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Understanding Geist

Es ist der Geist
Der sichden Korperbaut
Schiller

it is the geist that makes the body.

In Joe's book, Return to Life through Contrology he defines Contrology as "the complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit."  Geist, spirit, one's mind's eye.

I teach that geist is listening, the observer.

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can't or won't

"With the growing competition in the Pilates field, the best solution is to offer quality, above all else,” Bender says. “It’s more important than ever to do what competitors can’t or won’t, such as full postural assessments or body type analysis.”

Or, for example, understanding pilates as an idea. Someday that will all be the craze, to spout the idea of pilates just as michael miller presented it. After that, pilates as an idea, will be the presumed framework upon which to build any distinction. (actually, it already is)