Romana's Pilates: Mat Challenge Workout (DVD)

Goldhil Media, through the Natural Journeys line, offers a Pilates program with Romana Kryzanowska, who is the last living disciple of Joseph Pilates. Joseph Pilates developed a unique fitness system combining aspects of martial arts, gymnastics, yoga and ancient Greek training techniques, focusing on the coordination of the body, mind and spirit. Joseph Pilates practiced what he called The Art of Contrology, until his death in 1968, at the age of 88. He left his studio - and his legacy as a trainer, teacher and innovator - to his student and colleague Romana Kryzanowska. Today, the conditioning system bears his name, is one of the most popular and fastest growing fitness methods in the world. Known simply as PILATES, its leading teacher and practitioner is also recognized by only one name, ROMANA. For nearly half a century Romana has traveled around the world, teaching this Authentic Pilates method that she learned directly from Uncle Joe. Her clients include athletes, dancers and celebrities. Even the most successful Pilates teachers and other fitness experts regularly come to Romana for advanced instruction and certification in the Pilates method. Now, for the first time, Romana has created a video series for home use. The facts.... Romana studied with Joseph Pilates starting at the age of fifteen. She is eighty years young, can do cartwheels down a hallway, and flips on a cadillac reformer. She has trained almost all the top Pilates instructors inthe world as well as countless athletes and celebrities. She teaches the True Pilates Method (TM). Having been approached counteless times to produce videos, Romana finally decided to create this series because she was disappointed in how the subject matter was being commercialized. Her goal is to properly document and effectively capture the art of Pilates and the work of Joseph Pilates. This programming is exquisite and represents the most authentic Pilates programming in teh marketplace. The titles in Romana's series include: Introduction to Pilates Matwork Optimum Weight Management Power House Mat Workout Challenge Mat Workout and the Gift Set of all four programs