When you come to one of our Pilates Reformer classes, you should hear the following six words pretty frequently: breath, centre, concentration, control, flow, and precision. Why’s that, you ask? Well, these words are the six fundamental principles of Pilates – the key themes that Joseph Pilates taught when he created ‘Contrology’ what is now known as the Pilates Method back in the 1930’s. Last week we looked at the importance of 'Breath' - this week we are looking at 'Centr

When you come to one of our Pilates Reformer classes, you should hear the following six words pretty frequently: breath, centre, concentration, control, flow, and precision. Why’s that, you ask? Well, these words are the six fundamental principles of Pilates – the key themes that Joseph Pilates taught when he created ‘Contrology’ what is now know as the Pilates Method back in the 1930’s. But how important is ‘Breath’ really in Pilates (and any exercise come to think of it)?