The Pilates Method is a system of stretching and strengthening the whole body. "You are as young as the flexibility of your spine," was a Joe Pilates adage. Much of the method is done on special apparatus against resistance using springs. In each exercise one's awareness is turned on the whole body. The Pilates Method combines body and mind equally. The method is safe and can be adapted to one's age and condition. "One's body never reaches the end of growing and integrating with the Pilates method" (Mary Bowen, former student of Joseph and Clara Pilates)

This Historic Video(or DVD) is compiled from Joe and Clara Pilates private collection and will give you a view of the early days of the method.