The founder of Pilates, Joseph Pilates' top 10 famous quotes:
‘Breathing is the first act of life and the last. Our very life depends on it.’
‘Not only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty to not only to attain it but to maintain it.’
‘Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.’
‘Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking, nor outright purchase.’
‘A man is as young as his spinal column.’
‘Pilates is complete coordination of body, mind and spirit.’
‘By all means, never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air you can.’
‘You will feel better in ten sessions, look better in twenty sessions, and have a completely new body in thirty sessions.’
‘Change happens through movement and movement heals.’
‘If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old; if it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.’