Moreover, such a body freed from nervous tension and over-fatigue is the ideal shelter provided by nature for housing a well-balanced mind that is always fully capable of successfully meeting all of the complex problems of modern living.

Above all, learn to breathe correctly.

It’s the mind itself which shapes the body.

The lungs cannot be completely deflated at first without considerable effort. With perseverance, however, the desired results can be accomplished and with increasing power, gradually and progressively develop the lungs to their maximum capacity.

If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. IF it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.

Self-confidenc e, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires, with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results of the practice of Contrology [Pilates].

Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase.