If you’re looking to develop core strength and balance, when practised regularly, yoga and Pilates are both ideal exercises for this.

Given that many of the poses in yoga and exercises in Pilates involve supporting your body weight, they also work various ...

However, Bertali feels that the physical postures in yoga, in addition to the breath work and meditation, can benefit the mind as much.

“Yoga has an extremely balancing effect on the nervous system through the use of deeper breathing. It is a very detoxifying ...

This is true of Pilates, too.

“As Pilates is a slower-paced discipline that also focuses on the breath work, it can be extremely meditative and stress relieving,”

“Pilates joins the body with the mind, it requires good concentra...

Both yoga and Pilates are often recommended by doctors and sports therapists as aiding rehabilitation post-injury and also to complement various high-impact sports.

“As they can both be slower, controlled practices, they can be used for rehabilitation f...

Specifically, Simpson feels that Pilates may be more beneficial for recovery, while yoga may help prevent sports injuries and ailments.

“Pilates is a series of targeted movements and adaptable solutions when injury or chronic pain impairs movement and performance. Specifically, Bertali...

With specific adaptations, yoga and Pilates are both considered safe – and highly beneficial – in pregnancy.

One of the most popular prenatal classes, yoga helps to strengthen your core muscles, ease back pain and maintain muscle tone while being a gentle exercise that’s also kind to your j...

Yoga is an integrated health management system using breath, movement and meditation to unite mind, body and spirit.

It also incorporates elements of philosophy, science and an ethical way of living.

Classes can range from gentle and nourishing to challenging and sw...

Pilates was created by Joseph Pilates who was an anatomist and a mechanical genius.

“It is a physical system that uses very specific targeted exercises to improve strength, flexibility and posture with particular focus on the core. It is a disciplined practice that needs to be d...

Research from MindBody shows 70% of those who do Yoga or Pilates say both practices teach breathing techniques that can help to combat feelings of stress and anxiety, while both traditionally encourage students to align the body with the mind and spirit, taki...

Yoga is a holistic discipline originating from ancient India.

Pilates is a specific physical system devised by a German anatomist in the early 20th century.

While there might be a lot of cross-over between yoga and Pilates,

Yoga and Pilates offer connection to the body and stress relief, to developing flexibility, strength, control and endurance. There are countless interpretations of both disciplines (and one person’s balance class is another person’s cardio) but what links them both is breath work.

Pilates is considered one of the most effective exercises in pre- and postnatal women as it targets the muscles that generally weaken during pregnancy.

Erica Foulds, master trainer at Ten Health & Fitness explains: “During pregnancy, the body is constantly changing. Pilates is an effective ...