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Pilates Quotes

Here are a few quotes by the man Joseph Pilates himself:
“The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.”
-Joseph Pilates, letter to clients, 1939

Pilates helps your body stay young, fit, and full of vitality. As Joe himself once said, “With body, mind, and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, [...]

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The history of PILATES

The founder of Pilates

Pilates (which is pronounced Pil-ah-tees) was developed by Joseph Hubertus Pilates in the 1920’s. Joseph Pilates was born in a small town near Dusseldorf ( Monchengladbach) in Germany. Joseph Pilates suffered from asthma, rickets and rheumatic fever and this drove him to find ways of overcoming his own disabilities. He [...]

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