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THE PILATES PATH TO HEALTH - Body, Mind, and Spirit

AUTHOR: Gary Calderone
Foreword by Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle
HOMETOWN: Fort Collins, Colorado
ISBN: 9780979531583

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ABOUT THE BOOK - "The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors if there be any such so fortunate living among us today. However, it is the ideal to strive for, and in our opinion, it is only through Contrology that this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind, and spirit can ever be attained." --Joseph Pilates (1945)

Gary Calderone personally recognizes the healing gift of Pilates. Pilates changes lives. This echoed true then, and echoes true today. Pilates literally brought Gary back from the brink of disease. His life became unified, whole.  Healing is an inside job. It is maintenance—the Contrology—of self. Most of us are not given an owner’s manual: We bungle toward balance and health. We rush. We eat and drink too much, too little. We work more and play less. We live outside of our natural selves; holding up; putting off, or just getting through until we can “feel or fix” it later; until we can turn a corner and discover the truth--health is the natural state of the body. Balance is within our grasp. That’s the gift of this book: a contemporary voice of who, what, and how we find that balance. The Pilates Path to Health emerged from the concepts of the foundational work of Joseph Pilates’ Contrology. Finally, a contemporary voice in the Pilates community—speaks for the collective that recognizes Pilates as more than an exercise regimen—that lends distinction for teachers with a greater mission to evolve practitioner, student, and client to their next level of health. Because Contrology is evolving in a global community where people are seeking balance in all categories of their lives, this book is timely, acting as a marker of how Pilates is adapting and serving a 21st century world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Gary is one of the original graduates from The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado, studying under Rachel Segal, Amy Alpers (The Taylor Sisters), authors of The Everything Pilates Book, Steve Giordano, and Romana Kryzanowska (disciple of Joseph Pilates).

Gary also apprenticed for 18 months with Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle, creator of the Core Connections® Pilates 3-dimensional Body Mapping Paradigm, and Program Director of the Core Connections® Pilates Teacher Training Program at The Pilates Center of Austin (PCA). As the founding director of the Pilates Center of Fort Collins, Colorado, Gary brought the classical teaching to the attention of the medical community, working and collaboration with MDs, NDs, PTs, D.C.s, CMTs, NMTs, Rolfers and acupuncturists illuminated the healing potential of the work - particularly around chronic and acute patient populations. You may visit his website at http://www.pilatespathtohealth.com.

SALES & MARKETING POINTS

• A timely book that focuses on how Pilates is adapting and serving the 21st century world.
• This book’s Foreword is written by Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle who has studied with all of the 1st Generation Pilates Elders, particularly with longtime friends and treasured mentors, Mary Bowen and Kathleen Stanford Grant, and Pilates Master Teacher, Alan Herdman.
• Gary offers a contemporary voice in the Pilates community that lends distinction for teachers with a greater mission to evolve practitioner, student, and client to their next level of health.

INTENDED MARKETS

Men and women experiencing or new to the Pilates community who seek a deeper understanding of the healing gift of the Pilates Method, who are seeking balance in their lives, specifically the categories of body, mind, and spirit.

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