Joseph Pilates Quotes

Nothing, literally nothing, makes me feel like I'm back to my body more than Pilates.

It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.

Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.

I may be able to concentrate on a move, but it may not look exactly how I need it to look like, as far as in the ballroom world. Hip-hop is different; it is a lot more flowy with ballroom.

Every day, we've got to do something physical. It's mind, body and spirit.

For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.

My exercise varies from yoga to Pilates. The yoga provides me with achieving my balance and mental relaxation, whereas the Pilates allow me to work my inner core through stretching and keeping my muscles toned.

I love doing Pilates and dance. It's fun to mix things up and change your program every ten days.

I generally circuit train and do Pilates.

But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.

I love Pilates - I am a really big believer in it as a practise; I think it's fab.

I've been doing yoga since 1980 or '81, and I've kind of developed my own routine. It's challenging and thorough, but I'm not holy about it. Sometimes I'll watch a tape of Jon Stewart's show while exercising.

I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer.

My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys.

'Tree Fu Tom' is a truly interactive programme because it is designed to help children get up off the sofa and physically move, which is a very important part of children's development.

Pilates is great.

I have always worked out, and I've gone through different phases of yoga, but the combination of Pilates three days a week with yoga is incredible.

I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that.

I have done research about people who think they're doing movements and people - like Madonna and professional dancers - who are actually 'performing' movements. The people who can connect and perform during their workout get results way above and beyond the people who are just going through the motions.

Anything that's outdoorsy and fun, like hiking, biking, running, paddleboarding, swimming in the ocean... and then I'll mix in Pilates, yoga, spin, ballet.

You need to challenge your body in different ways, but I think the best way is to go for a run and stretch out your body.

Part of what's mesmerizing about 'The Mechanics of History' is its physical eloquence - how dancerly it is. The men don't fall; they float. And when the trampoline restores them to the staircase, they move at a half speed. Cinema, they say, is 24 frames per second.

I swim, go to the gym, and do a little dancing every day and a little singing.

It doesn't matter whether you move your feet or not; if your head is still and body is in balance, you can score lots of runs. This I learned from Tendulkar.