#Bodymind

Pilates is the modern method of self-exploration that asks one to listen not to the muscles’ whispers but to the eerie screams of the mind. Its practitioners suffer in tranquil poses on mats with the solemnity of executives in silent board meetings. Under the guise of core alignment, it cultivates exhaustion and ego overdevelopment in perfect harmony. While learning breathing techniques, you unwittingly end up gasping for the very meaning of your existence. Then, with polite affirmation of “I feel it working,” you face the undeniable proof of next-day muscle agony—a comical ritual of self-deception.