What's Different about
Joe's Contrology®?
Joseph
H. Pilates designed more than 500 specific exercises using
over 20 pieces of unique apparatus he invented to develop the body
uniformly.
Instead
of performing many repetitions of each exercise, Joseph H.
Pilates preferred fewer, more precise movements, requiring
proper control and form.
Because
your mind is required to engage with your body to perform
the movements correctly, you experience a new awareness of
body function and control.
The
Pilates "Powerhouses":
The upper powerhouse - neck front and back, upper shoulders
The lower powerhouse - abdomen, lower back, and buttocks
Povide support
and strength to where the limbs connect to the torso, which helps enable the body to move freely depending on the needs of the enviornment.
To
provide safe and effective conditioning for our clients, instruction
is given only by teachers who complete a rigorous certification
program including seminar training and 600 apprenticeship
hours. The certification program has been continued by The New York Pilates Studio®, the studio that is maintaining the quality and integrity of Joe's original studio. After Joseph's death, his wife, Clara, sold the studio (which included apparatus, business files and records, Archives and any and all property and good will of the business) to those she was sure would carry on his work.
In 1992 Sean Gallagher, PT purchased all the business and all of it's assest and good will of the original studio and spent the next 8 years trying to protect quality and integrity of the work by inforcing the trademarks for pilates that were originally registered by Romana Kryzanowska and the Pilates Studio, Inc in 1982. But in 2000 he lost his legal battle and now as he predicited you have thousands of people claiming to teach Joe's method with exercises and equipment that Joe never used or invented.
Mr. Gallagher and all the teachers at the New York Pilates Studio® continue to provide teaching and training that Joe Pilates started in his original studio. The Pilates Source® is working with The New York Pilates Studio® to ensure that the legacy of Pilates Method of Body Conditioning (Joe's Contrology®)will continue as Joe and Clara envisioned. High quality body retraining that will change your physical being as well as your mental and spiritual essence.A workout like no other!
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