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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/perfectly-pilates-part-ii-the-basics/">Perfectly Pilates [Part II] - The Basics</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted February 7, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Caroline Shannon</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Throughout his teachings of the exercise form, Joseph Pilates often stressed that if one were to practice Pilates regularly, “In 10 days you will see a difference, in 20 days you will feel a difference and in 30 days, you will have a whole new body.” Pilates, however, also made sure eager learners understood two things when studying the practice of what he referred to as “Contrology” – patience and persistence. “The benefits of Contrology depend solely upon your performing the exercises exactly according to instructions – and not otherwise,” Pilates said in his book Return to Life Through Contrology and Your Health. “Remember, too, that ‘Rome as not built in a day.’” So, in order to heed the advice of the great Pilates originator, one must first learn the basics. The…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/perfectly-pilates-part-ii-the-basics/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/perfectly-pilates-part-ii-the-basics/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/perfectly-pilates-part-ii-the-basics/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/perfectly-pilates-part-ii-the-basics/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/training-programs/">training-programs</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a><br /><br /> </P>