09/10/2025
So true, thanks Narelle and Catherine. Us 30 year teachers are still learning the true benefits of the complete Pilates Method System (all equipment)! Thanks Joseph for continuing to challenge our knowledge with your incredible observations of this system of movement…….. I’m now 73 and know it works!
What is pilates today, in my mind, its pretty clear, but for the general public, I am not so sure…
Joe Pilates signed his clients up for 3 sessions a week for their first month, he wasn’t into “jumping on the popular bandwagon, and making money out of what people wanted, or giving them what was popular”, no, he passionately believed in his system, yes system of exercises that if people committed themselves to his methodology that they would feel the change in their bodies.
Those of us who have spent years training and learning about the “how” and “why” his system works, and are still learning from experienced professionals in the industry with more experience than our own, and passing on the benefits to our clients.
And believe me, no one knows anything after 5 days of training in “pilates” no matter how glossy the cover looks.
So use the pilates name and make your money, whilst the rest of us continue his legacy of pilates, which is not instagram exercises to be interesting, nor just exercises on one piece of his equipment.
I am so tired of my industry of nearly 30 years being downgraded to just fitness on pilates equipment. This is not “pilates” and people should seek out the difference.
