Perfect poise
What has made the 80-year-old fitness method suddenly so popular with very clever people?
“THE right shoulder is a little low, your right foot turns out a bit, try to stand a little straighter.” Gently but firmly, Lucy notes the flaws in a physique I had always thought reasonable enough—and every wall-mirror confirms her judgment. But one hour and my first Pilates lesson later, I see the light: a method of physical conditioning developed more than 80 years ago will gradually re-balance my lopsided torso, strengthen my back, stretch my limbs, even add an inch or two of height.
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