The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at its mercy.

Before any real benefit can be derived from physical exercises, one must first learn how to breath properly. Our very life depends on it.

In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body

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

I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They'd be happier.

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body. If at the age of 30 you are stiff and out of shape, you are old. If at 60 you are supple and strong then you are young.

It’s the mind itself which shapes the body.