When Joseph Pilates developed what he first data-offer-url=”https://nationalpilatescertificationprogram.org/PMA/PMA/About/History-of-Pilates.aspx?” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://nationalpilatescertificationprogram.org/PMA/PMA/About/History-of-Pilates.aspx?"}” href=”https://nationalpilatescertificationprogram.org/PMA/PMA/About/History-of-Pilates.aspx?” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>called Contrology in the early 20th century, there were no dedicated studios or intimidating contraptions. There wasn’t even a reformer yet. (That came later, improvised from leather straps and hospital bed frames.) The idea was simple then, and it still is now: Pilates asks you to work with what you already have. Your body does the work, and a mat just makes it more comfortable.
Pilates is about moving with intention. Total body exercises are rooted in…
