Pure Pilates Ft Lauderdale Florida » the pilates method http://www.pure-pilates.net Romana's Pilates by Pure Pilates Ft Lauderdale Florida Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:18:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 There is a real Romana Kryzanowska http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/01/there-is-a-real-romana-kryzanowska/ http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/01/there-is-a-real-romana-kryzanowska/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:10:58 +0000 Karen Winselmann http://www.pure-pilates.net/?p=125 Romana Kryzanowska was a dancer with George Balanchine’s dance company when she was referred to Joseph Pilates for rehabilitation of an ankle injury.  Romana trained and studied with Joseph and is now universally recognized as Joseph’s protege.  Romana made a commitment to Joseph to continue his life’s work and has been teaching his Pilates Method of Body Conditioning for nearly six decades.  Today, the goal of Romana’s Pilates is to improve flexibility and stregthen the total body without building bulk.  This goal is achieved through a series of controlled movements increasing flexibility, balance, and control.  Romana’s Pilates works your body and your mind promoting physical harmony and balance for people of all ages while providing a refreshing and energizing workout – leaving you with a feeling of physical and mental well-being. 

“Done three times a week, a few well-designed movements, properly executed in sequence, are worth hours of calisthenics or contortions!”

– Romana Kryzanowska

]]> http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/01/there-is-a-real-romana-kryzanowska/feed/ 1 There was a real Joseph Pilates http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/01/there-was-a-real-joseph-pilates/ http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/01/there-was-a-real-joseph-pilates/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:01:24 +0000 Karen Winselmann http://www.pure-pilates.net/?p=123 Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in 1880.  He had a lifelong interest in body conditioning.  As a frail child dedicated to improving his strength, he later became an accomplished skier, diver, gymnast, and boxer.

Joseph Pilates went on to become a nurse in England during WWI.  During his internment, Pilates designed exercise equipment for his immobilized patients by attaching springs to hospital beds.  This system became the foundation for his style of body conditioning.  He brought this system to New York when he opened his first Pilates studio in 1926 and went on to create what is now known as The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning.

“After 10 sessions you will feel better, after 20 sessions you will look better and after 30 sessions you will have a new body!”

– Joseph Pilates

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