Korea's top Pilates expert and body tipping point designer,
Director Choi Yun-jeong shares "6 Life Principles Discovered from Pilates."

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Exercise has become an inseparable part of modern life.
A must-have tool for leading a healthy daily life, social success, and self-realization, and another form of enjoyment.
Especially with the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in health has grown significantly, leading to a significant increase in the number of exercise enthusiasts, and one of the most popular types of exercise is Pilates.

The book "Pilates to Pilates" is about Pilates in everyday life, and how to lead our lives toward a positive future based on it, as taught by Korea's top Pilates expert and master, Director Choi Yun-jeong.
It consists of six parts: 'Concentration, Centering, Control, Precision, Flow, and Breathing', and introduces how the process of learning Pilates can make our daily lives a calm and comfortable place, and why the more we learn Pilates, the healthier our bodies and minds become, through lifelong research and vivid experiences.


Pilates is a very popular exercise that permeates life and restores balance between body and mind.
However, if you are doing Pilates simply for body management or light exercise, you are not aware of the true charm of Pilates.
Through this book, I hope that countless people will not only realize the true purpose and appeal of Pilates, but also welcome it as a warm companion and walking companion on the long journey of life.

Pilates is a training method that involves moving against gravity.
To prevent the body from collapsing under the pull of gravity, one must delicately control the power of contraction and relaxation.
Rather than losing strength and becoming disorganized, it is about generating energy from the center and expanding that flow in a balanced way throughout the body.
This movement is a process of consciously building and coordinating strength along the central axis to prevent the body from sagging downwards.
As a result, movement is no longer an unconscious repetition, but a deliberate and focused flow.
This control of power is the essence of Pilates, a way to awaken both body and mind simultaneously.
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Pilates is not a sport where you have to compete against someone like in the Olympics.
There is no need to compete with others, and there is no reason to fight with yesterday's me.
The important thing is not to push myself, but to look at my body today with a heart that cherishes and nurtures me.
The greatest appeal of Pilates is the encouragement and appreciation of the effort itself to become a little healthier than yesterday.
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Gravity doesn't leave us alone.
We are constantly pulling and testing, constantly changing our posture and movements, even unconsciously.
Pilates is an exercise that both ‘coordinates’ and ‘counters’ this force of gravity.
Pilates movements train us to recognize the flow of gravity and respond harmoniously from our center.
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The movement of the body follows the principle of leverage.
Therefore, the movement of a body is determined by the distance between the force and the object acting on it.
Like the principle of a lever, the more stable the force is used in an exercise without moving too far from the center, the less excessive load is placed on the muscles and joints, which can lower the risk of injury.
Many Pilates movements involve lying on your back on the floor (Supine position).
This posture is the most stable posture that does not put a strain on the spine because it is a movement that continuously connects all parts of the body even in a static state.
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Positive language is healthy and transmits good energy.
It instills confidence in one's ability to do well, gives courage that one might not have had before, and becomes the foundation for raising self-esteem.
A body that grows through Pilates focuses on transmitting healthy and positive energy.
Positive energy is a fundamental force that penetrates deep into the mind and creates waves.
Positive energy is mostly positive
It comes from language.
In this respect, language becomes an important tool for conveying positive energy.
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I believe that Pilates can be a rescue strategy for those who are being swept away by the flood of information.
For people who live hectic lives with complex and distracting tasks, Pilates can be an alternative.
Pilates, a practice that allows one to become immersed in one's mind and body, to delve deep into one's inner self, can provide the driving force for modern people who have been lost in the wrong direction to get back on the right path.
You have to dive deep into a field to get into it.
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Breathing is one of the most important and fundamental movements among the basic physiological mechanisms of all living things.
When breathing begins to go wrong, not only physical functions but also mental functions do not occur properly.
Despite this importance, the psychological state of modern people is filled with anxiety, and impatience begins to take over.
Recover from these serious symptoms and psychological problems of modern people
One way to relieve anxiety is Pilates.
Repeatedly practicing Pilates to relax the mind and body through controlled breathing not only alleviates anxiety and impatience, but also gives you the ability to control and regulate external factors that make you anxious.

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