Welcome to the Pilates Space open forum with useful and interesting ways to integrate the Pilates Method into your lifestyle. Understand the philosophy behind the Pilates Method and why it works! Check out the Pilates Perks for tips on nutrition, and how to make the most out of your daily activities at home, at work and at play…on the links, the courts, the dance floor, the rink, a sports field, in the pool, on horseback, in the dojo, on the road, or in the ring. Be your best now. All of the Pilates exercises that you are learning are part of Mr. Pilates’ Contrology system, the art of control, or the complete coordination of the body, mind and spirit. They are contrology exercises, to be performed in a specific manner and order. Pilates said that “Contrology develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind and elevates the spirit.” In his books, Your Health, and Return to Life Through Contrology you see how his ideology is based on the Roman motto “Mens sana in corpore sano” (A sane mind in a sound body). Contrology exercises were designed to give you complete control over your body. Not a bad outcome for improving your game or for improving your most important instrument…you!