Possibly my favourite principle; to flow.

The idea behind Pilates was always to have flowing movement, to create movement with grace and poise. To allow your body to move with elegance and flow, free from stiffness or restriction.

When mastered correctly Pilates can be practiced in a continuous flow, where there appears to be no beginning or end. Just continual movement of poise, grace and power.

“Contrology is designed to give you suppleness, natural grace, and skill that will be unmistakenly reflected in the way you walk in the way you play and the way you work” - Joseph Pilates

Centre. Core. Inner strength.

Something we all aim to work on but sometimes it can feel like a minefield. Am I doing it right? Have I found that inner core connection? What does that even feel like? Will I ever get it? What is the core?

Let me take you through a practice…

I feel as though this is one of the most important principles in Pilates, considering Joseph Pilates himself originally called the method Contrology!

He wrote “Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body and then through proper repetition of it’s exercises you gradually and progressively acquire that natural rhythm and coordination associated with all your subconscious activities.”

This is one of the key principles of Pilates, a method developed by a man lightyears ahead of his time. Who stated “this very rapidly progressing world with its ever-increasing faster tempo of living demands that we be physically fit and alert in order that we may succeed in the unceasing race with keen competition which rewards the ‘go-getters’ but bypasses the ‘no-getters’.”

He wrote these words in 1945! He could see that our world was increasing pace and we were struggling to keep up. Now more than ever I believe this to be true.

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