Joseph Pilates Quotes

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

Because of poor posture, practically 95% of our population suffers from varying degrees of spinal curvature, not to mention more serious ailments. Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.

Some individuals may perceive their losing fight with gravity as a sharp pain in their back, others as the unflattering contour of their body, others as constant fatigue, yet others as an unrelentingly threatening environment. Those over forty may call it old age. And yet all these signals may be pointing to a single problem so prominent in their own structure, as well as others, that it has been ignored: they are off balance, they are at war with gravity.

I have very bad posture.

Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.

Most of the day I work standing up, as I once read somewhere that it's the best position for the back.

But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.

In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.

You are the age of your spine. You are as flexible as your spine. That transfers to other areas of your life.

Strengthening the lower back helps develop that sexy curve everyone wants from your back to your bum.

In addition to firming your abdominals, Pilates also helps strengthen and stretch the entire body from head to toe, helping you to stand taller.

I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.

All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of "virtue" is that straightness of back.

I think a lot of women have back problems.

I go to yoga classes and work on my core.

I also work out because I have scoliosis. I have to maintain certain strength in my core.

Your core supports your spine and your torso. Everything you do depends on it.

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.

I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.

I've done yoga, and I want to start Pilates soon.

When I stay athletic with good posture and get the club away in a good position, I get through it better.

Yoga is at the core of my health and wellness routine; even if it's only for 10 to 15 minutes I find it helps me to re-center and to focus as well as improve my overall core strength.

You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together.

I like to do Pilates.

I didn't study dance. I had some ballet lessons because I needed it for posture and for my arms, mostly. My skating coach said I really needed it, from the belly button up, as opposed to the footwork. In skating, the shoes don't move.