Romana Kryzanowska, Joseph Pilates’
protégée of 40 years says Pilates is simply:
Strength and Stretch with Control

Pilates is a full body workout originally called CONTROLOGY by its founder, Joseph Pilates. Its primary goal is to initiate movement from the center of the body, ensuring that limbs, joints, postural alignment and overall health functions at its optimum.

Joseph Pilates created pieces of apparatus with spring tension & an ordered sequence of exercises which keep the body moving & stabilizing simultaneously, thereby creating strength & flexibility in the body. It asks of its practitioner great concentration, breath control & precision in its undertaking and delivers efficient results.