About Keely

Where it all began

I came to the health industry in my early 20’s. I initially started because I wanted to look good. I was working as a massage therapist at the time and began to realise that many of the people’s bodies that I was treating, I had no idea how to remedy beyond massage. That didn’t sit right with me. I wanted to be able to help treat them beyond just a massage. That’s when I decided to enroll in a personal training course. Little did I know that this would be the first step toward my future passion and career….

The journey

It surprised me how busy I was with personal training work. It got to the point where I was needing to stop offering massage treatment and moved more into the fitness space. I was hungry to keep learning and developing my knowledge and skills. That’s when I decided to dive into a 3 year nutritional medicine course and become mat pilates certified. It was a big few years, but with the expansion of my education, my experience was also growing exponentially. I had a solid clientele and in 2016, I made the huge leap into opening a hybrid studio in Laverton. I was so out of my comfort zone – learning to negotiate contracts, marketing, the lot! My husband and I designed an amazing fit-out and I was fortunate that he had building skills to bring the vision to life. We opened the doors in October 2016 and we had an unbelievable 3 years. But then life pulled the rug out from under me…..

I had to find my way back

In early 2019, I found out I was pregnant with our first child. I was nervous about how I would juggle running a big studio, with heaps of staff and students, but I figured I would make it work. Then, 20 weeks into my pregnancy, I got devastating news. There was a congenital heart defect that had gone unnoticed. We were given a lot of medical tests, met with many doctors and the diagnosis was bad. After every possible avenue had been discussed and explored, we said goodbye to our son at 23 weeks into the pregnancy. It was one of the most traumatic and life changing experiences. I fell apart for many reasons. The grief of what I went through is too enormous to recount with words. I was still showing up to work in my beloved studio, but I was a shell of myself. Then, the world closed down.

This is when it changed

A lot of people were mad about the first lockdown. I actually breathed a sigh of relief at the prospect of having a couple of weeks reprieve, to disappear into myself. I needed the healing time. Only, the lockdowns in Melbourne just kept going. I was losing members left and right. I felt like I was losing my entire business. It was so much to work through and carry. But I persevered. I found ways to pivot and keep people active online or outdoors. I gave myself time to improve certain business skills that I had always put on hold because I was too busy. I tried to reopen the studio on a few occasions, but we never recovered. So when I found out that I was pregnant with my rainbow baby, I decided that it was time to close the doors and bring my community to a space I created at home. I found a great deal of joy in the slowing down. Allowing my students to take their time and found genuine connection with so many wonderful people.

…And now?



And after a tremendous leveling of my entire being, I rebuilt myself and my definition of business from the ground up. My intention is to consider someone as a whole person. To really listen to their story and understand why they are moving, feeling and thinking in the patterns that they do. I believe my journey cracked open an awareness and empathy in me that only served to make me a more intuitive teacher. People deserve to feel safe and grounded in their bodies when they are moving in my space and I make sure that is exactly what their experience is. I’ve worked with countless people over the last fifteen years, including pregnant women, peri and post menopause, injuries and medical conditions. Everyone has a place.