Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.
Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase.
Not only is health a normal condition, but it is our duty not only to attain it but to maintain it.
Above all, learn to breathe correctly.
To achieve the highest accomplishments within the scope of our capabilities in all walks of life we must constantly strive to acquire strong, healthy bodies and develop our minds to the limits of our ability.
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.
Concentrate on the correct movement each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits. Correctly executed and mastered to the point of subconscious reaction, these exercises will reflect grace and balance in your routine activities.
By all means never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air you can.
The man who uses intelligence with respect to his diet, his sleeping habits and who exercises properly, is beyond any question of doubt taking the very best preventive medicines provided so freely and abundantly by nature.
I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They’d be happier.
The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors...
When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.
Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning, this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind, and spirit can be attained. Self-confidence follows.
Contrology develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind, and elevates the spirit.
Moreover, such a body freed from nervous tension and over-fatigue is the ideal shelter provided by nature for housing a well-balanced mind that is always fully capable of successfully meeting all of the complex problems of modern living.
Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles.
Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.
Before any real benefit can be derived from physical exercises, one must first learn how to breathe properly. Our very life depends on it.
A man is as young as his spinal column.
True flexibility can be achieved only when all muscles are uniformly developed.