The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to the possessor.
 

THE METHOD was developed by Joseph Pilates, born in Germany in 1883.

Being a frail child, he turned to physical fitness programmes to improve his body image and became a keen sportsman developing talents in diving, gymnastics and boxing.

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He studied many disciplines, including yoga, martial arts, circus training, gymnastics and body building. Drawing from each of them he formulated a system he called 'Contrology' - posthumously known as the Pilates Method.

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Moving to New York in the 1920's his studio soon attracted the city's elite with actors, dancers and athletes finding that his exercises perfected and complimented their traditional programme and catered for their individual needs.

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Pilates still attracts many leading figures from the world of the performing arts and sports and is increasingly being used to complement the work of physiotherapists and osteopaths.