Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology: Revised Edition for the 21st Century

The 1945 version of Joseph Pilates' first work of fitness exercises. Return to Life Through Contrology is the authorized edition of the original Library of Congress version of Pilates first complete fitness writings. It details the exercises, poses, and instructions fundamental to his matwork. Based on his concepts of a balanced body and mind and drawn from the approach espoused by the early Greeks, these are the exercises that currently sustain a worldwide revolution in fitness strategies and exercise techniques. Readers will learn and view Pilates' original 34 exercises with complete instructions.