I learned...every part of the ...

I learned...every part of the body; I would move each part as I memorized it. As a child, I would lie in the woods for hours, hiding and watching the animals move, how the mother taught the young.
 Joseph Pilates

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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.
 Joseph Pilates
We retire too early and we die too young, our prime of life should be in the 70's and old age should not come until we are almost 100.
 Joseph Pilates
By all means never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air you can.
 Joseph Pilates
Self-confidenc e, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires, with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results of the practice of Contrology [Pilates].
 Joseph Pilates
Were man to devote as much time and energy to himself as he has devoted to that which man has produced, what astounding and unbelievable progress would be made; a progress eclipsing all he has so far successfully accomplished.
 Joseph Pilates