[News Boquete] Pilates at the Incomparably Beautiful Haven! Come Join Anytime - 6 Ongoing Classes Weekly!

Pilates and Your Overall- Being

Josef Pilates was ambitious about upgrading his health. As a boy, he had many health challenges and explored multiple styles of physical education to improve his overall condition. He was passionate about this endeavor and dedicated his life to the pursuit of health and well-being.

Pilates viewed optimal health as the ultimate integration of body,mind and spirit. Photos in his 1945 book, Return to Life Through Contrology, show him at the youthful age of 60, performing the 34 exercises of his original mat series. These exercises are still followed today and provide the foundation of his technique. Since his untimely death in 1987 at the age of 87, due to smoke inhalation- the result of a fire, Pilates instructors and physical therapists the world over, have modified his original mat exercises to accommodate students of all levels of ability toward the creation of an exercise system suitable for "everybody." The addition of multiple size balls,stretchy bands, magic circles and light hand weights, have transformed Pilates' original 34 mat exercises into a diverse, fun, and interesting approach toward the acquisition of a fluidly moving and pain-free body. 

However, even as Pilates noted in his original book of 1945, health and well-being require discipline and dedication, and require that the student live in and be responsible for, a balanced body & mind. Pilates knew physical exercise is only a piece of the puzzle, & that good health requires a lifestyle, consciously devoted to one's total well-being.

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Ongoing 75 Minute Classes are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 a.m. for Beginners, and 10 a.m. for Intermediates. Come join Anytime!

Pay by the class at $7 each, or 2 class packages are available: Any 8 classes to be taken in 4 weeks for $48 [extra classes are $5 each], or all 12 classes in 4 weeks, for $60.

The four week packages start at the beginning of the week of the first class taken. New addition- Packages can now be put on hold! when going on vacation.

All class materials are provided. However, it is recommended you bring your own yoga mat for when we go down to the floor, to be guaranteed 2 mats when doing the floorwork.

Questions? Email Susan Clare, Certified Pilates Instructor, at suzeclare@gmail.com. Private classes are also available by appointment. Contact Susan for more information.

Note- One need not be a member of the Haven to take classes or to partake of spa services. Interested in knowing more of what the Haven Hotel, Gym and Spa, has to offer?

Call the Haven at 730 9345.

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