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Stability Pilates Teaching Pilates Mat class at Lululemon Athletica at Atlanta-Buckhead store

Jessica Loncar teaching a STOTT PILATES Balls and Bands class at Lululemon Athletica in Atlanta. Stability Pilates and Physical Therapy is the Studio of the Month for June 2010.

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Fight Aging With a Pilates Class

Many people would love to find a cure for an aging body. Little do most people know that the key to halting the body’s natural aging process is to keep it strong and healthy. One of the best ways to fight aging is with a pilates class. Pilates is a fantastic way to keep your body looking and feeling young.

By taking a pilates class you will be doing a lot more than just exercising your muscles; you will be building a strong and powerful core – one of the key things that will keep you energetic and youthful. One of the first things that happens as the body ages is that the core muscles weaken; this causes the body to stoop. When the body stoops it immediately throws many other muscles and internal organs out of alignment and puts stress on ligaments and joints. The stress automatically makes the body look and feel old.

Pilates class helps to fight aging by keeping those crucial core muscles strong and healthy. As long as those muscles are being exercised and used they will retain their strength, elasticity and stability. When you have a strong core your body will stand tall on its own and you will have far less pressure placed on your joints and ligaments, which in turn will help you to retain your youthful stance and strength.

Although you may not be able to fight aging completely, you can definitely slow it down tremendously by enrolling in a pilates class. By easing your stress, improving your balance and posture and strengthening your core you will definitely be able stave off the effects of aging – leaving you looking and feeling young, healthy and vigorous for years to come.

So, if you were looking for a miracle cure to fight an aging body – look no further. All you have to do is sign up for a pilates class and watch the years melt away!

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Rejuvenate Tired Minds With a Pilates Class

Working forty hours a week, taking care of a family and trying to make ends meet can really tire and stress a person out. Most people try to find ways to relieve their stress and their tension by planning more activities such as going out to movies, the theatre or taking classes. Sometimes these extra activities have the reverse effect by heaping more stress onto an already overloaded plate. One of the best ways to rejuvenate tired minds is with a pilates class.

Taking a pilates class will not only help you get in to shape quickly, but the way in which the exercises have been designed will actually help your body de-stress and feel more relaxed than you can ever imagine.

Pilates exercises are a melding of yoga, strength training and stretching. The unique form of exercise was created by Joseph Pilates. His fantastic insight into how the body works and the best way in which to exercise and test the body was perfected over many years; but when he was ready to introduce his innovative exercise to a wider market, the exercises were an immediate hit – especially with professional dancers who used it to complement their already vigorous training regimes.

Today pilates has taken on a whole new dimension and there are pilates classes offered around the world. It is no wonder that so many people sign up for pilates class in order to benefit, not only from a strong body, but from a relaxed and rejuvenated mind. Much like yoga, pilates helps to clear your thoughts and gets you to focus on your movements, which has a meditative quality. By helping you focus on the present and what you are doing, your mind is instantly cleared of everything that bogs you down during the day thereby giving your mind a chance to rest and relax. By the end of your pilates class your mind will feel rejuvenated and ready to take on the world once again.