Episode 213: Maggie Downie - Movement as medicine

This episode guest is Maggie Downie from Personal Euphoria Maggie Downie is a Pilates Instructor and the owner of Personal Euphoria. She has a B.A in history from Eastern Connecticut State University and has studied Pilates since 2002. She is certified in Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Mat Pilates through STOTT Pilates. Maggie has trained in Pilates for breast cancer rehabilitation and Pilates for pre and post-natal clients, Pilates Equipment as well as injuries and special populations. She has also taken classes and trained under Pilates Elders Mary Bowen, Ron Fletcher, Jay Grimes, and Lolita San Miguel. She thinks it is a privilege to work with different bodies- whether athletes or someone doing post rehab. She has been a guest on NPR and Better CT to share and discuss her knowledge of fitness. Her enthusiastic, upbeat personality is effective in helping students become energized about health and wellness. On this episode Maggie and I discuss: Maggies background What is pain? I ask Maggie how she works with clients that are in pain I ask Maggie who's work and research in pain has influenced her the most I ask Maggie what in her opinion are the leading factors to many individuals pain I ask Maggie why she wrote her book? I ask Maggie about the importance of language when dealing with clients and pain I ask Maggie about how she deals with individuals who really self identify with their pain I ask Maggie what are the biggest things her has learned in her life and career Maggie and I discuss the difference between sport and health I ask Maggie what a typical day in her life is like? I ask Maggie for you top resources I ask Maggie for her top and current book recommendation? I ask Maggie for her top life advice I ask Maggie, if she only had one year left on planet earth, how would she spend that year and why? I ask Maggie, if she could invite 5 people to dinner, dead and alive, who would she invite and why?   This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did! Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - www.personaleuphoria.com Facebook - Personal Euphoria Pilates Twitter - Personal Euphoria Instagram - personaleuphoria YouTube - EuphoriaPilates   Podcasts Mentioned: OPEX Podcast #051 - Quinn Henoch Founder of Clinical Athlete   Videos Mentioned: TEDxAdelaide - Lorimer Moseley - Why Things Hurt Lorimer Moseley Pain Research Video Pain, the brain and your amazing protectometer - Lorimer Moseley The Mars Generation | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix Robert Sapolsky -Human Behavioral Biology course  Books Mentioned: Keep Moving The Sensitive Nervous System High Performance Training for Sports Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Behave Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School The Four Agreements   People and Resources Mentioned: Adriaan Louw Liz Cooke Gil Hedley David Bulter NOI Group Lorimer Moseley Greg Lehman Stuart McGill Jack Kruse Precision Nutrition San Diego Pain Summit David Joyce Daniel Lewindon GWS Giants Quinn Henoch Bill Knowles Robert Sapolsky  Sean Mcgarrity Jack White Meg White The White Stripes Karl Newells - Constraints Led Approach Model Mount Kilimanjaro Stott Pilates  Joseph Pilates  Katy Bowman Joseph Chilton Pearce Thomas Edison  Benjamin Franklin Jim Al-Khalili Eric Helms Precision Nutrition Lyle McDonald Renaissance Periodization  Elon Musk Alan Watts George W. Bush Mark Twain Michelle Obama Ben House Abraham Lincoln Jacque Fresco Martin Luther King Jr Nelson Mandela Jesus Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin Paul Chek John F. Kennedy  Teddy Roosevelt  Jack Kruse Pat Davidson Functional Medicine Costa Rica   Show Sponsors: Ultimate Performance Online Mentorship To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com ALTIS ALTIS 360 ALTIS Education   Ultimate Athlete Concepts Ultimate Athlete Concepts is a multi faceted company, providing the most sophisticated scientific material in sport science. UAC is the worlds leading resource for translated sport preparation educational material.    National Sports Performance Association Certified Program Design Specialist Certified Speed and Agility Coach Cerfitied Weightlifting Performance Coach Certified Sports Nutrition Coach   Athletes Acceleration Complete Warm Up Complete Speed Training Complete Speed Games Complete Jumps Training Complete Olympic Lifting Complete Youth Training Complete Guide to Training the Female Athlete Complete Core Complete Sports Conditioning  Complete Sports Nutrition Complete Program Design Sports Camp Empire   Patreon Help support the podcast by becoming a Patreon to the show here - Patreon