Karen Malin Garfield
Pilates offers a powerful path to building strength, improving mobility, and moving through life with greater confidence and resilience.
About Karen
Karen became a certified STOTT PILATES® instructor in 2015, building on more than 25 years of experience as a healthcare professional and a personal Pilates practice that began in 1999. After navigating her own injuries over the years, she discovered the powerful clinical benefits of Pilates as a safe and effective way to improve strength, mobility, and overall function while minimizing the risk of further injury.
Drawing on both her healthcare background and extensive Pilates experience, Karen works closely with each client to develop a personalized program tailored to their unique needs, abilities, and goals. Her thoughtful, client-centered approach helps individuals build strength, move with confidence, and achieve lasting results.
Originally from Wisconsin, Karen earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington. When she’s not in the studio, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her dogs, horses, and family.
What Karen's clients say
Real reviews from clients who train with Karen at Pilates Franklin
I have been going to Pilates Franklin for over a year. I take a private class with Karen Garfield every week and this has been a game changer for my body. It has strengthened my core so much that I have little to no pain from my low back bulging disc. She takes great care in designing a class to make my body stronger but not to aggravate my low back injury. I can also see the physical changes in my body and I feel better in my body at 46 than I did in my 30's. I highly recommend this Pilates studio if you are looking for quality classes with your needs in mind.
Each of us looks for a place to work out that challenges us, a place that feels right and induces happiness. We are looking for a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily and satisfactorily performing our many and varied tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure. This is the premise of Pilates Franklin — uniform development, a method of fitness that strengthens ALL muscles to work together in powerful coordination. This is what Karen and the professional instructors at Pilates Franklin do. Any recommendation I could make would fall short of the value they provide.
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