Jonathan was interviewed recently in preparation to be part of an exciting new documentary about Pilates - the man and his method - which will be released next year 🎉

 

Preparation for it took us back to reviewing all we have learned about Joseph Pilates and his incredible method and how it is now such a well-known, tried and tested method throughout the world today. 

 

There are so many aspects to Pilates but the key, underlying foundation is the mind-body connection that true Pilates facilitates and develops. 

 

I found this poem recently, by Becky Helmsley, which feels fitting to share here for anyone who has accepted criticism from others or from themselves and has experienced a "disconnect" between their mind and body at any time 😃

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To my body…

 

I’m sorry for the way I used

To speak to you in spite

For all the ways you never could

Do anything quite right

 

I’m sorry for the mirrored glances

Met with narrowed eyes

I’m sorry for the bar I set

That wouldn’t compromise

 

I’m sorry for the times that I

Deprived you of my love

Deprived you of my gentle thoughts

And food that tasted good

 

For now I see that through it all

You never once backed down

It’s you that always helped me up

Each time I hit the ground

 

It’s you that helped to heal me

Every time I was unwell

It’s you that built my memories

Through touch and sound and smell

 

It’s you that helped me swim and climb

And laugh and stretch and sleep

It’s you that holds my loved ones

When my arms are all they need

 

I know I didn’t listen

Every time you tried to show me:

I let myself be guided by

The ones who didn’t know me

 

It never was your fault -

It was a lesson in self-love

And it took me years to realise

That you always were enough

 

I see now that you’re perfect

Not in ways devoid of flaws

But in the ways that mean

I simply couldn’t ask for more

 

I see now that we’re magic

You and I when we combine

A gentle force of nature

Built of body and of mind

 

So yes, I’m saying sorry

But I’m saying thank you too

And I cannot wait to keep on living

Every day with you

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