Welcome to my first blog – I am hoping (and have good intentions!) to write monthly, on various aspects of Pilates as well as other health and wellbeing topics, so do let me know if there is something you are interested in and would like me to look into.
So you know what Pilates is, and all of the great benefits that it offers, but where did it start and how?
It has actually been around for over 80 years, and is named after its founder, Joseph Pilates. He was born in 1883, in Monchengladbach near Dusseldorf in Germany. Unfortunately he wasn't a healthy child and suffered from asthma, rickets and rheumatic fever. But rather than allowing this to limit him, he set out to learn about health and exercise, and to improve his strength and fitness.
