Joseph Pilates, the man behind the name, was a great visionary when it came to highlighting the negative impacts of our modern society.
He searched for the most effective methods to establish balance between mind, body and spirit and felt that our modern lifestyle, bad posture, and inefficient breathing were the roots of poor health.
He searched for the most effective methods to establish balance between mind, body and spirit and felt that our modern lifestyle, bad posture, and inefficient breathing were the roots of poor health.
His solution to these modern day issues was to design a unique series of vigorous physical exercises that help to correct muscular imbalances and improve posture, coordination, balance, strength, and flexibility, as well as to increase breathing capacity and organ function. He also invented a variety of machines, based on spring-resistance, that could be used to perform these exercises.
These machines were the beginnings of the Cadillac, Reformer, Barrel and Magic Circle.
These machines were the beginnings of the Cadillac, Reformer, Barrel and Magic Circle.
Obviously, being a Pilates instructor I am going to advise you to begin or continue to practice Pilates. I have been fortunate enough over the past few years to work closely with chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists and nutritionalists, to name a few, and they all agree that there is no better time to sign yourself up for a matwork class or test your mind-body connection and go for a reformer or cadillac course.
You will not regret it and your body with thank you.
You will not regret it and your body with thank you.