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In the battle for inner peace and relaxation,
how does a person decide between yoga and pilates?
By Julie Deardorff, KRT Campus
Both pilates and yoga can improve strength, flexibility and
posture, as well as relieve stress. Both are considered mind-body
practices. And both use the breath as a tool to delve into hard-to-reach
places. But while yoga was originally a spiritual, meditative
practice based on the Eastern concept of moving energy through
the body,
pilates has always been about physical conditioning and “functional
fitness.”More>>
DEAD DAYS by John Rios
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Participants stretch and relax during a class
in Yogilates at The Marsh: A Center for Balance and Fitness in
Minnetonka, Minnesota.
-Photo courtesy of KRT Campus |
