Pilates benefits every body--including yours! Pilates is exercise for your mind, body, and spirit, but what if your body won't cooperate? How can you take advantage of all Pilates has to offer--strengthening your core, enhancing your flexibility, and even improving your posture--if you think you're too old or too big or too physically unable to perform the Hundred, the Shoulder Bridge, or the Double-Leg Stretch? No matter what your age, size, or physical ability is, you can do every exercise in Pilates for Everyone. Each Pilates exercise shows the typical movements for gaining the physical and mental benefits from that exercise. Then each exercise offers at least three variations performed by people just like you to help you find the right modification that fits who you are. This way, no matter which version you perform, you're going to reach similar goals. Pilates for Everyone includes these features: -50 step-by-step exercises for specific body areas -Step-by-step modifications for every exercise -10 routines that combine exercises from the book for maximum benefits -Expert advice from Micki Havard on how to get the most out of your practice

Covering mat work and apparatus, Pilates, Second Edition, is the most respected and comprehensive guide available. Exercises include photo sequences, level of difficulty ratings, recommended resistance ranges, and instructions and reasons for performing the movements. Many exercises include variations for increasing or decreasing the challenge.

A basic-level guide to Pilates yoga is designed for practitioners at any fitness level and requires only a mat, chair, and towel or blanket, and guides readers through a series of linked moves that promote strength, toning, flexibility, balance, posture, and overall well-being. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Explore the fitness craze that's right for everyone! Whether you're a ballerina or a couch potato, a mountain biker or a fitness novice, you can do Pilates - and reap its amazing benefits. Perfect for building stronger, leaner, more flexible muscles, relieving stress, and achieving full body health, the Pilates method is a revolutionary program that has the power to transform lives. Written by the founders of the internationally renowned studio, The Pilates Center, The Everything Pilates Book gives you all you need to start doing Pilates in your own home - and choose a studio that's right for you. The book provides step-by-step instruction on how to do such incredible exercises as the Spine Stretch, the Roll-Up, and the Swan, as well as more than 100 clear photographs that make it easy to get started. The Everything Pilates Book helps you: Create a supple, powerful body Prevent osteoporosis Reduce the risk of injury Establish proper posture Increase strength and flexibility Tone abs Alleviate back pain No matter of your physical condition, The Everything Pilates Book can help you take control of your body.

"This book offers a contemporary understanding of the art and science of human movement as it relates to the Pilates method-from the underlying philosophy and benefits of the method to the central principle of breathing to comprehensive descriptions of many exercises in the Pilates repertoire. This third edition contains modifications, variations, and progressions for many of the exercises so that everyone can learn from it, from beginner practitioners to professional teachers"--

Pilates Illustrated is your guide to lengthening and strengthening muscles while improving posture, flexibility, and balance. Renowned instructor Portia Page shows you how to perform the essential movements, exercises, and mat work routines. You’ll also learn to incorporate equipment, such as a stability ball, stretch band, and Pilates ring, to isolate muscles for targeted results. Pilates Illustrated’s straightforward, highly visual approach and 13 predefined routines (including those for perfecting posture, low back care, morning energy, evening relaxation, and total-body strength) offer the quickest, and most effective way to experience the physical and mental benefits of Pilates. Throughout you’ll also find execution cues, modifications, and variations allowing you to immediately perform each exercise regardless of experience or skill level. With detailed instructions and hundreds of full-color photos, Pilates Illustrated will accompany you step by step on the path to improved health, strength, flexibility, energy, and relaxation. This is the exercise guide that you will turn to time and time again.

Demystify menopause and discover how Pilates and movement practices can empower your students who are at this stage of life with this expert guide. Drawing upon a wealth of experience, Dinah Siman aims to impassion Pilates and movement teachers to celebrate menopause and give confidence to support students during this transformative phase. Teaching clients going through perimenopause requires some additional learning to ensure safety and encouragement to make the most of this new phase of life. Through real-life case studies, evidence-based information, and examples of Pilates-inspired movement exercises, you'll gain a working knowledge of menopause symptoms and terminology, understand the role of hormones, and learn about the positive impact that Pilates-inspired movement can have on students.

Pilates is one of the most effective forms of exercise for improving stamina, coordination, strength, general health, vitality, and concentration. This book brings this unique system of exercise into the reader's own home. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Pilates was developed to build on your body’s core strength in the back, abdominal and pelvic muscles using low impact exercises. There are no age limits and it doesn’t matter what your level of fitness is. Pilates can help everyone improve their physical health and fitness as well as reduce stress levels. It can also be used to alleviate pain from previous injuries and prevent new ones by strengthening those core muscles. Written by a qualified Pilates instructor, this book aims to guide people through the learning process with simple instructions, diagrams and information on the basic principles behind the movements and techniques. All the information you need for a safe and effective workout is found in this book; not only is it a fantastic start for beginners, it is also a great companion to those who are already practising Pilates. The book will explain how Pilates originated, the basic principles, the fundamentals of Pilates, the different exercises and positions and how to move through stages one, two and three of each workout.

Reintroduce your mind to your body and develop a healthier, more relaxed approach to life. One of the first exercise systems to acknowledge the link between mind and body, Pilates will not give you bulging biceps--or leave you feeling exhausted after each session. Instead, Pilates provides you with a balanced approach to toning your body, correcting your skeletal alignment, and improving your posture and coordination. After a brief introduction to the principles of this exercise system, this book provides the newcomer with descriptions of basic exercises, all illustrated to show precise body movements and postures. By developing mental awareness of your body, Pilates brings the mind into closer connection with the body rather than allowing the mind to control it.