About Pilates
A method for body and mind — as one.
It is a mind–body method: precise, low-impact strength work built around breath, alignment and control, where the mind directs every movement and the body answers.
Where it comes from
Joseph Pilates and Contrology.
Pilates was created by Joseph Pilates, born in Germany in 1883. He called his method Contrology — the art of controlled movement — and refined it over decades in his New York studio from the 1920s onward, inventing the apparatus we still train on today, the reformer among them.
Practised regularly it builds deep core strength, mobility, balance and posture — and a calm, focused kind of energy that follows you out of the studio. For many people it is truly life-changing.
The Pilates breath
BREATHBreathe in — the ribs widenBreathe out — they draw back in
“Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.”
The ten principles we practise by (BASI Pilates)
- Awareness
- Breath
- Balance
- Control
- Center
- Concentration
- Precision
- Flow
- Harmony
- Efficiency
Feel it from the inside.
Your first Mat Pilates class is 149 kr — no experience, no flexibility, no prerequisites.