By exercising your stomach muscles, you wring out the body, you don't catch colds, you don't get cancer, you don't get hernias.… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Contrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nausem". — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
This is the equivalent of an “internal shower”. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Contrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nauseam." Neither does it demand you joining a gymnasium… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase. — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Contrology is not a system of haphazard exercises designed to produce only bulging muscles. ... Nor does Contrology err either by over-developed… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Concentrate on the correct movements each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Before any real benefit can be derived from physical exercises, one must first learn how to breath properly. Our very life depends… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
The man who uses intelligence with respect to his diet, his sleeping habits and who exercises properly, is beyond any question of… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Concentrate on the correct movement each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits. Correctly… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles. — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self-confidence follows. — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
To achieve the highest accomplishments within the scope of our capabilities in all walks of life we must constantly strive to acquire strong, healthy… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Moreover, such a body freed from nervous tension and over-fatigue is the ideal shelter provided by nature for housing a well-balanced mind that is… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
I learned...every part of the body; I would move each part as I memorized it. As a child, I would lie in the woods… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Because of poor posture, practically 95% of our population suffers from varying degrees of spinal curvature, not to mention more serious ailments. Good posture… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Normal muscles should function naturally in much the same manner as do the muscles of animals. — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor. — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control of your body. — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
