Today Show
“A movement community on the Chicago lakefront.”
Feature on Rise Pilates Club
Edison Park · Chicago
Within. And beyond.
Boutique reformer pilates in Edison Park — six machines, founder-led, mind & body, in a room built for breath and warm light.
Block Club Chicago
“Pilates Instructor Behind Popular Lakefront Classes Opens Edison Park Studio.”
May 13, 2026
Pink Pilates Club · Google
“Beginner-friendly. Community studio.”
★★★★★ 5.0 · listing tags
The studio · in numbers
Small numbers, deep practice.
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Rise Pilates Club · Oak Street Beach
From the lakefront to Edison Park.
Before there was a studio, there was the lake. Sunrise classes on Oak Street Beach, mats lined up where the city meets the water, breath in time with the waves. Rise Pilates Club gathered Chicago’s movement community at 6 AM, Fridays in summer — and never quite stopped growing.
What started as a few mats on the sand became forty-five thousand attendees, a Today Show segment, and a Block Club Chicago feature. Edison Park is where that practice came home — a year-round room with six reformers, warm light, and the same people who showed up at sunrise.
Join Rise — Friday 6 AM, Oak Street BeachOutdoor classes return May through August. Free for the community.
The practice
Six reformers. Six entries into practice.
Whether you’re new to the reformer or returning to a long practice, there’s a room and a teacher waiting for you.
Intro to Flow
Beginner-friendly · 60 min
Start here. Foundations of breath, alignment, and reformer mechanics — taught slowly, with room to ask questions.
Book to see schedule & pricing
Mat
Floor work · all levels · 50 min
Mat-based pilates focused on core, mobility, and intentional movement. No machine, just your body and breath.
Book to see schedule & pricing
Reformer Sculpt
Strength & length · 50 min
A reformer class that layers resistance and flow. Slow tempo, full body, deeper end of the practice.
Book to see schedule & pricing
Private 1:1
Personalized · by appointment
One reformer, one teacher, one body. Tailored to where you are today — injury, return, or refinement.
Book to see schedule & pricingClass schedule and pricing are confirmed at booking. All sessions are taught by our founder-led team.
Inside the studio
Slow is strong.
Six reformers, warm light, and a room that asks you to slow down before it asks for strength.
Meet the founder
From anxiety to practice.
“I built Within because I needed it first.”
I grew up in Edison Park and studied journalism and broadcast at Michigan State. After graduation I went into sports production — long days, late edits, and a quiet anxiety I couldn’t name. Pilates is what brought me back to my body. I trained for five hundred hours, taught on the sand at Oak Street Beach with Rise, and watched a community show up week after week. Within is the room I wanted when I was twenty-two and didn’t know where to put any of it.
I wanted to have a space where people could come together and not only feel good in their minds and their bodies, but also find others doing the same.
— Olivia Santelli, Block Club Chicago
500h
Comprehensively certified
MSU ’23
Journalism · Broadcast · Sports Comm
3 brands
Within · Within app · Rise Pilates Club
In the press · in the community
What they’re saying.
Block Club Chicago
“Pilates Instructor Behind Popular Lakefront Classes Opens Edison Park Studio.”
Block Club Chicago · May 13, 2026
Read the featureToday Show
“A movement community on the Chicago lakefront.”
Today Show · Rise Pilates Club segment
Watch the segment★★★★★
“Beginner-friendly. Community studio.”
Pink Pilates Club · listing tags
★★★★★
“A space where people could come together and not only feel good in their minds and their bodies, but also find others doing the same.”
Olivia Santelli, founder · via Block Club Chicago
Visit the studio
Find your home studio.
We’re in Edison Park, on Chicago’s Far Northwest Side — a short walk from the Metra station, easy from Lincoln Park, the West Loop, and the suburbs. Street parking on the block.
- Where
- Edison Park, Chicago, IL
- Far Northwest Side · near Metra
- Street parking on the block
- When
- By appointment & class schedule
- Book online to see live availability
- Year-round, indoor
- How to reach us
- Address shared at booking confirmation
- Phone confirmed at booking
- DM @within.thestudio on Instagram
Map shows Edison Park, Chicago. Exact street address shared after you book your first class.
Ready to begin?
Step in. Find your flow.
Your first class is the start of something quieter, stronger, more aligned. We’ll meet you on the reformer — bring socks, bring breath, bring yourself.
Or call to ask a question — phone confirmed at booking
Featured by Today Show · Block Club Chicago · 5.0 ★ on Google