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Before any real benefit can be derived from physical exercises, one must first learn how to breath properly. Our very life depends on it.

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Joseph Pilates
Age: 83 †
Born: 1883
Born: December 9
Died: 1967
Died: October 9
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München-Gladbach
Joseph Hubertus Pilates
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