Nothing possible is impossible and nothing impossible is possible.
Following this logic, one can assume limitations only exist when we deny their impossibility to change what we are at our core. We are an amalgamation of soft tissue, bones, liquid and gasses. If one part of your body is out of balance, your whole self suffers. Some imbalances have greater impact than others, but all create a sense of missing something or of feeling incomplete. Pilates can help bridge this gap. With Pilates it is possible to do the impossible. I have the privilege to observe filling the gap each and every day with my clients. For some the gap is vast, perhaps they were in a serious car accident or recently had surgery. For others the gap is smaller. Maybe they use one leg more than the other or rotate one foot when standing. Pilates may be used in all of these situations to reclaim balance within the body.
Recently one of my long-term clients shared with me that if she could recover from her massive back injury under my guidance, nothing was impossible anymore, everything was possible. For the rest of the day her words resonated within my mind: Everything was possible with Pilates. Pilates stays with you once a foundation is developed within the body, or in other words, Pilates is portable. Whether you are lying supine on the Reformer or carrying groceries from your car, the principles of Pilates allow you to move freely, based on the concepts of core strength and balance. Pilates affects the whole by focusing on integrating the individual parts of the body. This is how the impossible becomes possible: systematically addressing imbalanced parts of the body leads to balance being reflected through the whole body. Honing in on the source rather than the symptoms helps to alleviate the symptoms without aggressive intervention. Every body has the possibility to have a personal relationship with Pilates thereby inviting balance into every aspect of their life.