Pilates
Pilates is a system of functional movement, adaptable to meet the needs of each individual, regardless of age or fitness level.
Benefits of Pilates
Creates a long and lean physical shape
Develops strong core abdominal and back muscles
Improves flexibility, balance, coordination, and stamina
Relieves tension and stress
Helps improve posture and spinal alignment
Tones and firms muscles, yet low impact and gentle on joints
Re-educates the body to find correct use of the muscles, joints and breath
Creates renewed awareness, affecting how one performs everyday activities and sports
May increase bone density, reversing the effects of osteoporosis
Pilates can be done throughout pregnancy and post partum
Pilates is also used to rehabilitate injuries. Physical therapists and medical professionals recommend it for retraining abnormal movement patterns and correcting biomechanical problems.
Bodies in Balance Offers Private and Semi-Private Pilates Training
This unique resistance exercise system, created by Joseph H. Pilates, focuses on developing core abdominal and back strength while providing an efficient, balanced total body workout. Because Pilates also engages the mind, it teaches the entire being to work in harmony.
Each exercise program is adapted to meet the needs and objectives of the individual, from improved physical fitness, to resolving chronic pain or healing an injury. We teach body awareness that enables our clients to perform any physical activity safely, with confidence and joy.
Introductory Session:
Your first session introduces you the concepts we utilize with the Pilates method. The instructor will design a program based on your personal body assessment and your specific goals and needs.
All new clients begin with an introductory session.
Private Sessions:
In a Private Pilates session, you experience a 55-minute session tailored to your body’s level and desired focus while utilizing equipment. A private allows a unique whole body experience of discovery and awareness, while strengthening, toning and increasing flexibility.
Introductory Session:
Semi-Privates are two clients per instructor. It is a fun way to motivate you and your partner and to work toward achieving your goals. You must be cleared by an instructor to take semi-privates. /p>
Sessions are approximately 55 minutes, payable in advance. Series must be completed within three months. Cancellations must be made no later than twenty four hours before appointments. Payment is due in full for late cancellations.
Please wear comfortable clothing. You will be working either in socks or bare feet.
Josef Hubertus Pilates - 1880-1967
The Pilates Method was developed over 70 years ago by the German athlete and pioneer in the field of physical therapy, Joe Pilates grew up a sickly child, so he devoted his life to creating exercises for ultimate physical and mental fitness.
His invention of the Pilates technique began in the 1920's. At a British internment camp during World War I, Pilates rehabilitated other internees using hospital bed springs and his evolving exercises.
By the 1940s Joseph Pilates had achieved notoriety in the dance community -- and the Pilates technique became an integral part of dance training. Such legends of dance as Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, Hanya Holm and Jerome Robins, have all practiced Pilates and taught it to their students.