Category: Joseph Pilates

Joseph Pilates "Return to Life"

Joseph Pilates Original Mat Order

Here is Joseph Pilates’ original mat order as published in “Return to Life Through Contrology”. Every classical Pilates instructor will use this order. That does not mean every client will do every exercise listed. It is fine to omit exercises as needed, but we always keep the progressions of the order. Joseph Pilates Original Mat Order The Hundred The Roll

Joseph Pilates at 59

The History of Joseph Pilates

Joseph Hubertus Pilates (December 9, 1883 – October 9, 1967) Joseph Pilates invented “Contrology” which later became known as “The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning” or simply “The Pilates Method”. Early Life Joseph H. Pilates was born in 1883 in Mönchengladbach, Germany approximately 30 kilometers west of Dusseldorf. His father was a gymnast of Greek descent and his mother was