...if you learn nothing else...

"Even if you follow no other instructions, learn to breathe correctly." Joseph Pilates

“To breathe correctly you must completely exhale and inhale, always trying very hard to “squeeze” every atom of impure air from your lungs in much the same manner that you would wring every drop of water from a wet cloth.”
                                                    Joseph Pilates

Here is a great page to read and understand why breath work is the most important fundamental of Pilates. http://www.pilates-trends.com/pilates_breathing.html

This is the equivalent of an "internal shower". As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting snows on mountains in the hinterlands cause rivers to swell and rush turbulently onward to the sea, so too will your blood flow with renewed vigor as the direct result of your faithfully performing the Contrology exercises. -Joseph Pilates

Even just practicing Pilates Breathing may leave you feeling refreshed and energized. Slow, steady control is the key.

Try it!
Jynene