WHAT IS CLASSICAL PILATES?
QUOTE: JOSEPH PILATES
“PHYSICAL FITNESS IS THE FIRST REQUISITE OF HAPPINESS. OUR INTERPRETATION OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IS THE ATTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A UNIFORMRMLY DEVELOPED BODY WITH SOUND MIND, FULLY CAPABLE OF NATURALLY, EASILY AND SATISFACTORILY PERFORMING OUR MANY AND VARIED DAILY TASK WITH SPONTANEOUS ZEST AND PLEASURE.”
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As a Pilates instructor, student, and user of the method for a number of years, I have stayed in shape physically and mentally. This method that I practice has helped me physically to develop core strength and stability. The concentration it teaches keeps me mentally focused and helps decrease stress and estabilishing a good sense of being grounded. This healthy awareness brings an uplift to my soul and spirit while physically getting stronger.
- What is Classical Pilates ? Definition: Its Pilates in the truest most authentic form, as Joseph Pilates intended, … In the original Classical Pilates method there is a sequence to the work, which was designed to move the body through a full range of movement, in all directions.
- What does Pilates do for you ? This Classical style of Pilates is an exercise method designed to strenthen the mind and body by working them in tandem. Bringing mental awarness (mindfulness) into each exercise will help establish that level of concentration needed to do the exercises with precision while building a strong stable core, streching the muscles through their full range of motion and ultimately improving posture and creat ing long lean muscles .
- Where to Begin, learn 3 basic exercises: “Abdominals lifted in and up”. …The Hundred, is a breathing exercise done while maintaining engaged abdominals, Roll Up … maintainin Abdominals in and up as you Round, Curl your spine in flextion forward (we do this everyday, in our daily chores, the list is endless), Single Leg Circles stabilizes the core, again Abdominals in and up. All these exercises can be applied to how we walk, bend over, squat, step up or side to side etc.There you have It!!!!
- How to apply them …. Functional: Everyday…. MAKE YOUR DAILY LIST … [what you do for a living, your home, children, chores etc] BREATHING…….WALKING………DAILY CHORES
- See how these exercises affect your day-to-day life….. THE health benefits of Pilates Include: improved flexibility, increased muscle strength and tone, especially in abdominals and lower back, hips and buttocks (the core muscles of your body). A balanced more even muscular strength on both sides of your body. Result: Decrease in overall tension caused by stress and overwork.
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