Ep. 9: Alexa Idama | The Emergence Podcast

Laura is joined by Alexa Idama, a third-generation classical Pilates instructor based in Atlanta, founder of Peachtree Pilates, and the voice behind Low Impact Fit. Alexa shares her transformative journey from earning a psychology degree and working in corporate settings to discovering her calling in movement as medicine through a life-changing encounter with chronic knee pain. In this episode, Alexa reflects on how her lineage training shaped her understanding of authentic classical work, her mission to create inclusive spaces for Black and brown women in Pilates, and how she built a thriving social media platform and teacher training program during COVID. She and Laura discuss the evolution of classical Pilates to serve diverse body types, the reality of entrepreneurial seasons and hustle, and her vision for making Pilates accessible to every body while maintaining the integrity of Joseph Pilates' original work.