The Studio
Serious about Pilates.
Happily less serious
about everything else.
Studio 15 Pilates has been part of Paris 15e since 2012. A dedicated Pilates studio, a team of experienced instructors and a community that has grown one class at a time.
Our story
Small studio. Growing community. Bigger space.
Studio 15 Pilates opened in the 15th arrondissement in 2012 in a 100m² space dedicated to one thing: teaching Pilates properly.
People kept coming back. They brought friends. Classes filled. The timetable grew. Eventually, so did the studio.
In 2023, Studio 15 Pilates moved into its current 220m² studio on Rue de Javel, with more room, more equipment and dedicated space for group classes, private sessions and teacher training.
Bigger studio. Same idea.
The space
Built around the way we teach.
Enough room for the equipment and a full timetable. Small enough that instructors can still see what is happening in the room.
Reformer studio
Eight Reformer/Tower machines with space to move, teach and give each person attention.
Mat studio
Classes are capped at eight, so everyone has space and individual attention.
Private studio
A separate room and dedicated equipment for individual and personalised sessions.
Karen Seidman · Founder
Still teaching. Still learning. Still paying attention.
Karen discovered Pilates in South Florida in 2002 after a 17-year career with TWA and American Airlines. What started as personal practice quickly became something she wanted to understand properly.
She completed a comprehensive Pilates training programme involving more than 350 hours of study and practice, then went on to run a Pilates and exercise programme in Aventura, Florida.
After moving back to Paris in 2008 and teaching for several years, Karen opened Studio 15 Pilates in 2012. Her approach remains simple: understand the method, explain why it matters and pay attention to the person in front of you.
Meet the instructors
Different backgrounds. One standard of teaching.
Our instructors bring backgrounds in dance, movement, sport, yoga and years of Pilates practice. What matters most is experienced teaching and attention to the person in front of you.
Elodie Reboursiere
BASI-trained with a strong background in contemporary dance, jazz and Argentine tango.
Sandrine Maronnie
BASI-certified on Mat and apparatus, with additional training in yoga and postural and breathing approaches.
Arianne Leverrier
Franco-American former professional dancer and certified Pilates instructor teaching Mat and equipment.
Gabriela Claverie
A Studio 15 Pilates client from the beginning who later turned her own Pilates practice into a teaching career.
Jennifer Grigel
English- and French-speaking instructor with a US-based certification and a passion for helping people become stronger and feel good in their bodies.
Laure Coquel
Movement teacher with more than 20 years of yoga experience and Polestar Pilates Mat training.
Byungsoon Lee Carreau
Korean-speaking Reformer instructor with more than a decade of Pilates practice and US-based instructor certification.
Studio management*
And then there’s Sammy.
Our resident corgi is often at the studio, generally welcoming clients, supervising classes and occasionally taking a rather personal interest in people’s toes.
*Job title self-appointed.
Studio 15 Pilates in the press
Apparently, people have been talking.
Come and meet us
The best way to understand Studio 15 Pilates is to experience it.
Find a class, book your place and come experience more than a decade of Pilates in Paris 15e.