What is Pilates

Pilates is a whole body workout. It is a system of integrative exercises created by Joseph Pilates to improve posture and keep the spine flexible. "You are only as young as the spine is flexible". Pilates builds strength while also improving flexibility. Pilates sessions move the spine through flexion, extension and rotation while focusing on lengthening the spine.

Who is doing Pilates

Pilates improves quality of life and movement for dailly activites and also enhances performance in active sports and hobbies. Pilates is a great way to build overall strength while improving posture. PIlates is for the athlete wanting to avoid injury. Pilates is for those with chronic back pain as it strengthens the stabalizing muscles of the spine and helps to fix asymetries in the body. Pilates is for the senior looking for a gentle way to maintain strength. Pilates is for the pregnant or post-natal student. Pilates is for every type of body.

Pilates Principles

Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Rhythm

Joseph Pilates Quotes

"In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a whole new body."

"Change happens through movement and movement heals."

"If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. If it is completely flexible at 60, you are young."

"Pilates is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control over your body."

"Patience and persistence are vital qualitites in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor."

"Contrology (PIlates) is designed to give you suppleness, natural grace, and skill that will be unmistakably reflected in the way you walk, in the way you play, and in the way you work."

"A few well-designed movements, propery performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion."

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