“ The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.”
What is Pilates?
Developed more than ninety years ago, Pilates creates a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Pilates is a form of whole body conditioning that dramatically improves strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, dynamics, coordination and posture.
Pilates helps you to enhance your performance by targeting your body’s deeper stabilizing muscles, connecting the center with upper and lower musculature. It is not just a solid workout. Pilates is a way of living. It enhances and complements your daily activities, whether sitting at your desk or running a marathon. It helps you to look better, perform better, and, above all, feel better.
Benefits
Posture
Core
Emotional Health (exercise, posture, confidence)
Balance
Flexibility
Strength
Can be gentle or vigorous
Cross-training (Olympic athletes)
Concentration
Breathing – increased lung capacity and circulation
Coordination – both muscular and mental
Joint health
Bone density
Body awareness
Whole body exercise
Strengthening what is weak, releasing what is tight (Releases stress & tension)
Increased energy
Mat Pilates can be done at home
Prevents injuries
Helps with back pain
Advanced Pilates increases cardiovascular endurance (up to 450-500 calories per hour)
Training the nervous system, brain, improving memory, sharper mind
Pelvic floor health – incontinence, sex life, prenatal, postpartum
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