Keep Healthy & Well With Pilates This Winter

We’ve always known that exercise is good for us, but generally, we think in terms of exercise being good for us by keeping our muscles in good shape and keeping a healthy weight. But, did you know that Pilates exercise could also boost the immune system, and help keep you from getting sick?

How Pilates boosts our immune system

When the muscles are stretched, circulation improves. This, combined with the deep breathing associated with Pilates exercise, brings more oxygen to our muscles, creating healthier cells throughout our bodies. This is one way that our immune systems are boosted through Pilates.

Stress and anxiety can weaken the immune. Pilates is great for calming our nervous systems and relieving stress. Exercise helps to distract the brain from daily worries and stress. Pilates also helps to increase energy levels and aid sleep, to allow you to function better with the demands of your day-to-day life. By eliminating the stress and anxiety, Pilates is working to keep us healthy.

Our immune systems are also boosted and strengthened by our own minds. The mind is incredibly powerful. You’ve probably heard the statement “If you think it, you can become it.” This is absolutely true. Most people experience an overall feeling of well-being when they do Pilates exercises on a regular basis. This feeling of well-being makes us feel well, and this feeling automatically boosts our health.

Another way that the system is boosted through Pilates is that when we do Pilates exercises our brains produce more chemicals that are vital to our well being, such as serotonin and endorphins. This not only adds to our feeling of well-being, but it actually boosts the immune system, by ensuring that our brains are functioning properly, releasing the right amounts of chemicals that it is supposed to release.

So, the next time you finish your Pilates exercise class, you can walk away knowing that you not only made your muscles stronger, and balanced your mind and your body, but you’ve also boosted your immune system, which will work to keep you healthy as well!