Is Pilates yoga?

Pilates is the transliteration of Pilates, which refers to Pilates technique. It is an exercise method and skill named after the surname of German Joseph Hubert Pilates.

Pilates is a whole-body coordinated exercise, which mainly exercises small muscle groups in the deep layer of human body, maintains and improves normal posture, achieves body balance, develops the range and ability of activities of trunk and limbs, emphasizes the control of core muscle groups, strengthens the nerve induction and domination of human brain on limbs and skeletal muscle tissues, and cooperates with correct breathing methods.

Yoga originated in ancient India and is one of the six philosophical schools in ancient India. It explores the truth and method of "the unity of Brahma and Me". What modern people call yoga is mainly a series of methods to cultivate one's morality and mind, and it is an exercise method to achieve the harmony and unity of body, mind and spirit, including adjusting the posture of the body, the breathing method of breath and the secret method of the heart, so as to achieve the unity of body and mind.

The main difference between Pilates and Yoga lies in the different exercise states. Pilates focuses on the process of doing movements, while yoga focuses more on how to use its own strength and flexibility to keep moving after completing the movements.

And yoga mainly changes people's physiology and psychology, so that people can reach a balanced state, while Pilates has a better effect in reducing fat and shaping, which can improve people's body shape.