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Pilates Is A Way Of Life

Shining light on Pilates truths, honoring Joseph Pilates, and supporting you in your Pilates journey.

Have you ever walked out of your Pilates lesson feeling like you uncovered a golden nugget of knowledge? Maybe it was a phrase your teacher used that resonated with you, imagery that helped you understand a new movement you were learning, or connect to muscles you did not know you had. I certainl...

by Joanna Telacka — May 20, 2026 corrections cuing pilates pilates corrections pilates cuing pilates session

What is the correct way to breathe while doing Pilates exercises?

Here are a few truths that may help you in your Pilates practice: Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. There is no belly breathing in Pilates. When taking a breath in, try to direct the air into the ribcage. The rib cage is 3-dimensional. Try breathing into the upper back (...

Apr 26, 2026 breathing correct breathing exhale inhale joseph pilates lung capacity pilates breathing return to life ribcage upper back

Your Intro to Pilates should go like this:

"Expect to listen to a lot of new information and move your body in an unfamiliar way." When you come to a Pilates studio for your first lesson, make sure that you come with a beginner's mind. Be ready to listen to a lot of new information and move your body in an unfamiliar way. Your first Pila...

Apr 25, 2026 basic 5 beginner mat beginner reformer cadillac classical teacher classical teachers first pilates lesson intro to pilates ped-o-pull pilates intro traditional pilates

Your Intro to Pilates should go like this:

by Joanna Telacka — Apr 25, 2026 basic 5 beginner mat beginner reformer cadillac classical teacher classical teachers first pilates lesson intro to pilates ped-o-pull pilates intro traditional pilates

What is the correct way to breathe while doing Pilates exercises?

by Joanna Telacka — Apr 18, 2026 breathing correct breathing exhale inhale joseph pilates lung capacity pilates breathing return to life ribcage upper back

A questions I get asked rather often:

“Why do we have to change positions so often?” We lie down, sit up, roll, kneel, stand, lie back down again. It must seem inefficient to those who ask, because they often suggest a quick solution: Why not remain in one position and finish all these movements before changing body orientation? Let...

by Joanna u Telacka — Mar 21, 2026 aging classical pilates core core strength flexibility gift of pilates mr. pilates powerhouse strength

Your Intro to Pilates should go like this:

by Joanna Telacka — Feb 21, 2026 basic 5 beginner mat beginner reformer cadillac classical teacher first pilates lesson intro to pilates ped-o-pull pilates intro traditional pilates

The Stretch You Know - And the Very Important Part You May Be Missing

You most likely know this stretch. The “quad stretch”. You grab your ankle, or your foot, your pant leg, you pull your foot towards your buttock, and you feel a stretch on the front of your thigh. But this stretch can do so much more for your body if you know how to use all of w...

Feb 07, 2026 flexibility hip flexors mobility muscles quad muscle stretch stretching

One Reason Why You Go To Bed Feeling Fine But Wake Up In Pain

You may go to bed feeling fine—sometimes even relaxed—yet wake up stiff, sore, or achy, particularly in the lower back. At first glance, it doesn't seem logical, and hard to believe that the culprit may not be your age, your matress, or the fact that you might have "slept wrong". In reali...

by Joanna Telacka — Jan 17, 2026 achy lower back achy neck achy shoulders bedtime routine good night sleep hip flexors morning aches and pains morning stiffness stretches

What your ultimate goal of practicing Pilates has to do with right and left side of your body.

Once you stop comparing yourself to a fictional “perfectly symmetrical person,” you can begin training your body as it is. That perspective shift will be a turning point in your practice. The Attributes of Pilates: Symmetry, Asymmetry, and the Path to Uniform Development Over the years, I’ve wat...

by Joanna Telacka — Dec 13, 2025 asymmetrical exercises at home workout body awarness classical pilates injury prevention pilates mat symmetrical exercises uniform development workout at home

When Someone Wants Pilates...But Not the Work Behind It

A potential client called the studio recently wanting to join a Reformer class. She had taken Pilates elsewhere and wanted to continue.I asked what kind of Pilates she had done.“The kind with music,” she said.So I asked a simple follow-up question: whether the exercises were taught in sequence—th...

by Joanna Telacka — Nov 23, 2025 at home pilates choose better pilates classical pilates classical v. contemporary pilates what is best pilates what's the difference between classical and contemporary pilates why order matters in pilates

What's the secret to a healthy spine?

Spine health is the ability to function every day without pain and stiffness in any part of the spinal column. It is the comfort of living life without neck pain, upper back pain, or lower back pain. A healthy spine is the foundation for our body's overall mobility and proper posture. Josep...

by Joanna Telacka — Nov 11, 2025 flexible spine healthy spine lower back care lower back health lower back pain lower back stifnes pilates for lower back pilates for lower back pain spine care

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