| | Pilates - Movement for Life! Any "body" can do Pilates. Whether you are in peak physical condition or haven't "exercised in years you can start Pilates today! All sessions are customized to meet your individual goals, and learning style. Clients come from all walks of life and are of all ages! | | | Take what you learn from the Absolute Pilates with Leslie studio and apply it to everyday life!We place an emphasis on movement education and increased body awareness that is applicable to any movement activity. Whether you come in for one session or become a lifetime devotee of the work, you will come away with an experiential knowledge of the body and how it moves. | | | Use the Pilates exercises to condition your body to return and retain its functional movement patterns.We all develop imbalances and compensatory movement habits. Now you can take time to learn about yours. we will look at how your body relates to gravity as you move and how those movement patterns can become more functional. By increasing your awareness of joint movement you will develop a freedom in the way your body moves and will come to see how most chronic pain can be eliminated through correct movement. We work through and use the Pilates repertoire to condition your body to hold its ideal alignment. | | | | | Sessions at Absolute Pilates with Leslie have satisfied the following Client motivations: | | | - Elimination of chronic pain in the back, shoulder, neck, ankle, wrist, elbow, hip, toe...
| - Increased body/mind awareness
| - To have time set aside "just to think about me!"
| | - Improve other sports activities such as swimming, running, golf martialarts, or tennis
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| | - Increase flexibility and abdominal strength
| - Body conditioning for freedom to do what is really important such as hiking, playing with the grandkids, working without pain, gardening, cooking, and dancing!
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| - Stress Management along with de toxing the body, through breathing, sweating and elimination of toxins in the body
| - Supplement high performance training as in the case of Dancers and gymnasts
| | - Increase flexibility and abdominal strength
| - Learning new ways to apply Pilates to your other workouts
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The Pilates Method of Joseph H. Pilates
The Pilates method (pronounced puh-lah-teez) was originally developed in the early 1920's by Joseph Pilates, 
the legendary physical trainer and founder
of "contrology,"which he defined as "the science and art of coorinated body-mind-spirit development through natural movements." The method combines both Eastern (focus) and Western (strength) traditions, blending the mind and body to work in harmony.
Mr. Pilates created the method in order to improve strength, flexibility, balance, control and muscular symmetry. He designed specialized equipment, such as the "Cadillac" and the "Reformer," in order to tone and balance muscles without stressing the joints.
