Complete Pilates Secrets Guide

Secrets of Pilates

One of the first exercise systems to acknowledge the link between mind and body, Pilates will not give you bulging biceps or leave you feeling exhausted after each session. Instead, Pilates provides you with a balanced approach to toning your body, correcting your skeletal alignment, and improving your posture and coordination. After a brief introduction to the principles of this exercise system, this website provides the newcomer with descriptions of basic exercises, all illustrated to show precise body movements and postures. By developing your mental awareness of your body, Pilates brings the mind into closer connection with the body rather than allowing   the mind to control it.

Mind and body in harmony

The Pilates system of exercise provides unrivaled integration

If you are seeking a balanced I approach to toning your body, I correcting alignment, and improving your posture and coordination, then Pilates is the perfect exercise system for you to follow.

Mind and body

Modern fitness programs increasingly recognize the strong link between the mind and body. Physical practices to develop a healthy, fit body also encourage psychological and emotional well-being. Conversely, effective mental relaxation and meditation techniques help to dispel the damaging physical consequences of stress and depression.

The exercise system devised by Joseph Pilates acknowledges and builds on this link between mind and body. The aim of his exercises is to use mental focus to gain a deeper understanding of your body and develop its potential for the benefit of your overall health and well-being. The emphasis is on developing your mental awareness of how your body moves—an insight that many of us have lost. This is perhaps best described as bringing your mind into your body, rather than using your mind to gain control over your body.

One of the differences between the Pilates approach and that of many other exercise systems is in the precision of the individual movements that make up each exercise. Newcomers to Pilates often wonder how such tiny movements can bring such enormous benefits. But as you become more familiar with the exercises, it will become apparent that the system is so effective precisely because the movements are-so-carefully focused.

A personal journey

Embarking on a Pilates-style exercise program can be seen as a first step on the path to a new physique and perhaps even a new approach to life. Pilates recognizes that every individual has their own capabilities and potential and encourages you to proceed at your own pace. Your developing confidence with each exercise will be your indicator of progress, rather than any arbitrary timescale or other external measure. This website aims to give the newcomer to Pilates an introduction to the principles of this exercise system.