30 Joseph Pilates phrases to meet the father of the Pilates method

Your body is your greatest asset, it guards and reflects your soul. Take care of it like a gemstone and we’ll cut it.

It doesn’t matter what you do, it matters how you do it.

Physical conditioning is the first requirement for happiness.

Physical fitness cannot be achieved through illusions or direct purchase.

Perform your exercise with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

With 10 sessions you will notice the difference, with 20 sessions others will notice the difference and with 30 sessions you will have a new body.

An old man without flexibility is an old man, an old man with flexibility is a young man.

The benefits of Pilates only depend on the execution of the exercises. Instructions must be followed faithfully.

The art of Pilates proves that your age is not measured in years, or how you think you feel, but by the normal flexibility of your spine throughout your life.

Breathing is the first act of life and the last. Our very life depends on it.

I must be right. (…) I have never been hurt a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They would be happier.

We retire too early and die too young. Our prime of life should be in the 70’s and old age shouldn’t arrive until we’re almost 100.

Pilates is the complete coordination of body, mind and spirit.

Civilization undermines physical fitness.

A few well-designed moves, performed correctly in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of careless calisthenics or forced contortions.

Health is not just a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to achieve it, but to maintain it.

Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a graveyard for the deposition of diseased, dying, and dead germs.

Focus on the correct movement each time you exercise so that you don’t do them improperly and thus miss out on all the vital benefits.

Change happens through movement and movement heals.

Everyone is the architect of their own happiness.

Every moment of our life can be the beginning of great things.

The mind, when housed within a healthy body, possesses a glorious sense of power.

When all your muscles are properly developed, you will naturally perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful realization of any worthwhile endeavor.

The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at its mercy.

If man devoted as much time and energy to himself as he devoted to what he produced, what amazing and incredible progress would be made!

With body, mind and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, what else could you expect other than an active, alert and disciplined person?

Never get sloppy as it compresses your lungs, puts a strain on other vital organs, rounds your back and throws you off balance.

Man must bear in mind and reflect on the Greek admonition: not too much, not too little.

Where flat feet, curved spine, protruding belly, bowed belly, hollow chest, bowed legs and dropped knee conditions are bent through corrective exercises.