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Absolutely 👍 That’s why Pilates is Great 😊

Can you find the “float”?

That feeling of lightness that’s created when
the perfect balance between effort and release is struck.

That suspension, that traction, that levitation.

Can you feel the opening of the back of your spine?

Stare at the pictures above and imagine the “float” in each exercise depiction, then see if you can translate that to your practice.

💛 Be sure to let me know if these connections are working to help inform your practice!

Yes, absolutely 👍

Long stretch 👍❤️

Long Stretch on the Reformer

Prophecy from Eve Gentry
(1st Generation Teacher)

Excellent 👍

Today is World Pilates Day 🌎 an international celebration of Joseph Pilates’ revolutionary fitness method. We are so grateful to him for creating this movement. We would be remiss to not mention the contributions of the Pilates Elders who preserved Joe’s legacy: Bruce King, Carola Trier, Eve Gentry, Jay Grimes, Kathleen Stanford Grant, Lo**ta San Miguel, Mary Bowen, Naja Cori, Robert Fitzgerald, Romana Kryzanowska, and Ron Fletcher. In this video, we hear from those who knew, studied, and worked with Joe, along with Pilates teachers who continue to spread his pioneering method. We are all connected through the Pilates method. Thank you to our contributors: Alycea Ungaro's Real Pilates John Steel Alan Herdman Pilates Studios Chuck Rapoport Deborah Lessen Pilates Carrie Macy Samper Kristi Cooper Delia Pilates Laura Hanlon Jason Williams Charm City PT Cara Reeser Mari Winsor Thank you to Balanced Body, Inc. and Jillian Hessel Pilates for providing archival footage. #pilates #pilatesanytime #pilateslegacy #worldpilatesday #pilateshistory #pilateslegacyproject

Joseph Pilates ❤️

Life Magazine Archives. Taken: Mon Feb 12, 1951. Photographer: Michael Rougier

Joseph Pilates age 70 in his studio 939 Eighth Avenue NYC. (The photographer probably made him put a shirt on.) His wife Clara in her traditional nurse's uniform. The client is Opera singer Roberta Peters. We haven't identified the other young woman. (Mary Bowen says that it's not Hannah Sakmirda).

This was at least a decade before polyester workout clothing, and there wasn't a fitness industry to supply clothes, shoes, or equipment.

We found these pictures when were looking for some posters for the studio. We did a google search of the Life Magazine archive. We picked a couple we liked and Qoop sent us some nice high quality framed prints. Over the last few years we've shown the photos to curious practitioners. We think they're really cool because we still do/teach the same exercises every day. Our instructors always enjoy learning the "archival exercises" from Romana and teaching them in the studio.

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Esto es lo que pensamos que sabemos:

Joseph Pilates 70 años de edad en su estudio de 939 Octava Avenida de Nueva York. (El fotógrafo probablemente le hizo poner una camisa.) Su esposa Clara en su uniforme de enfermera tradicional. El cliente es cantante de ópera Roberta Peters.

Esto era por lo menos una década antes de la ropa de entrenamiento de poliéster, y no había una industria de la aptitud para suministrar ropa, calzado o equipo.

Hemos encontrado estas imágenes cuando fueron en busca de algunos carteles para el estudio. Hicimos una búsqueda en Google del archivo de la revista Life. Elegimos un par que nos gustaba y nos ha enviado QOOP algunas impresiones agradables de alta calidad enmarcadas. En los últimos años hemos mostrado las fotos a los profesionales de curiosos. Creemos que son muy cool porque todavía lo hacen los mismos ejercicios todos los días. Nuestros instructores siempre disfruto el aprendizaje de los ejercicios de "archivo" de la Romana y la enseñanza en el estudio.