This book is the official Pilates textbook. The author of the method, Joseph Pilates, who survived congenital diseases, World War I, hardships, wanderings, famine and emigration, lived to be 87 years old and throughout his life proved the effectiveness of the healing system he invented.
This book is the official Pilates textbook. The author of the method, Joseph Pilates, who survived congenital diseases, World War I, hardships, wanderings, famine and emigration, lived to be 87 years old and throughout his life proved the effectiveness of the healing system he invented. His methodology is eclectic and inventive — it has elements of skiing and yoga, circus and martial arts, dance and weightlifting. It gives strength and flexibility, saves from injury and disease. A book that includes exercise programs has the same goals.