Take the time to do it right

Lots of people are introduced to Pilates because they suffer from chronic pain.  Most of them want to believe if they do 10 [2, 5, 20?] sessions of Pilates, they can get back to their normal life, and maybe their (insane Western) exercise routine without the pain.

The truth is the pain or discomfort is a symptom telling you that your body is not working right.  The pain is not the problem.  Our society keeps telling us that the pain IS the problem, and that if you just take this pill, or get that one adjustment, or do these 5 exercises mindlessly for 10 minutes a day the pain will magically disappear! 

Don't fall for it.  Take the time to consider the real problem that is causing the pain, and have the patience and courage to address it.  Odds are getting better will require work and change that's not easy and will take some time.  But odds are, that real, hard change will be worth it.