Pilates is a training method that works your entire body, builds strength, increases flexibility, coordination, speed, agility, and endurance. The exercises are adaptable in intensity. It teaches you to become aware of your body and to have correct posture and alignment. It improves your balance, proprioception, and above all, concentration. All exercises focus on breathing, so you learn to breathe while moving and to use it to activate, developing and strengthening the core area, the "Powerhouse" (abdomen, lower back, buttocks). Pilates promotes gradual weight loss through elongation and stretching, it can provide challenge or support depending on individual needs. The classical principles of the Pilates method are: Breathing, Concentration, Centering, Control, Flow, Precision.