Addressing Physical and Spiritual Health With the Aid of Pilates and Yoga

Welcome to the Yoga and Pilates web site, where we discuss and provide information on these two popular health and exercise disciplines. Their origins, practices, benefits, equipment and aims are, and will be, covered through our, and guest's, articles.

I think it is true to say that yoga is very widely known, even in the Western world, but Pilates much less so. However, recent internet search statistics suggest that yoga is searched on roughly 4 times as often than Pilates, not as big a difference as many of us, who are much more familiar with yoga, would have believed. So, it looks as if Pilates exercises and equipment have been embraced in the health and well being mainstream, where yoga has been for many decades.

Yoga and Pilates are quite different disciplines, so why link them together? The man who developed the Pilates exercises, Joseph Pilates, did draw from some ancient yoga postures when first developing them, so there has always been some connection and that lingers today, and people often seek information on both at the same time. Their differences and similarities are discussed briefly in yoga and Pilates.

The fact is, both yoga and Pilates can have a place in your health and exercise regime, and we hope our web site helps you to benefit from one or the other, if not both.