Pilates can help you ….Breathe Better

Maybe you’ve never even thought about how you breathe and how it affects your health…if not you should! Joseph Pilates talked a lot about the importance of learning to breath correctly in his book, Return to Life.  Joseph Pilates said,” Breathing is the first act of life and our last and our very life depends on it. It is deplorable to contemplate about the millions and millions who have not mastered the art of correct breathing.”   The Pilates method of exercised is based on the fundamental idea of learning to breathe fully and properly and to use breath to help our body movements more efficiently!  Want to learn about some more benefits of practicing your breath?  Check out this great article about all of the reasons you might want to learn to breathe better:

http://breathing.com/articles/benefits.htm