"Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably,……" — Joseph Pilates
"Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles."
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Joseph Pilates
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62 Quotes by Joseph Pilates
Joseph Pilates has 62 quotes on this site.
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Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your…
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Contrology develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind, and elevates the spirit.
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A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion.
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This is the equivalent of an “internal shower”. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses…
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Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a…
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Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.
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I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world,…
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The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors if there be…
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Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.
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With body, mind, and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, what else could reasonably be expected other than an…
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It’s the mind itself which shapes the body.
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A man is as young as his spinal column.
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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
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Well begun is half done.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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