Pilates for Strength, Mindfulness, and Longevity with Sarah Meinert | ANEW Ep 103

In this inspiring episode of the ANEW Insight Podcast, host Dr. Supatra Tovar—clinical psychologist, registered dietitian, fitness expert, and author of Deprogram Diet Culture: Rethink Your Relationship with Food, Heal Your Mind, and Live a Diet-Free Life—sits down with Sarah Meinert, Founder of Ozean Pilates + Wellness, to explore the powerful connection between Pilates, mental health, and longevity.

Sarah shares her journey from the corporate world to discovering Pilates, highlighting how movement became a source of both physical strength and emotional resilience. What started as a mat class with a powerhouse instructor grew into a lifelong passion, and eventually a thriving career. Her story is a reminder that Pilates isn’t just about exercise—it’s about reclaiming mental clarity, building confidence, and fostering a deeper connection between mind and body.

Throughout the episode, Dr. Tovar and Sarah unpack common misconceptions about Pilates, including the mistaken belief that it’s the same as yoga, requires weight loss to begin, or is exclusive to women. In fact, Joseph Pilates designed his method to be accessible and challenging for everyone, and men in particular can benefit from the joint stability and muscular strength Pilates provides.

Listeners will also gain insight into the history of Pilates equipment, originally developed by Joseph Pilates during wartime rehabilitation, and how springs and pulleys were adapted for healing and strength training. Sarah explains how apparatus like the reformer, Cadillac, and Wunda Chair can be customized to meet the needs of each individual, from beginners to advanced athletes.

A powerful segment of this episode highlights how Pilates has supported breast cancer survivors during recovery. Sarah shares moving success stories of clients who rebuilt strength, regained mobility, and found emotional healing after treatment. She also details how Pilates works in conjunction with physical therapy, helping people rehabilitate injuries ranging from hip and knee surgeries to plantar fasciitis and shoulder pain.

Beyond recovery, Sarah emphasizes the role of Pilates in promoting healthy aging. From improving balance and flexibility to boosting cognitive resilience, Pilates provides tools for longevity and helps prevent the decline in mobility that often comes with age. She shares a remarkable story of a client who practiced Pilates into her late 90s, crediting the method with extending her independence, vitality, and quality of life.

This episode is an empowering reminder that movement is medicine. Whether you’re recovering from injury, managing stress, or simply seeking a way to live with more energy and focus, Pilates offers a pathway to both physical and mental well-being.

Tune in to discover how integrating Pilates into your wellness routine can transform your body, mind, and spirit. For more resources on breaking free from diet culture and cultivating sustainable health, visit anew-insight.com and explore Dr. Tovar’s online course, Deprogram Diet Cu

Thank you for joining us on this journey to wellness. Remember, the insights and advice shared on the ANEW Body Insight Podcast are for educational and informational purposes only and do not constitute medical advice. Always consult with a healthcare professional before making any changes to your health routine. To learn more about the podcast and stay updated on new episodes, visit ANEW Body Insight Podcast at anew-insight.com. To watch this episode on YouTube, visit @my.anew.insight. Follow us on social media at @my.anew.insight on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Threads for more updates and insights. Thank you for tuning in! Stay connected with us for more empowering stories and expert guidance. Until next time, stay well and keep evolving with ANEW Body Insight!

Transcript

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Welcome to the ANEW Insight podcast

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empowering and inspiring your journey to optimal health.

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Hosted by Doctor Supatra Tovar, clinical psychologist,

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registered dietitian, fitness expert and author of Deprogram Diet Culture:

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Rethink Your Relationship with Food, Heal Your Mind, and Live a Diet Free Life.

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I follow my guests’ journey to optimal health,

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providing you with the keys to unlock your own wellness path.

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Tune in and evolve with us.

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Hello and welcome to the ANEW Insight podcast.

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I am doctor Supatra Tovar, and I am thrilled to have founder

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of Ozean Pilates and Wellness, Sarah Meinert, with us today.

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Sarah, welcome.

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Hi. Thank you for having me today. I’m so excited to be here.

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So excited for Sarah to be here.

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As you have probably seen in the previous, ANEW Body Insight

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podcast episodes, we have a really amazing network of Pilates instructors.

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We've all remained friends even though some of us are not working at ATP anymore.

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Sarah and I used to work together as Pilates instructors,

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and we are so excited to have her on because we're going to be

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linking Pilates with mental wellbeing,

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mindfulness, all sorts of things that we haven't talked about before

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and why Pilates is so important,

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as an exercise form for mental health.

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Before we get into that, I am going to read a little bit

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about Sarah, and then I'm going to just drill her with a bunch of questions and

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put her in the hot seat. So

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Sarah Meinert is the founder of Ozean Pilates and Wellness, a wellness

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studio dedicated to enhancing both physical strength and mental clarity

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with a passion for movement as a core pillar of overall well-being,

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Sara believes in the transformative power of Pilates not only to improve

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physical health, but also to foster

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resilience, mental focus, and longevity.

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At Ozean, Sarah's philosophy

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is rooted in integrating mind body wellness into daily life,

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promoting holistic well-being for individuals of all backgrounds.

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Sarah, I'm so excited that you're here today.

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This is so great.

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We haven't seen each other probably in like over ten years, which is insane.

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But we're we're on social media.

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It's just kind of like we see each other all the time.

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But Sarah, I've actually never known

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what inspired you to go into,

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you know, Pilates, movement in general.

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What is your background? What inspired you?

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I've always loved movement, I’m a big fan of that.

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A fan of exercising.

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I, believe, I got into Pilates

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as I was working in the corporate world,

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sitting behind the desk, I get very antsy and I need to move.

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So I was always up and down, walking around.

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And I saw there was a Pilates class at a park and rec.

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So I was like, you know what?

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I’m gonna see what this is all about.

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I went to the class, it was just a mat class.

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The instructor she was probably like in her 70s and she just kicked butt.

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And I was like in my, probably start in my early 20s.

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And I was like, how can this lady be so much better at all

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these exercises than me, as you know, as a 20 year old person you think you can do everything.

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And so I asked her what she did, you know, what

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she went through to become kind of a certified Pilates instructor.

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And she kind of just led me on this path.

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And I just did the researching and I just

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got certified through vasi, which I love,

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and I just kind of grew from there.

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And, you know, my love of dance, I think it just incorporated it all.

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I love that.

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What were you doing in the corporate world before?

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I was working

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at the mortgage company.

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Oh. On the collections side.

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[laughter]

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I was admin, but. Yeah. So.

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And then the market crash kind of happened and I was already on the path towards Pilates

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and getting certified.

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And I saw the market and what was happening,

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and I was like, okay, this is my time to

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transition to a new career.

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Exactly. 

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And so that’s what I did.

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Well, tell me, for you personally,

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you know, if if it's so important for you to impart

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that Pilates provides you such mental clarity and mental health,

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tell our listeners what happened for you

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when you started your Pilates practice.

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Like personally, for your mental health, for your physical wellbeing, all of that.

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Good question.

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I think it just gave me a time where I could focus,

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on myself and kind of see what was going on

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maybe internally, what things maybe I’m struggling with.

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And I found that I could just kind of get away and have a little bit of

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peace from the outside world and become a stronger individual.

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Yeah,

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that's I think what what happened for me is, you know,

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I grew up with athleticism as a part of my background,

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but never really stuck to a particular sport or an exercise.

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When I found Pilates, I was like, oh my goodness.

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There's one thing

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that's been consistent in my life since I went to that class that one time at the park and rec,

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I’ve just never stopped.

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A completely addicting form of exercise, and I think,

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and we're going to get into this, but because of what it provides for you

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as far as clearing your mind, because it is a mindfulness

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based type of exercise, and we're going to talk about that,

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it also strengthens you like nobody's business,

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especially if you are trained under somebody who's a powerhouse.

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And people and ATP.

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You know, the reason why we're all friends is we're all very similar.

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And we really love to, you know, strengthen people.

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On top of that, it helps with stretching.

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It keeps you flexible.

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It is the perfect exercise form for longevity as well.

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And we're going to get into that.

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So Sarah, you built Ozean Pilates around the belief

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that movement is key to overall well-being.

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So explain a little bit more.

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We've just talked a tiny bit about it, but how Pilates plays

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a role in both physical and mental health.

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Well, like you were saying, I think there is that

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mind body, body, spirit connection that is so important in Pilates.

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And when you go through your certifications, you learn like of that foundation,

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that’s where I think 

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you can get, you know, your clarity,

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You can get a physical part of it.

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It's just it's all around encompassing good.

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Yes, absolutely.

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I absolutely believe that,

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you know, Pilates in and of itself,

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just the way that it's structured,

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provides that like mental health and wellness,

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but give a picture of exactly how it might do that.

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Like if you're in an exercise,

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what does the breath's role play

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in helping with your mental clarity?

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I think even going through an exercise,

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I'm always going from

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like the head down to my toes kind of what's supposed to be engaged?

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What muscle groups are working?

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How is it alignment now?

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You know, once I get all that checked through

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and then it's like, okay, now the exercise can begin.

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Inhale and then I exhale like execute the exercise.

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And just keeping that pattern and that rhythm.

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Which also is important in Pilates, It talks about the rhythm and flow

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of the exercises and I think just keeping that throughout helps.

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Exactly.

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So the breathing is in alignment with the movement.

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So how does the movement itself contribute to mental clarity and resilience?

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What do you think?

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Why do you think it's it's often overlooked in,

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you know, wellness routines?

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It is also I, overlooked in a lot of wellness routines.

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And I think the fact that

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it's just not talked about 

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 how important,

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the mental health, or even brain health

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Is in an individual,

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and how movement can help those things. It’s gonna create the blood flow, it’s gonna

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make you happy, it’s gonna do all these things that incorporate

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better. Yes. Movement.

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And I think that type of movement.

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So give a give a picture.

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We have, you know, for anyone who's not

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at all

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versed in Pilates, give a picture of the equipment

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and the types of movement that you can do on the equipment.

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Gosh, you can do lots, movement on the equipment.

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Joseph, he created

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so many exercises classically for each repertoire

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or each apparatus,

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on the mat as well.

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You can

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you know, you have like

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the equipment that looks you know, as

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people say very you know, like,

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bedrooms, or like dungeoness

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you know devices.

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But, you know, you can take all the exercises that you do on each of the equipment,

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you know, like, if you do footwork on the Cadillac

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you can do footwork on the reformer, you can do footwork on the

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Wunda Chair you can take all the exercises that you do

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on each piece of equipment and transfer them to each piece.

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And then you can even incorporate that into mat, and vice versa.

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And when you look at the exercises as they progress, you can see

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how they build on each other.

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And it's like, oh, here's, you know, rolling like a ball,

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well we have rolling like a ball, it’s actually

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a combination of this exercise and this exercise.

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And then we get into Boomerang.

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And it's a combination of all these other exercises.

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So you see that there's the building of this

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foundation that he created which is kind of interesting

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to learn, and kinda dissect when you teach more.

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Yes. And just so you know,

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he created, this equipment, I believe, when he was in rehab, in a hospital,

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I believe, during World War two, I believe

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correct me if I'm wrong, people, you can always, like, put.

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There’s a lot of different stories or.

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Yeah. So

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what what is your knowledge

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as far as how he created the equipment, why they use springs.

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It's really interesting.

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I learned or heard through the grapevine in Pilates world,

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That he, he was

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Training the troops in Germany.

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That the German army of also a to continue training

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the troops and he refused that.

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He built a lot of these things in the concentration camps that he was at.

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And so you, you know, that's why some

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of these things look like mattresses and beds, especially if you look at old videos.

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and I think

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you know, it just the pulley system also he used

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and springs because people were amputees.

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So people didn't have you know like an arm arm, they only had one arm

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So you could still do exercise with

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one arm with the spring.

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Right. So that's where I kind of

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heard or found that he incorporated those things.

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Right.

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So you, you look at the equipment, it looks weird.

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But then you can see if it was built out of beds,

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hospital equipment, things like that.

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Like oh I kind of get it now.

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There's the reformer, which is the classic piece of Pilates equipment

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that most people know.

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It looks like a flat bed that you lay on.

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You know, if you're doing footwork

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that moves back and forth using spring resistance,

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then they have what's called the Cadillac,

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which looks more like kind of a traditional bed.

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And it's got like four posts.

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Yeah. And a canopy.

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And you can like hang

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from the top of the canopy and there's all sorts of different exercises

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you can do on that piece of equipment.

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And then there's the Wunda Chair, which is, you know, looks like a chair.

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It has spring resistance.

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If you're sitting on it.

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That's what you would do your footwork on.

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It's it's really interesting equipment.

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Plus there's all sorts of smaller apparatus

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that, that you can incorporate into Pilates.

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So I think one of the greatest things about Pilates,

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especially if you're doing it in

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studio, is the variety of exercise that you can do.

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But there's also mat work, and both of us started.

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I started just doing a Pilates video,

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Anna Koban, she was in my first Pilates video, and I was like, oh, I'm hooked.

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That's it.

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And then I just met, Tracy at ATP and just was like, I'm hooked.

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I need to do this forever.

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It's amazing.

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So it is so versatile.

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And that's why you never really get bored when you do this,

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because there's so many different things that you can do and really does

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transform not just your body, but also just your mental health.

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So can you give me, a success story of someone you've trained,

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someone who may have had, difficulties in movement or an injury and,

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and take us through how you helped them heal or recover.

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Well, there's many stories that I’ve, success stories

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with the clients doing with rehab, or having some type of injury.

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I would say that,

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a good success story is I've had a lot of, a few clients who’ve had

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breast cancer, and having

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they’ve always said, having Pilates as part of their unit, their team,

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when their either been diagnosed

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and they go through 

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and after especially the rehab of 

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getting back into society and getting, just feeling more comfortable

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that Pilates has been the key thing

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that's really helped them mentally and physically

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get through the transition of that hardship they’ve had to deal with.

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Oh my goodness.

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Did you have to adjust and alter

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their routines based on, you know, their recovery?

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Yes, because they're depending on where the incision was.

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And just, their healing process and what they were comfortable doing.

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You have to take time to kind of build back

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up to where they were. I had a client that she was, well, advanced,

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and then all of a sudden, getting the news of

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the breast cancer,

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then ahving to go through the rehab,

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and then it was like, okay, now we have to build back

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now we have to get that side of stronger, what do we need to do?

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We need to change the routine a little differently we to focus more maybe

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on arms and stretching and getting these things, and also having her

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have the ability to talk to me and me giving suggestions

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with other, you know, modalities or other practitioners that she could

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get involved with for some of her pain or discomfort, like massage

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or even just topicals that she can use

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really helped her I think go through the process.

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Wow. And I think people may not know this,

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but Pilates is used often in conjunction with physical therapists.

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And a lot of physical therapists are actually trained in Pilates.

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So give a kind of a picture of what injuries can be healed using Pilates.

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I know there's so many.

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Just give a picture. You don't have to tell them all.

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So many,

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I've done, I’ve rehabed through a hip surgeries,

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Knee surgeries,

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ankle, plantar fasciitis as you know is very common.

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Just like shoulder issues.

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Just little tweaks or anything.

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I had a client that you know, all of the sudden he said his knee was kind of tweaking,

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and he’s like, loves to play softball, he’s in a softball team.

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And we’ve been rehabbing

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You know, certain things and working on his form

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and maybe looking at things structurally that

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maybe he's just like all of a sudden this element has come arise

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because of certain things.

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Now it's like, well, this is so much better now because of Pilates

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and I like to have the client

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take away something, you know, like work on something

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it’s like I'm here with you or, you know, an hour to two hours a week,

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but the rest of the time you have to be accountable

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and you have to do some of these exercises,

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you know, that I'm giving you because I want you to do better.

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I want you to be able to succeed in life and to do these

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activities you love to do.

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And if you aren’t thinking or not like

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aware of these things, then I’s not going to be of any use to you.

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Exactly.

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So what do you think some of the greatest

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misconceptions about Pilates are?

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Oh, there’s so many, so many misconceptions about Pilates.

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One is, as you’ve probably always heard, it’s

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 it's like yoga. Isn’t it yoga? Yes.

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Another one is I have to lose weight in order to start Pilates.

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It's like, did you lose weight when you wanted to go to the gym?

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No you didn’t. You just started with the trainers. The same thing.

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We’re trainers.

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You know, we might not call ourselves trainers, but we’re instructors, we’re practitioners.

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Another one is, you know, Pilates isn’t for men. Yes.

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Well, Joseph was a man, and he invented it. Yes.

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I don’t think he would like that. [laughter]

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So yeah, just, you know, those are just a few.

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Totally.

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I always hear Pilates and yoga.

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They’re the same.

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Can you please tell people how they are not the same at all.

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There's so many differences.

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There are so many differences, probably too many to name.

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I feel in yoga, there is, it’s more, there’s a set flow,

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Ra routine that you're going through,

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and it doesn’t really vary much

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through that sequence.

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And I build, 

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clients that I’ve had do yoga,

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who are hyper mobile,

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who don’t know they have hyper-mobility,

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they think yoga’s like great,

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but they're just sitting in their joints and not really even stretching,

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like the muscle, they’re just stretching

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the tendons and just hanging out. And when they learn

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how to use their muscle or that they are hyper-mobile

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and what they need to do and where they need to be in space, it changes it.

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And so when they come to Pilates and they learn these things and they're using

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the resistance, which, you know, you don't necessarily in yoga because your not having the equipment.

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It changes how they, their body feels.

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And they're like, oh, this is totally different than just going through those stretches.

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Right, right.

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And I think even the breathing can be opposite of what we see in Pilates.

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You may inhale on a move in yoga where you be exhaling on a move in Pilates.

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And I think there is kind of that,

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celebrity

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tinge to Pilates is why a lot of people think, oh,

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I have to look a certain way before I do Pilates.

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And no, no, no, you don't know you.

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Anyone, anyone from maybe ages

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11 and up, depending on their height,

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because you have to be a certain height, to do some of it.

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But you can do mat work at any age.

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Anyone can do Pilates, and anyone can get

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so many of the benefits of Pilates.

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And I think that's what I want to promote, is it's not just a female,

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exercise form.

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And it is very difficult.

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It is very challenging, especially if you're a man.

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You know, you can

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really build strong muscles around joints,

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and that can only help you better in other exercise forms as well.

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So let's go and pivot to longevity.

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You emphasize longevity.

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So how can movement, in particular Pilates, support healthy aging

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and prevent decline in mobility?

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Yes. I have a great example

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of longevity.

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I had a client who, 

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We've gone to the studio with me, and she’d been on the equipment, but she was 95.

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Whoa. When she came to the studio.

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And then she had her,

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couldn't drive anyone to the studio, so,

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 then Covid kinda came about.

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And so we started doing in-home.

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Right, so three times a week during Covid, I’d go to her home, and we would do Pilates

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on the floor or,

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you know, standing work.

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and she did Pilates

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up until probably a week before she passed.

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Wow. She lived to a little bit over a hundred

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doing Pilates three times a week.

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She had limited,

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falls.

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I think she only kinda had a little fall getting out of bed and she hurt her wrist.

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But she healed wonderfully,

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And she still continue to do Pilates, even though she had like

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her little wrist cast on from her injury.

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I would make her get up and down on the ground to do Pilates

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people would be like, oh my gosh

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I can't believe you're making this 99 year old woman

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get down on the ground, I said

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you have to do something.

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What if she felt? What if she was by herself?

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She need to know these things and she would do 12 of everything.

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Count everything out. We did full body workout.

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She did weights

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She did therabands.

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She did balance work.

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And I truly believe,

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and even her family was like, I, you know

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we believe because she did Pilates that she extended her life,

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that she didn't have these injuries that most people do

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when you get to this age. And cognitively too, we would talk about things.

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And she was still very witty and stuff until, up until

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the day she passed.

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Yes. Those things that the mental and physical

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contribute to

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Yes. That longevity of her life. Absolutely.

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And learning something new is one of the keys

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to keeping, you know, cognitive decline at bay.

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So whatever your age is, but especially as you're getting older,

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you need to be doing new things.

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You need to be challenging your mind.

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You also need to be challenging your balance.

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And balance is one of the greatest contributors to decline.

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If your balance is poor when you're older.

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And Pilates is amazing for that because there's

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so many exercises you do while balancing.

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So we could go on and on and we're going to in the next half of this episode.

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But for now, Sarah, thank you so much for joining us for this half.

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We're getting a real deep dive into the intricacies of Pilates,

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and I've really wanted to do that.

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And Sarah's the perfect expert for that.

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So make sure you join us for the second half of this incredible episode

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with founder of Ozean Pilates and Wellness, Sarah Meinert.

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