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Joseph H. Pilates

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Joseph H. Pilates

1880 born near Düsseldorf, Germany.

Sickly as a child, suffered from: asthma rickets rheumatic fever

He became determined to overcome these afflictions.

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To improve his health, Joseph Pilates studied:Eastern and Western philosophies of

exercise and Zen Yoga, martial arts, roman gladiators,

Greek athletes, Chinese acrobatsBy age 14 he was able to:

Pose for anatomical chartsDive, ski, perform gymnastics

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EnglandWent to England to box.1918 WWI broke out, confined to

an internment camp.Taught fellow internees his fitness

regimen.They survived influenza epidemic.Used his method to rehabilitate the

injured. He developed the use of springs.

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Germany

Returned to Germany after WWI.Continued his workTrained Hamburg police forceCaught attention of German army

Was asked to train German armyThe political climate caused him to

leave Germany and immigrate the U.S.

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United States

Met Clara on the journey to the U.S.Established studio in building that

also housed the New York City BalletClientele included actors, athletes,

dancers, performers, executives—all seeking to recover or maintain their health.

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Contrology

Pilates called his method Contrology And defined as:

The complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.

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Es ist der GeistDer sich den Korperbaut ~Frederich Schiller

These words from a watercolor on the wall of Joseph Pilates’ studio translate as:

It is the spirit that builds the body

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GeistGeist as in poltergeistGeist as in ghostGeist as in spiritGeist as in one’s mind’s eyeGeist as in the observer

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Uniform development

Joseph Pilates writes:Contrology develops the body

uniformly.

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The mat is the method.

Joseph Pilates wrote words, took pictures, and made filmsdocumenting his work.Particular exercises

in a particular orderEstablishes the mat as the method.

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Michael John Miller

1952 born in Washington, D.C.Grew up in IllinoisAttended Campion Jesuit boarding

high school in WisconsinAttend the University of Colorado

and tried to play football

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Before Pilates

Seeking alternative forms of exercise he tried Tennis, Aerobics, Yoga, Karate

Taught ideas coming from his journal at Club Med

Produced partner stretching video

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Developed his view.

The Pilates Method of Physical and Mental Conditioning by Friedman and Eisen

Joseph Pilates’ philosophy:A few well-designed movements performed in a balance sequence are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics

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The Pilates Objective

The complete coordinationof body, mind, and spirit.

Uniform usage to get uniform development.

A state of energy in the being in the moment—fluorescence.

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Michael Miller PilatesProfesses Pilates to be an idea:

Uniform eccentric loading flowing through progressive patterns of movement.

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Uniform:

Using the whole body equally

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Uniform eccentric

Moving out from the center.

In order to be eccentric you have to begin at ease.

The true point of eccentricity is the inflection point.

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Uniform eccentric loadingWeight bearing

To make any exercise harder:Add more weightMove weight further away

from centerDecrease contact pointsChange tempo

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Uniform eccentric loading flowing

through

You have to press the flow to find the fusion, namely—the complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.

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Uniform eccentric loading flowingthrough progressive patterns of movement.

FlexionExtensionSide-bendingRotationTorsion

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Uniform eccentric loading flowing through progressive patterns of movement

Leads to:Complete coordination of Body, Mind

and SpiritFluorescence

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“Pilates is an idea.” Michael Miller

Rotation stabilizes movement.~Michael Miller

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Gravity forces the issue of alignment.

~Michael Miller

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Alignment is perceptible via tension.

~Michael Miller

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Tension takes two endpoints to trigger fluorescence.

~Michael Miller

Cornu

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Oppositional rotation in the axes of the body creates endpoints of tension to allow for the triggering of fluorescence.

~Michael Miller

Axes of rotation

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…the body in a dynamic tension where balance is held by counter-balancing coils of energy, and mirrors the cosmos in the way matter moves through space.

~Michael Miller

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