"A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion." - Joseph Pilates
A regular Pilates practice is a powerful tool toward optimal health.
Pilates is a body-mind exercise method that emphasizes development of core strength, spinal flexibility and correct alignment along with greater body control. Marrying form with function, Pilates offers a natural, balanced and centered way of moving that equips you to perform both ordinary and extraordinary tasks with ease and grace, optimizing energy use and reducing risk of injury.
The Pilates system is comprised of more than 500 exercises that are performed across an array of apparatus. Balancing strength with flexibility with a focus on control, Pilates provides an unparalleled platform for health for every type of body at every fitness level. You'll be surprised by how quickly you see results, progress to more advanced levels and feel the positive impact to your body and mind.
Pilates is a body-mind exercise method that emphasizes development of core strength, spinal flexibility and correct alignment along with greater body control. Marrying form with function, Pilates offers a natural, balanced and centered way of moving that equips you to perform both ordinary and extraordinary tasks with ease and grace, optimizing energy use and reducing risk of injury.
The Pilates system is comprised of more than 500 exercises that are performed across an array of apparatus. Balancing strength with flexibility with a focus on control, Pilates provides an unparalleled platform for health for every type of body at every fitness level. You'll be surprised by how quickly you see results, progress to more advanced levels and feel the positive impact to your body and mind.
Developing a Pilates Practice
"Self-confidence, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires, with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results of the practice of Contrology [Pilates]."
- Joseph Pilates
Pilates was designed to be learned through private instruction with a skilled, knowledgeable instructor and practiced several times a week in the studio with a complimentary home Mat practice.
At Temple Pilates Studio, your Pilates journey begins with an assessment of your current physical condition and alignment, a discussion of your goals and a workout where you'll learn and perform foundational Pilates exercises and concepts. As you continue, we'll work toward your personal fitness goals while we find and correct key physical imbalances, weakness and areas of tightness. Simply put, we'll strengthen what is weak, stretch what is tight and restore your natural alignment with a program customized for your body and needs.
To get results, a minimum of two studio sessions per week is recommended. Three studio sessions a week complimented by a light home Mat practice is a fantastic rhythm for transforming your health and realizing the full benefits Pilates has to offer.
Ready to try it and see if Pilates a fit for you? Get in touch to book an introductory Pilates session.
At Temple Pilates Studio, your Pilates journey begins with an assessment of your current physical condition and alignment, a discussion of your goals and a workout where you'll learn and perform foundational Pilates exercises and concepts. As you continue, we'll work toward your personal fitness goals while we find and correct key physical imbalances, weakness and areas of tightness. Simply put, we'll strengthen what is weak, stretch what is tight and restore your natural alignment with a program customized for your body and needs.
To get results, a minimum of two studio sessions per week is recommended. Three studio sessions a week complimented by a light home Mat practice is a fantastic rhythm for transforming your health and realizing the full benefits Pilates has to offer.
Ready to try it and see if Pilates a fit for you? Get in touch to book an introductory Pilates session.
The History and Origins of Pilates
"I invented all these machines... it resists your movements in just the right way so those inner muscles really have to work against it. That way you can concentrate on movement. You must always do it slowly and smoothly. Then your whole body is in it." - Joseph Pilates
The Pilates body of work, from the exercises to the apparatus, was developed by Joseph Pilates at the turn of the century and has been taught and practiced since the 1920's when Joseph Pilates and his wife Clara began teaching students in their "Body Conditioning Gym" in New York City. Breathing, proper posture, and the correction of various physical ailments were always the focus at Joseph and Clara's studio and in his books "Your Health" published in 1934 and "Return to Life Through Contrology" published in 1945.
The highly effective approach of using the mind to control the muscles led to a devout following in New York. Dancers discovered they could heal injuries quickly and improve their strength while maintaining their flexibility and soon leading choreographers became devotees and began sending their students to "Uncle Joe" as he was affectionately called. Many students experienced such a profound impact on their bodies and health that they began apprenticing at the studio, eventually becoming the early, first generation teachers that are now commonly referred to as the Pilates Elders.
Today, the essence of Joe's work continues to change millions of bodies and lives through the many teachers and advocates throughout the world who are combining the classical body of knowledge with contemporary bio-mechanical discoveries. Students and individuals interested in Pilates have a myriad of options to explore for their practice.
Temple Pilates Studio takes a classically rooted approach to teaching, using classical equipment and following the original work and philosophy as designed and developed by Joseph Pilates and taught through the lineage of Romana Kyrzanowska (a dancer who became one of Joe's first apprentices and is world renown as his greatest protegee) -- while including variations and modifications that have come through the spread and evolution of Pilates through both classical and contemporary teachers around the world.
Learn more about the sessions and classes offered at Temple Pilates Studio.
The highly effective approach of using the mind to control the muscles led to a devout following in New York. Dancers discovered they could heal injuries quickly and improve their strength while maintaining their flexibility and soon leading choreographers became devotees and began sending their students to "Uncle Joe" as he was affectionately called. Many students experienced such a profound impact on their bodies and health that they began apprenticing at the studio, eventually becoming the early, first generation teachers that are now commonly referred to as the Pilates Elders.
Today, the essence of Joe's work continues to change millions of bodies and lives through the many teachers and advocates throughout the world who are combining the classical body of knowledge with contemporary bio-mechanical discoveries. Students and individuals interested in Pilates have a myriad of options to explore for their practice.
Temple Pilates Studio takes a classically rooted approach to teaching, using classical equipment and following the original work and philosophy as designed and developed by Joseph Pilates and taught through the lineage of Romana Kyrzanowska (a dancer who became one of Joe's first apprentices and is world renown as his greatest protegee) -- while including variations and modifications that have come through the spread and evolution of Pilates through both classical and contemporary teachers around the world.
Learn more about the sessions and classes offered at Temple Pilates Studio.
