Doing Pilates

Doing Pilates allows you to unwind from a stressful day. Because this is also a form of exercise it can give you a lot of benefits such as:

• Healthy spine – Pilates enhances support for your spine especially strengthening the spaces between each vertebra. That extra space creates more mobility, transforming your spine from a stiff rod into a supple string of pearls.
• Kinder and gentler conditioning – It is a wonderful way to ease into any kind of fitness plan. Pilates sets no stress on your joints or any wear and tear on your ligaments and cartilage around your joints, especially your knee and shoulder joints.
• Improved mental outlook and increased motivation – doing Pilates leaves you feeling calm, balanced and rejuvenated. It focuses on letting the tension go so you’ll be on the path to a healthier body inside and out.
• Better balance and coordination – They say that as you turn 40 your muscles start to weaken and your nerve receptors lose sensitivity. Pilates reverses this aging effect by stabilizing the core. It works the small, deep muscles needed to keep your body steady when walking and your spine to be supple and strong.
• Less pain and stiffness – If you are suffering from osteoarthritis pain, doing Pilates helps you soothe the soreness. Proper exercise is essential in managing arthritis. Pilates increases flexibility for stretches and reduces pain and fatigue. Stretching helps pump

  very important nutrients to your muscles and tendons, which help keep them healthy and mi nimize your tendency to be injured.

• Faster return to pregnancy figure – Most of the women who gave birth ask about how to get back that great figure after having a baby. Doing Pilates on a regular basis helps achieve a flat tummy after giving birth. Remember muscles have a beautiful memory, so they will bounce bask through a little toning.

One of the most exciting aspects of Pilates is that anyone can do it and everyone can achieve amazing results, because there is no bouncing, jarring, or stress to your body. Doing Pilates is doing the perfect form of exercise for anyone.