Pilates is a method of exercise that will systematically exercise all the muscle groups in the body, the weak as well as the strong.

Pilates is named after its inventor, Joseph Pilates, who formulated the exercises in the 1920s.

Pilates called his method Contrology, which refers to the way the method encourages the use of the mind to control the muscles. The program focuses on the core postural muscles that help keep the body balanced and are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and strengthen the deep torso muscles, which are important to help alleviate and prevent back pain. There's more information on Pilates at Wikipedia^[1]

Core Minutes uses a selection of Pilates based exercises that can be performed from a chair.