re-balance pilates studio is a dedicated pilates space where today's and tomorrow's knowledge of our bodies is applied to the original exercise method of Joseph H. Pilates** via the internationally respected, contemporary STOTT PILATES® approach.

re-balance pilates studio was the first in the Netherlands to offer the STOTT PILATES®  method. Our studios have a peaceful, but fun and friendly atmosphere in which to practice Essential, Intermediate and Advanced sessions in classical Matwork ** and on authentic pilates apparatus.

Our clients come from all walks of life, and all age groups. We have often the honour of teaching people in the public eye; singers, musicians, artists, dancers, marathon runners, and other professional sports people. We have taught at the Circustheater in Den Haag for the last five years; including the performers in the Lion King musical, and the Tarzan production. Recently we also gave lessons to Sting, lead singer of the rock group The Police.

Rehabilitation for dancers and sports enthusiasts after injury, in conjunction with our clients' and our own medical advisors is also part of our agenda.

Pilates trainers who have worked out as clients at re-balance pilates studio, have gone on to study further this contemporary approach in Toronto, New York, Denmark, Germany, Spain, the UK, Israel and the Netherlands; eight of the many Licensed Training Centres around the world, where thousands of enthusiasts, dancers and fitness experts have educated themselves in this method for over 25 years.

Pilates is about you, your body, your time and your money.

• Books and DVDs can be useful, but they are no substitute for a qualified, experienced pilates instructor.
• Check that your pilates instructor is certified, by whom and when, and to what level.
• Ask how long your instructor has been teaching pilates.
• Try a session and ask which muscles the exercises are aiming for.
• Ask why they might be good or not for your particular body type/posture.
• If you want to go deeper, ask for an in-depth Postural Analysis.

The detailed and complex education materials and books, which are made widely available as part of Moira Merrithew's drive to openness, have proved so desirable that many copyists have risked litigation. These copyists, without the education, examination and certification process cannot be considered knowledgeable and experienced in this contemporary approach to pilates.

Only trainers who have passed written and practical exams to the required level are certified and listed under Instructor Finder on the official STOTT PILATES® web site.

An ever-growing volume of information about Joseph H. Pilates is being unearthed and is available at this location. Below are the titles of the only work Pilates ever published, around 70 years ago. Since the new millennium, they have been made available to the general public.

* "Legacy Keepers" is an article in the July/August 2005 edition of Pilates Style magazine which tells of five living 'elders' who knew and worked with Joseph Pilates.

**The Classical Mat programme is the name given to a sequence of thirty-four exercises, developed by Joseph Pilates and described in the second of the books above. These are central to all of the studio exercises including those using the authentic equipment invented by Pilates. Today the repertoire has expanded through creative generations of pilates instructors to include over 500 exercises.