Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.

The man who uses intelligence with respect to his diet, his sleeping habits and who exercises properly, is beyond any question of doubt taking the very best preventive medicines provided so freely and abundantly by nature

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

Everyone is the architect of their own happiness

As a heavy rainstorm freshens the water of a sluggish or stagnant stream and whips it into immediate action, so does the Pilates Methods purify the bloodstream.

Not only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to attain it but to maintain it.

Normal muscles should function naturally in much the same manner as do the muscles of animals.