress, trauma-sensitivity, working alongside physical therapy, beginners, finding ease in your body and life

Caitlin Kolb is the founder and owner of Pilates Done Differently and The Movement Care Collective. She specializes in post-rehab care and is known throughout the Bay Area for her unique approach to therapeutic Pilates.

At her core, Caitlin is a helper. She sees Pilates, movement, and breathwork as doorways to healing, honoring wisdom in the details and power in simplicity. With a deep knowledge of the body and a holistic approach, Caitlin uses movement as a way to help people create change in their lives.

Caitlin has been teaching Pilates since 2005 and mentors other professionals who want to learn from her methodical, trauma-informed approach. She shares her expertise with the Bay Area community through workshops at hospitals, nonprofits, movement studios, and more. Her ability to read bodies and artfully move her clients through pain-free sequencing comes from her Body Arts and Sciences International Pilates certification (BASI), background in personal training and functional movement, and years as a professional dancer with Robert Moses’ Kin. Having mentored with leading physical therapists, Caitlin’s detailed work is a perfect complement to physical therapy or other treatment. She also incorporates neuroscience principles based on continuing education and mentorship.

Caitlin’s curious and supportive style is particularly powerful for people who are recovering from injury, managing chronic pain, or who’ve felt out of place in the traditional movement community. In a world that usually focuses on appearance, performance, and going faster and harder, Caitlin creates a slow and therapeutic space for healing. With foundational training with the Academy for Coaching Excellence (ACE), she uses a coaching approach to help her clients find clarity about what truly matters to them and take clear steps toward it. The work goes much deeper than Pilates choreography — with Caitlin, it’s about feeling more at home in your body and fulfilled in your life.