REAL Life, REAL Bodies, REAL Movement
Pilates Emporium is a fully accessible studio created for mature clientele. We provide a range of fitness options and levels of difficulty that are safe, beneficial and purposeful. Our objective is to promote increased mobility, flexibility, postural balance, core strength and joint stability in a pain free approach. All service options reflect the basic principles of Stott and East West Pilates and are “All things good” for joints and muscles.
About the Pilates Method
New to Pilates?
You’re not alone! Pilates is one of the fastest growing forms of exercise in the world. In the past 6 years there has been a 600% growth in Pilates participants.
Why is the Pilates method experiencing such dramatic growth, and how can it benefit you?
Developed from the rehabilitation techniques of Joseph Pilates, Stott Pilates is a safe, sensible exercise system using a floor mat, props, and equipment, that will help you look and feel your very best. No matter what your age or condition, it will work for you. Pilates improves core strength, flexibility, agility and economy of motion. It can even help alleviate back pain and other chronic ailments.
Benefits of Pilates
- Strengthens the deep abdominal and lower back muscles
- Promotes joint stability
- Realigns posture
- Corrects muscle imbalances
- Increases flexibility throughout the body INCLUDING the spinal muscles
- Encourages graceful, fluid movement and coordination
- Builds muscular endurance
- Enhances breathing
- Promotes body awareness
- Suitable for those with exercise restrictions and limitations
What are the Goals of Pilates?
Developed only 90 years ago by Joseph Pilates, the Pilates method is a purely physical experience. Pilates is a sound anatomical strengthening program that draws on modern wisdom about the human body.
Your typical Pilates workout includes mat exercises and apparatus routines with the primary goal of improving core strength. Pilates exercises move rapidly from one exercise to the next with a minimum of repetitions and limited static postures. Pilates protocol is to exercise dynamically, utilizing the muscles in balance and normal muscle patterns to perform in ways that translate directly into real life. Pair that type of routine with over a dozen spring-driven pieces of equipment utilized on the Reformer and this exercise will train your body to function in balance, driven by core control. This balanced movement is what we use in daily living, what keeps us pain free and what keeps the gravity driven imbalances from plaguing our physical structure.
What are the Differences Between Yoga and Pilates?
There are some similarities between Yoga and Pilates. Joseph Pilates drew upon his own practice of Yoga, among other things, to create his training system, which has often been called “yoga in motion.” Both Yoga and Pilates focus on developing a high degree of musculoskeletal control through focus and concentration.
The biggest difference between Pilates and Yoga is in the type of class you choose. A private or small group Pilates session on Pilates equipment focuses on your specific needs and is tailored to address your strengths and weaknesses according to your instructor's assessment of your ability. A Yoga class, on the other hand, is a communal experience where you can be more independent in your practice while benefiting from the energy of a group environment. Each method is organized to cycle through distinct movement patterns as well as particular muscle recruitment, similar to circuit training.