Livro your health joseph pilates biography

Joseph H. Pilates was born in Germany in 1880, to exceptionally health conscience parents. His father was a prize winning gymnast and his mother a naturopath – who believed in the philosophy of stimulating the body to heal itself.

It is most likely that his mother's healing philosophy influenced his own approach to therapeutic exercises. He was a frail child, suffering from asthma, rickets, rheumatic fever and the threat of tuberculosis, he dedicated his entire life to becoming physically stronger.

As a teenager he began bodybuilding as he advanced his studies of various exercise disciplines which included the Martial Arts, Yoga, Tai Chi, ancient Greek and Roman regimens in addition to Western Philosophies.

Pilates realized that the Western methods placed an emphasis upon competitive strength and endurance, while Eastern methods stressed relaxation, suppleness and breathing. He strived to develop a method which combined the best of both regimens – an exercise that cou