There is more to Pilates than simple fitness exercise sequences. Pilates methods teach more than physical exercises, they profess a way of life, a style of breathing and they help develop better health and posture. The improvements that Pilates bring to general health and stamina are similar to yoga practices: they fortify your body, perk up your physical condition and show you how to react when confronted with daily or routine issues. Joseph Pilates’s principles laid out at the dawn of Pilates method – at that time entitled Contrology – is a complex philosophy on mind control of bodily functions and sentiment filtering.  Going through the early and the modern writings on the theme will shine strong light on the advantages and benefits of Pilates instruction.