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The Pilates Lifestyle
Many people don’t know that there are principles that every good Pilates workout should include. There are 10 and knowing them may help you understand the bigger picture of Pilates. Pilates is a method, not just a random assortment of exercises to make you work. It was through understanding these principles and watching them spill over into my everyday life that I came to believe that Pilates can significantly impact ones lifestyle. Thus, “The Balanced Life: A Pilates-inspired Lifestyle” was born.
The 10 principles:
Awareness
Breath
Balance
Control
Concentration
Center
Efficiency
Flow
Precision
Harmony
Over the next few weeks I’ll be focusing on a few of the principles and exploring how they apply to our practice of Pilates as well as how they can create positive changes our everyday life. There is so much to discover in the world of Pilates and I wholeheartedly believe that diving into these principles can help you FINALLY break free of the diet/exercise cycle that has kept you stagnant for so long. I’m confident because it worked for me and I’ve seen it work for my clients time and time again.
A question for those of you practicing Pilates: did you know that these principles existed prior to reading this post? I’m curious 🙂
Robin Long
Robin Long, founder and CEO of Lindywell, certified Pilates instructor, Nutrition Therapy Practitioner, and author of 'Well to the Core,' blends 15 years of expertise with a lifelong commitment to holistic health.
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6 thoughts on “The Pilates Lifestyle”
Hey, cool! I’m looking forward to reading your posts. I am very active and relatively athletic but yoga and pilates often frustrate me and it’s because of these EXACT principles… because they are really hard for me! I’d rather go sprinting down a street or grunt while lifting weights than try to focus on my breathing, and it really affects me. Looking forward to reading more!
I totally know what you mean. My other favorite exercise is running until I can’t sweat or run any more 🙂 It’s been so helpful for me to find a balance between the two forms of exercise- and to find out that Pilates is often HARD work! Thanks for sharing Courtney!
To be honest, I was not aware of the exact principles. I would love to learn more. I hope by learning about them it will improve my life in all directions…. even beyond my reformer classes.
That’s great Nadia! I’ve realized that most people don’t consider these principles when doing Pilates. I hope they help you as well. Stay tuned for more 🙂
Hi I’m interesting in learning about theses principles. I’ve searched for them but I am having difficulty finding them. can someone point me in the right direction please.
Thank you Susan
Hi Sue!
If you search “Pilates Principles” in the Blog you will stumble across a few of these principles that Robin has explored further! Here is a post on Breath! Also, here is a post where she dives a bit deeper on a few of the Principles! 🙂