Yoga and Pilates are two forms of movement that often get grouped together. They each deserve a place in anyone’s routine thanks to their long roll call of benefits for both mind and body, but which ...

The background of the two is very different. Yoga is a spiritual practice and philosophy – its origins can be traced back thousands of years. Pilates is more recently developed – invented by Joseph ...

Pilates was invented in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, a German PT who called his method “Contrology”. The son of a gymnast father and a naturopath mother, Joseph took inspiration for his ...