{"id":45602,"date":"2026-04-20T17:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/what-is-pilates\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:28:35","slug":"what-is-pilates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/what-is-pilates\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Pilates"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Pilates<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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'Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.'<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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\u2014 Joseph Hubertus Pilates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Joseph Pilates<\/h3>\n

Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1883\u20131967) was a visionary, far ahead of his time. He devoted his life to devel\u00adoping his move\u00adment method, which he called Contrology. He believed that people needed to move better and sit less, and he was deter\u00admined to make his method acces\u00adsible to as many people as possible. <\/p>\n

As part of his work, he designed a range of inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive equip\u00adment. The most well-known of these is the Reformer, which today is often used as a stand\u00adalone training tool. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Some of the key principles of the Pilates Method include:<\/h3>\n
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  • Move\u00adment that is controlled, precise, and performed with joy and flow<\/li>\n
  • Mindful exer\u00adcise, with a strong focus on buoyant, co\u00f6r\u00addi\u00adnated breathing<\/li>\n
  • Supporting both phys\u00adical fitness and inner balance<\/li>\n
  • A struc\u00adtured progres\u00adsion \u2014 from building foun\u00adda\u00adtional under\u00adstanding to advancing toward more chal\u00adlenging exer\u00adcises<\/li>\n
  • Encour\u00adaging ease and effi\u00adciency of move\u00adment, both inside and outside the studio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    At Leila\u2019s Pilates, all teachers have a strong foun\u00adda\u00adtion in the method. While remaining creative and respon\u00adsive to each client\u2019s indi\u00advidual needs, the teaching is firmly rooted in the orig\u00adinal prin\u00adci\u00adples of Pilates. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u2018Phys\u00adical fitness is the first requi\u00adsite of happi\u00adness.\u2019 Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1883\u20131967) was a visionary, far ahead of his time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-45602","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"ase":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45602"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45689,"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45602\/revisions\/45689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilaspilates.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=45602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}