Joseph Pilates
Joseph Pilates
Joseph Hubertus Pilateswas a German physical trainer notable for having invented and promoted the Pilates method of physical fitness...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth9 December 1883
CountryGermany
architect
Everyone is the architect of their own happiness
over-you mind body
Pilates is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control over your body.
zest daily-tasks mind
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure.
play skills giving
Contrology is designed to give you suppleness, natural grace, and skill that will be unmistakably reflected in the way you walk, in the way you play, and in the way you work.
successful persistence accomplishment
Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.
pilates body mercy
The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at its mercy.
moments great-things our-lives
Every moment of our life can be the beginning of great things.
young spine ifs
If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. IF it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.
movement heal happens
Change happens through movement and movement heals.
mind body glorious
The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.
differences body feels
In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body
art real lying
The science of Contrology disproves that prevalent and all-too-trite saying; 'You're only as old as you feel.' The art of Contrology proves that the only real guide to your true age lies not in years or how you THINK you feel but as you ACTUALLY are as infallibly indicated by the degree of natural and normalflexibility enjoyed by your spine throughout life.
men progress energy
Were man to devote as much time and energy to himself as he has devoted to that which man has produced, what astounding and unbelievable progress would be made; a progress eclipsing all he has so far successfully accomplished...
men mind should
Man should develop his physical condition simultaneously with that of his mind.