Best Joseph Pilates Quotes & Sayings

Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance. — Joseph Pilates

We retire too early and we die too young, our prime of life should be in the 70's and old age should not come until we are almost 100. — Joseph Pilates

Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little. — Joseph Pilates

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure. — Joseph Pilates

Pilates is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control over your body. — Joseph Pilates

In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body — Joseph Pilates

Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self-confidence follows. — Joseph Pilates

It is the mind itself which builds the body. — Joseph Pilates

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

The man who uses intelligence with respect to his diet, his sleeping habits and who exercises properly, is beyond any question of doubt taking the very best preventive medicines provided so freely and abundantly by nature — Joseph Pilates

Everyone is the architect of their own happiness — Joseph Pilates

Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body and then through proper repetition of its exercises you gradually and progressively acquire that natural rhythm and coordination associated with all your subconscious activities. — Joseph Pilates

Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles. — Joseph Pilates

Moreover, such a body freed from nervous tension and over-fatigue is the ideal shelter provided by nature for housing a well-balanced mind that is always fully capable of successfully meeting all of the complex problems of modern living. — Joseph Pilates

The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control of your body. — Joseph Pilates

Not only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to attain it but to maintain it. — Joseph Pilates

A man is as young as his spinal column. — Joseph Pilates

Contrology develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind, and elevates the spirit. — Joseph Pilates

Self-confidenc e, 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

By all means never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air you can. — Joseph Pilates

Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor. — Joseph Pilates

You will feel better in ten sessions, look better in twenty sessions, and have a completely new body in thirty sessions. — Joseph Pilates

Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a cemetery for the deposition of diseased, dying and dead germs as well as supplying an ideal haven for the multiplication of other harmful germs. — Joseph Pilates

The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power. — Joseph Pilates

Contrology is designed to give you suppleness, natural grace, and skill that will be unmistakably reflected in the way you walk, in the way you play, and in the way you work. — Joseph Pilates

You're only as old as your spine. — Joseph Pilates

This is the equivalent of an "internal shower". As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting snows on mountains in the hinterlands cause rivers to swell and rush turbulently onward to the sea, so too will your blood flow with renewed vigor as the direct result of your faithfully performing the Contrology exercises. — Joseph Pilates

Above all, learn to breathe correctly. — Joseph Pilates

Man should develop his physical condition simultaneously with that of his mind. — Joseph Pilates

Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase. — Joseph Pilates

Were man to devote as much time and energy to himself as he has devoted to that which man has produced, what astounding and unbelievable progress would be made; a progress eclipsing all he has so far successfully accomplished ... — Joseph Pilates

It's the mind itself which shapes the body. — Joseph Pilates