Yoga and Pilates: effects and results

The benefits gained from Pilates and Yoga training include the strengthening of deep muscles (also known as postural muscles), as well as the abdominal and back muscles. Superficial muscle tone is improved without increasing muscle mass.

Anyone can practice these disciplines, even people who have joint, lower back, and sciatica issues. For others, these disciplines can actually prevent back pain and lumbar area issues.

Pilates and Yoga are recommended for people of any age who wish to regain psychophysical well-being and physical prowess.

Physical activity helps contrast the effects of aging, and enables a person’s independence and autonomy. Both disciplines propose a work method which offers the right body-mind balance that is so often lacking in today’s sedentary and stressful lifestyle.

This gentle and relaxing training approach allows you to:

Eliminate tensions and incorrect posture;

Rediscover what your body is able to do.

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING A COURSE

Pilates and Yoga training is done with bare feet, on a non-slip mat.

We recommend you wear comfortable clothing which isn’t too baggy; this allows you to check your posture and muscular movement. Most importantly, don’t forget to bring the desire and awareness of being able to improve your physical and mental condition.

50-minute practical sessions

Extended 70-minute sessions of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and The Rocket®

A renovated old barn offers the smallest and most intimate space at Cirque. Some classes and individual sessions are held here.

We’ve spent a lot of time gaining preparation in the most evolved Yoga and Pilates techniques and methods, and continue to do so. This is why Cirque du Physique has become a touchstone for Arezzo and beyond: it’s a small, international centre of excellence for the practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, dynamic The Rocket® routines, Stark Bodyflying® – a new training method using suspension – and the Postural Pilates Method.