History of

J.H. Pilates was born in Germany in 1880. His poor health led him to devote himself hard to the body building so much so that at age 14 he was asked to pose for the realization of the human body anatomical cards. In adolescence lived in the country of birth, a practice many sports. The training system he devised blends fact and concentration techniques of yoga breathing with exercise gymnastics and sports, and aims to liberate the suoin students from any kind of physical limitation.

In 1912 he moved to England where he became a self-defense instructor for the police academy and is dedicated to boxing and acrobatics in a circus.

Pilates during the First World War he was interned for a year in Lancaster along with other fellow. But do not lose heart and organizes training himself and his fellow imprisonment he refining his principles on health and body building. When transferred to the Isle of Man is facing a dramatic picture: impaired veterans from his wounds, enticed by disease, immobilized by time.

He decides to devise suitable exercises for the rehabilitation of these soldiers
and applies the springs to their beds with the aim of helping to restore and maintain muscle tone.

Back in Germany in the early twenties meets Rudolph von Laban creator of "Labanotation", a universal language for the transcription of dance movements, which put the work in setting up their own teaching Pilates. The Pilates method is so intertwined with the world of dance and even today is widely used as a training base.

In 1925 the German government invited him to personally follow the training plan of the new army. Convinced pacifist Pilates in 1926 decided to leave the country for not granting his services to the German army and moved to New York.

During the trip he met a young nurse, Clara, who would become his wife. Pilates in the Big Apple with his wife Clara, he opened a workshop in the same building that houses the "New York City Ballet". Success is just amazing, especially among dancers in Manhattan. After his death in 1967, his work, the principles of which are set out in the book which he wrote "Return to Life trough Contrology" is continued by his wife, herself a teacher of the discipline. His New York studio is detected by Romana Kryzanowska, his student and teacher of the method for decades. Today the Pilates method is considered one of the methods gymnastic classic and has received major awards worldwide.

First of all, note that the fitness magazine "Idea Source" who appointed him one of three major training techniques of the future.

PILATES LESSONS

The Studio offers
Pilates lessons on machines and bodyweight
private and semi-private (MAX 3 people)

in the interest of individual needs

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