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Modern Body: Pilates & Movement for Life — 131 episodes

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Ep. 129: Harness the Power of Fascia Movement, A Conversation with Kath Pent

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Ep. 128: What’s the Point of A Movement Practice Anyway?

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Ep. 127: Create Multifaceted Strength for Your Multifaceted Life

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Ep. 126: Conscious Core Continuity: Building a Core That Supports You in Everything You Do

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Ep. 125: How to Develop Trust and Confidence in Your Body Using Movement as the Medium

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Ep. 124: The Summer of Remembering: Movement as a Medium for Memory and Reconnection

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Ep. 123: Nutrition, Hormones & Movement: A Holistic Approach to Boost Fertility and Support Reproductive Health with McKenna Garrison

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Ep. 122: The Underrated Movement Your Body is Secretly Begging For: The Modern Mover’s Guide, Part 3

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Ep. 121: Pilates Equipment - Recommendations for Your Home Movement Practice (Replay)

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Ep. 120: The Importance of Multi-layered Strength: The Complete Modern Mover's Guide, Part 2

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Ep. 119: The Complete Modern Mover’s Guide, Part 1: How to Support Your Body from Inside to Feel Strong and Confident in your Movement

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Ep. 118: Try Less: The Paradox of How Less Effort Can Increase Consistency and Joy in Your Movement Routine

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Ep. 117: Solve Postural Imbalances Without Limiting Your Movement Vocabulary

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Ep. 116: Is There A Best Movement Type?

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Ep. 115: Break the Cycle - The Recipe for QL & Lower Back Relief

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Ep. 114: Mobility Training - What It Is and Why You Need It (RE-PLAY)

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Ep. 113: Why "Good Enough" is the Key to Progress

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Ep. 112: Periodization - The Strategy For Smart, Sustainable Training

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Ep. 111: Props - The Power Move for Your Practice

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Ep. 110: Modifications - The Most Powerful Too You Haven't Been Using

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Ep. 109: Stop Forcing Your Body to Fit into the Exercise Mold - Understanding Muscular Emphasis to Discover What Your Body Needs

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Ep. 108: The Science of Movement - Your Muscles in Action [replay]

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Ep. 107: A Spring Movement Inventory: The 3-Step Framework to Refresh Your Routine

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Ep. 106: How to Bring More Movement into Your Work Day: A Conversation with Workplace Movement Expert and Pilates Instructor Kerrie-Anne Bradley

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Ep. 105: The Use it or Lose it Principle & Reversibility - Maintaining and Regaining Movement Health in Any Season of Life

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Ep. 104: Biomechanics and Natural Movement - How Form Creates Freedom

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Ep. 103: Restore Your Natural Foot Function - A Conversation with Andy Bryant, Clinical Podiatrist and Foot Health Educator

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Ep. 102: Hip Dissociation Explained - A Movement Mechanic for Improved Functionality

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Ep. 101: Movement for Pregnancy, Labor & Birth - Guidance from a Doula, Abby Morris

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Ep. 100: Pilates and the Pelvic Floor - A Compilation

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Ep. 99: Movement Making Systems - What They Are and How They Work Together

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Ep. 98: Movement Habits & Patterns and How They Affect Your Posture

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Ep. 97: Is Pilates Enough?

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Ep. 96: Pelvic Positioning Empowerment - When, Why, and How to Position Your Pelvis to Support You Through Movement

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Ep. 95: Write Your Movement Story for 2026

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Ep. 94: What Pilates Is, and Why It Works - A 2025 Compilation

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Ep. 93: Bite Size Bit - How the Position of Your Scapula Can Help Relieve Neck Pain

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Ep. 92: Move for Your Life Today and Years to Come - A Conversation with Lane Grosser

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Ep. 91: The Low Down on Weights - Light, Medium, Heavy and What Purpose They Each Serve

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Ep. 90: Why a Quality Over Quantity Movement Approach Works [replay]

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Ep. 89: SI Joint Feeling Stressed Out? Here's What You Can Do About It.

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Ep. 88: Year One Postpartum Reflection - 5 Bits of Wisdom for Returning to Movement

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Ep. 87: Support Your Hormones through Perimenopause: A Conversation with Holistic Nutritionist McKenna Garrison

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Ep. 86: The Relationship Between Mobility and Stability

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Ep. 85: Nervous System Regulation - Practices to Support and Promote Awareness

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Ep. 84: Lower Back Rescue - What Actually Works to Relieve Pain [replay]

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Ep. 83: Transforming Self-Care into Self-Mothering, a Conversation with Jess Arnaudin, Holistic Esthetician

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Ep. 82: Pilates Equipment - What You Need and What You Don’t to Practice at Home

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Ep. 81: Rewrite Your Relationship to Your Body and Movement

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Ep. 80: The Role of the Rotator Cuff Group - Where a Strong Shoulder Starts

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Ep. 79: Reimagining Movement as a Force for Physical, Neurological, and Emotional Vitality: a Conversation with Ryan Daniel Beck co-founder of bodyART

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Ep. 78: The Building Blocks of Strength Training

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Ep. 77: Modifications Explained: How to Customize Any Exercise to Make your Movement Practice Effective, Fun and Accessible

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Ep. 76: Change How You Think about Progress - 6 Ways to Help You Celebrate Little Wins and Make Peace with Setbacks.

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Ep. 75: Truth or Trend - Is the Pilates Body Real? [REPLAY]

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Ep. 74: Pelvic Floor Health - What to Strengthen, Lengthen and Mobilize to Keep It Happily Humming Along

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Ep. 73: Reconnect with the Natural High Performance of Your Hips - Summer Camp, Week 3

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Ep. 72: Creating Your Conscious Core - Summer Camp, Week 2

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Ep. 71: Summer Camp Week 1 - Pilates as a Personal Postural Inventory: Get to Know Your Body to Rebalance and Strengthen Your Posture

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Ep. 70: The Relationship Between Muscle and Fascia

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Ep. 69: Structure Without Stress: A Movement Map for Summer

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Ep. 68: The Travel Edit - Take Your Movement Practice with You, from Globetrotting Adventures to Staycations

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Ep. 67: Are you training all muscle fiber types in your movement practice?

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Ep. 66: Understanding Rib Flare—and How to Shift It Through Movement and Breath

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Ep. 65: Coming Home to Yourself through Pilates-A Conversation with Kevyn Zeller

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Ep. 64 Pilates, Posture & Real Life: Rebalancing Without Perfection (Re-Play)

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Ep. 63: On the Power of Persistence

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Ep. 62: Abdominal Coning and Doming: What's Really Going on in Your Core and What To Do About It

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Ep. 61: Feel Better From the Ground Up - Why Barefoot Training Deserves a Place in Your Movement Practice

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Ep. 60: Pilates & Yoga; Do You Know the Difference? A Conversation with Nicole Roerick

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Ep. 59: Is There a Best Way to Do Pilates--Mat or Reformer?

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Ep. 58: Build Muscle Without Weights? Yes, You Can

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Ep. 57: Return with Grace: My Slow & Steady Road to Postpartum Movement

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Ep. 56: A Spring Movement Audit-6 Ways to Refresh Your Practice This Season

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Ep. 55: Hypermobility Explained: Strategies to Support Your Joints in your Movement & Mobility Training

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Ep. 54: Does your Anterior Pelvic Tilt really need to be fixed?

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Ep. 53: Why Muscle Soreness Isn't Always the Goal

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Ep. 52 : Ditch the Anti-Aging Hype--How to Cultivate Lasting Beauty and Radiance, Holistically-A Conversation with Tina Scholl

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Ep. 51: Movement to Support You in the Season of Life You're In

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Ep. 50: The Science of Movement - Your Muscles in Action

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Ep. 49: Ask Aly Anything: “What guidance would you give for someone who is coming back to movement after a lumbar disc herniation?"

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Ep. 48: Pilates and Physical Therapy, Movement Besties-A Conversation with Amanda McGee, DPT

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Ep. 47: Can Pilates Change Your Posture? The Science of Postural Theory and Muscle Balance

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Ep. 46: My Birth Story: Navigating the Unexpected

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Ep. 45: The 3 Step Cycle to Better Breathing

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Ep. 44: Be Resourced from Within: Replenish Your Physical Reserves for the Year Ahead

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Ep. 43: Are You Supplement Savvy? Find What's Right for You-A Conversation with Holistic Nutritionist McKenna Garrison

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Re-Release: 5 Principles to Build a Habit of Movement

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Ep. 42: 3 Ways Movement Can Support You This Season

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Ep. 41: Lower Back Bliss, Pt. 4- How Strong Hips Support a Healthy Spine

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Ep. 40: Lower Back Bliss, Pt.3-The True Connection Between Your Core and Your Lower Back

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Ep. 39: Lower Back Bliss, Pt 2-Creating a Harmonious Spine System

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Ep. 38: Lower Back Bliss, Pt. 1 - Breathe Your Way to Better Back Health

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Ep 37: Behind the Scenes: How the Modern Body Method works to keep you moving through every phase of life.

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Ep. 36: Unlock the Benefits of Healthy Fascia: A Conversation with Erin Tietz

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Ep. 35: Are You Overcomplicating Your Movement?

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Ep. 34: Truth or Trend-Which is Better for You: Functional Fitness vs. Natural Movement?

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Ep. 33: Support Your Skin From Within, Why Less Really is More: A Conversation with Holistic Skin Care Specialist Jess Arnaudin

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Ep. 32: Shift Your Movement Mindset: Learning to Tune In to Your Body as You Move

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Ep. 31: Truth or Trend: "Is Training to Failure the Best Way to Build Muscle Mass?

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Ep. 30: The Importance of Rest and Recovery

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Ep. 29: How to Simplify Your Movement Practice and Get More From It

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Ep. 28: The Experience of Movement vs Outcomes, How Movement Mimics Life: a Conversation with Kara Duval

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Ep. 27: Can You Strength Train While Pregnant? Part 2: Benefits for You and Your Baby, for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

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Ep. 26: Can You Strength Train While Pregnant? Part 1: Benefits for You and Your Baby, for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

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Ep. 25: Training Your Body for the Long Haul: The 3 Pillars of Longevity-Focused Movement

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Ep. 24: Mobility Training-What It Is and Why You Need It

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Ep 23: Truth or Trend: Is Cardio Really What’s Wrecking Your Cortisol Levels?

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Ep 22: 5 Principles to Build a Habit of Movement

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Ep 21: Where mindset and movement converge a conversation with Jillie Johnston

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Ep 20: Is Neutral the Best Position to Be in All the Time?

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Ep 19: Only feeling your hip flexors working during core work? Get to the root of your Hip Flexor pain

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Ep 18: How Your Movement Choices Impact Your Nervous System Short Term and Long Term

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Ep 17: Pelvic Floor Health: “Should I be doing Kegels to strengthen my Pelvic Floor?”

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Ep 16: Truth or Trend: “Does Wall Pilates Work?”

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Ep 15: “Fueling Your Body Well” - Holistic Gut Healing, Hormone Support, and Blood Sugar Balancing Practices to Fuel Your Body Long Term

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Ep 14: How to Build and Maintain Muscle Mass

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Ep 13: Strength in Consistency: Training in response to the needs of our Body with Meghan Karlik

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Ep 12: Everything You Need to Know About Your Fascia

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Ep 11: Meet the Mover: Moving for Longevity, Making The Switch From Aesthetic Goals to Physical Empowerment

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Ep 10: Truth or Trend: Is the Pilates Body Real?

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Ep 9: Lower Back Pain? Here's Where It's Coming From

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Ep 8: Deep Dive Spine Pt. 2 "Why Your Disk Health Matters"

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Ep 7: Deep Dive Spine Pt. 1

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Ep 6: Should I Be Stretching?

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Ep 5: What Is Pilates and What Are the Benefits?

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Ep 4: Benefits of Quality Over Quantity Training

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Ep 3: How to Build Effective Core Strength

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Ep 2: Pilates Approach to Better Posture

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Ep 1: Reduce Stress Daily with Pilates and Movement

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