Pilates is a physical fitness technique introduced early in the last century as a rehab method for veterans returning home from the first World War. Joseph Pilates was a gymnast living in Germany who thought that mental and physical well being are interrelated. Pilates attempted to assist the injured soldiers to regain their health by strengthening, stabilizing and stretching important muscle groups. He endorsed a few particular actions which stressed form and control, and incorporated them into the existing rehabilitation courses. Pilates then decided to establish “The Pilates Principles” to train the overall body; alignment, centering, concentration, control, precision, breathing, and flowing movement.