Harmony Studios

About Harmony Studios

Nestled in the heart of West Hollywood, California, Harmony Studios is a full-service, private instruction facility specializing in personalized Pilates regimens. Using methods evolved from the work of Joseph Pilates, the studio has developed its own philosophy which combines mind-body connection with old-fashioned get-in-shape, stay-in-shape sensibility. Karen Schwalbe-Jones combines her two BS degrees from UCLA: Kinesiology and Psychology, with 19 years of weight training and rehabilitation experience to provide friends and clients well-rounded physical, mental and emotional health.

As a Pilates practitioner, Karen has enjoyed fine tuning her education with special populations such as pre and post natal, geriatrics, MS and stroke patients. “Pilates is the most complete approach that encourages people to connect their minds with their bodies”.
All of what we do as human beings begins with the neurological and appears in the physical. Therefore, how well we condition our brains to create physical responses is how strong we can become.

Karen has been teaching Pilates for over 13 years and has taken many women to term practicing Pilates. In fact, Karen exercised the day she gave birth to her now 6 year old and 3 year old! Karen believes Pilates feels the most organic, especially to the pregnant body. As the hormone Relaxin surges thru the pregnant body, Pilates teaches it control, balance and coordination as well as helping with its postural muscles for the always-evolving pregnancy.

All of this is offered at Harmony within a spacious, tranquil environment surrounded by treetop balconies and sun-dappled gardens. Harmony’s one-on-one instruction uses only state of the art Pilates equipment, all of which is supplemented by a Gyrotonic Expansion System™ and a variety of cardiovascular machines and weights.