Pilates
Developed by Joseph Pilates in the late 1800’s, the focus is to connect the mind with purposeful exercise. When emigrating to the U.S. in the 1930’s, his method became a unique combination of stretching and strengthening. Pilates teaches elegant, precise muscle control. Adding the integral mind-body connection, it requires the individual to pay close attention to the movement performed and the details that make the movement work. Matwork class may also use rings. Power Pilates uses more upbeat contemporary music; Traditional Pilates stays truer to the original form of slower, focused movement and uses calming or Classical music.
