Pilates can enable you to:
- Improve your posture and alignment
- Tone up through developing long, lean muscles
- Increase your core stability, postural control and body awareness
- Improve flexibility, strength, muscle tone and co-ordination
- Learn to move more efficiently with less effort through developing correct muscle recruitment patterns
- Prevent injury
- Achieve a sense of calm and well-being
Pilates was first developed by the late Joseph Pilates, born in Germany in 1880. He studied many disciplines from both the East and the West, including yoga, martial arts, boxing, and gymnastics. These inspired his own system called ‘Contrology’ (now known as ‘Pilates’), which aim to produce maximum results through minimum effort. In the 1920’s, he moved to New York, and attracted many elite clients including dancers such as George Balanchine and Martha Graham.
Pilates is based upon 6 original principles:
- Concentration
- Control
- Centering
- Breathing
- Flow
- Precision
Pilates works the body from the inside out to create positive change. It encourages postural control, focusing on engaging the deep postural muscles of the abdominals and the back, with an emphasis on correct muscle recruitment patterns to support the larger movements of the limbs. Through regular practice, it can help to realign the body’s structure creating balance within the muscular-skeletal system. This in turn enables the body to be at its most efficient, preventing chances of injury.
The benefits of Pilates are now known and utilised by many from different backgrounds ranging from builders and office workers to dancers and elite sports competitors; it is often the exercise type recommended by osteopaths and physiotherapists. Due to its non impact nature, it is suitable for almost anyone, however can be taught in different levels of intensity, so it is important to join a class suitable for your ability to gain the maximum benefits. (Please always ensure to keep your teacher fully informed if you become pregnant, or have any medical conditions/injuries that may affect your ability to exercise safely).
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