A man is as young as his spinal column.

Above all, learn how to breathe correctly.

Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.

I learned...every part of the body; I would move each part as I memorized it. As a child, I would lie in the woods for hours, hiding and watching the animals move, how the mother taught the 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].

Contrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nausem".