Pilates Health Benefits

By Kreg Weiss, B HKin • December 31st, 2009 • 2440 Views

Regular practice of Pilates can yield numerous health and wellness benefits for one's body and mind:

• increases and creates balance between strength and flexibility, particularly of the abdomen and back muscles
• improves posture, balance, and core strength
• improves coordination, dynamic stability, and body awareness
• improves bone density and joint health
• increases lung capacity and circulation
• releases stress
• promotes injury prevention
• improves performance technique for athletes and dancers

Kreg Weiss is a co-founder of My Yoga Online and certified Hatha Yoga Teacher. Several years ago, Kreg discovered yoga while teaching health and fitness. Yoga dramatically transformed Kreg's approach to teaching health and wellness as well as changed his personal life bringing new direction in finding physical, mental, and spiritual growth.

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Location:  Montreal, CA

Kreg is a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher and Kinesiologist (exercise science).  All of his classes integrate a purposeful, meditative quality to allow for an experience of connection and reflection while the body explores expansion and renewal. Kreg acquired...