Pilates is a total body system of exercises whose focus is to strengthen the body's core. It emphasizes lower back, hips, sides, and stomach, but it is a total body workout. It's about building a foundation for strength, fitness, wellbeing and the alleviation of discomfort.

The practice of Pilates is a remedy for the accumulated neglect from years of sitting and slouching on typical office furniture. Pilates has been shown to alleviate back ache, improve balance and body awareness, and enhance performance in a variety of sports.

Pilates is definitely low impact and often suitable for recovery, repair or becoming fit after a long period of physical inactivity. It will improve flexibility, posture, and coordination as well as strength.

The "Core" muscles are essential in many sports like golf (swinging through with power from the hips and torso), Tennis, Skiing, Boarding, Surfing, Lacrosse, Soccer, Throwing footballs or baseballs, Paddling kayaks and canoes. It's not about having "six pack" abs: It's about living with out an aching back and with exceptional control of one of the largest and most powerful muscle groups on your body.