What is Pilates?

WHY DO PILATES?

For The Body

• Improve your Posture, Balance and Alignment
• Tones, Strengthens and Elongates Muscles
• Flattens Stomach and Reduces Back Pain
• Develops Core Strength
• Improve your circulation
• Increases Flexibility & Range of Motion
• Enables you to BREATHE Better

For the Mind & Spirit

• Assists in Stress Reduction
• Promotes Calmness and Relaxation
• Cultivates Concentration and Mental Clarity
• Increases Self Confidence and Awareness
• Promotes Happiness and Inner Peace
• Increases Overall Sense of Well Being
  

WHAT IS PILATES?

The Pilates Method is a comprehensive exercise and rehabilitation program designed early in the 20th century by German born Joseph H. Pilates. Pilates and his wife Clara worked to develop and perfect this method of exercise training over a span of 60 years, creating a mind-body training that works to restore, invigorate, strengthen, educate and heal the body. Utilizing the Pilates equipment designed by Joseph Pilates, students are challenged to improve their alignment, coordination, circulation and balance while developing deep strength, increased flexibility and graceful movement patterns.

Today the Pilates Method is widely practiced for both its rehabilitation and fitness benefits. Pilates is offered in hospitals, medical offices, universities, and private studios around the world. Members of the medical community increasingly recognize Pilates as one of the most successful ways to treat pain syndromes caused by spinal disorders, joint disease and injury.

The Pilates Method of exercise training works for everyone!

• Cross training
  Individuals can enhance their performance by maintaining proper skeletal alignment and muscular balance while increasing joint mobility, blood flow and body awareness.
• Your workout
  Pilates is a full body workout! A fun and challenging program that combines deep core strength, coordination, control and balance, Pilates works to reshape the body. It assists in creating long, lean muscles; strong, flexible joints; and graceful movement patterns.
• Injury rehabilitation
  Widely recommended by medical professionals, Pilates therapeutic exercise has been proven to help reduce pain caused by spinal injures and dysfunctions, disc and joint disease, fybromyalgia and other chronic pain syndromes by promoting decompression of the joints and increasing strength and flexibility of muscle tissue. Additionally, breath and relaxation training matched with improved body awareness will allow clients to release areas of deep tension and muscular holding that contribute to pain and decreased range of motion.
• Injury prevention
  By improving postural alignment, freeing tight muscular patterns and creating deep strength, clients will build confidence and grace in their daily activities allowing for increased levels of performance with fewer injuries.
• Weight loss and body sculpting
  Pilates is an anaerobic form of exercise that uses deep and precise breathing instruction to increase endurance and boost the metabolism. Clients will notice changes in their shape through toning and lengthening of muscular tissue. Often weight loss also occurs due to increased muscular activity and circulation.