Heather is a modern dancer who began pilates many years ago when she recieved a back injury. She explains what pilates is and how it is different from other types of exercise. She says that yoga is similar to pilates in its breathing, movement, centering, concentration, control, and percision. Pilates really focuses on core strength to help with spine support, flexibility, muscles strength, and elongating the spine. The benefits she gains from pilates are a more flexible body and better health and wellness. Heather likes pilates because it "awakens all the cells in the body and carries away all the wastes"(Heather). It lengthens you, tones the body, and makes you alot more flexible, and makes you feel good mentally and physically. Heather says that pilates really helped her get over her back injury and made her back alot stronger.
I agreee with what Heather explained in her video. I really thought that this was a good video and I enjoyed it. This video was very helpful because she explained many things you should know about pilates. I have had a back injury in cheerleading before, and my physical therapist recommended pilates to me to help strengthen my back. I think that I would like pilates better than yoga because it seems like it would be more beneficial to me. I like how pilates can still be relaxing without doing the meditation that you have to do in yoga.
Heather,."What is Pilates? Is it Yoga? Aerobics? Fitness? Exercise?." YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXyYBCniBL4.
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