Pilates, Mindfulness, and Strength with Sarah Meinert | ANEW Ep 104

In this episode of the ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with Sarah Meinert, Founder of Ozean Pilates + Wellness, to explore how Pilates is much more than an exercise routine—it’s a powerful healing practice that transforms both body and mind.

Sarah dispels some of the most common misconceptions about Pilates, reminding us that it is not the same as yoga, does not require weight loss to begin, and is accessible to everyone—including men. After all, Joseph Pilates himself designed this method to build resilience, balance, and strength for people from all walks of life.

Through her work with Ozean Pilates + Wellness, Sarah has guided countless clients in discovering the benefits of Pilates as a tool for both physical recovery and emotional well-being. Unlike yoga’s set flows, Pilates emphasizes resistance, equipment, and intentional movements that engage the body’s deep stabilizing muscles. The result is not just improved posture and core strength, but also greater confidence, flexibility, and a renewed sense of connection between body and mind.

This conversation is especially meaningful because Sarah shares how Pilates has supported breast cancer survivors in their recovery journeys. For many, Pilates has become a way to reclaim strength, restore confidence, and rebuild trust in their bodies during and after treatment. The practice creates space for healing that extends beyond physical rehabilitation—supporting emotional resilience and mental clarity as well.

Dr. Tovar and Sarah also reflect on the deeper themes of mindfulness, body awareness, and self-compassion. In a culture dominated by diet rules and fitness fads, Pilates offers a refreshing alternative: a sustainable, empowering movement practice rooted in science, intentionality, and self-respect.

By tuning in to this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why Pilates is a uniquely effective form of mindful movement
• How Pilates differs from yoga and other forms of exercise
• Why men should absolutely embrace Pilates for strength and stability
• How Pilates empowers breast cancer survivors during recovery
• The role of resistance, equipment, and precision in building resilience
• How mindful movement supports not just physical health, but also emotional well-being

If you’ve ever been curious about Pilates—or if you’re looking for new ways to connect with your body, reduce stress, and improve your health—this episode will inspire you to take that first step.

At ANEW Insight, our mission is to challenge diet culture, empower individuals to reconnect with their natural strength, and create sustainable, joyful relationships with food, movement, and health. If you’re ready to reject dieting for good and embrace a healthier way of living, explore our online course Deprogram Diet Culture at anew-insight.com.

If you want to know more about Sarah Meinert  here are her social media links

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!

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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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Welcome back to the ANEW Insight podcast.

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We're back for the second half of our interview with founder of Ozean

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Pilates and Wellness, Sarah Meinert.

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Sarah gave us some really amazing insight into her inspiration

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to create resilience through movement.

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I'm so excited to pick her brain somemore.

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Welcome back. Thank you.

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Yes. So your company

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integrates a holistic approach to wellness.

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So how do you incorporate something like mindfulness

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or other mental health practices into your Pilates sessions.

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I incorporate mindfulness into my sessions with my clients

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by asking questions to keep them active and engaged in the session.

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And those questions are like in regards to 

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the movement, right.

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So even if we’re going through a chest lift,

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so what do you feel during this exercise?

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You know, are you feeling your abs,

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You know, what muscle groups do you think are helping you

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do this exercise?

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And some of them, you know, say the right muscle groups, and some might not,

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you know, or it's even like footwork, you know, just standard footwork.

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And it's like, okay, so as you're going through this, what do you feel?

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Oh, my quads.

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Really, you feel your quads. Do you feel like your hamstrings or your glutes?

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No. Oh well,

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lets adjust the weight, lets adjust your pelvis.

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You know, are you thinking I don't want you to feel your quads, you know,

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so just giving them questions

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to kind of concentrate

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and kind of do a little scan of their body to see whats kind of activated.

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I think keeps them present,

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without worrying about what's going on in the outside world.

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And they focus on those things, because you feel

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I feel when you think of those things then that's when

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your body starts to transform itself mentally and physically, right.

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So then we can see, oh yeah, I am getting more definition in my arms.

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Right because,

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I'm thinking that, oh biceps, I’m not thinking I’m moving with my pec muscle.

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you know?

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So then you begin to see that transformation,

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and then they become aware and then like, oh,

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yeah, like I do feel like my hamstrings when I’m pushing, I do feel my glutes. 

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when I’m doing this. Okay good so we’ve learned

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I always like to say like you're repatterining the body.

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Right, to work more efficiently and effectively.

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Why do you think so many people,

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and I really do think that most people,

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who are not engaging in regular exercise,

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maybe coming into Pilates or any other exercise form

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are kind of fundamentally disconnected from their bodies.

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They are not aware of their body in space.

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And this is maybe more of a philosophical question or cultural question.

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Why do you think that is?

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I think people take for

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granted what their bodies just do, you know, and again,

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You get up and you walk, oh, that's what my body does.

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It's like, well, what muscles are really helping you do that?

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You know, and it's just like you know if when someone

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pulls their back , or their low back goes out, and it gets hurt, and their like

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I don't know how that happened.

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Just all of the sudden, I was just picking up a bag of groceries

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my back went out, and it’s like, well obviously there was something going on beforehand.

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Obviously you weren’t doing something correct.

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You were obviously maybe lifting with your back and not your glutes.

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Maybe you're just hunching over,

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or you weren't bending properly.

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And it's like, I don't know if it's even just in school, right.

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Doing health classes or whatever. P.E.

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they don't teach us like these things.

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So there could be just that lack of knowledge and awareness.

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And then, you know, people always say too,

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I didn't know I had those muscles.

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Well you have them, you just haven’t used them properly.

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Pilates will make you find those muscles.

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I also think that we are

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we grow up in a culture of shame around bodies.

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Like if you look at you know, America in particular,

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you know, it's founded, you know

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from more of a religious stance

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and that the body was something bad not to be talked about.

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Taboo, terrible.

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And then you have all of the other influences on top of that.

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Not only is the body bad, but you need it to look perfect, right?

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And you have so much pressure to make it look perfect.

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And if it's not perfect, it's not good enough.

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And so I think a lot of people, when they think about their bodies,

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especially if they don't feel like they're measuring up

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to the standards of today, they close off,

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disconnect, just, you know, are not in their bodies.

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They're they're they're dissociated from their bodies.

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Would you say that that's in general what you see with women?

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Do you also see that with men?

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It's a

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combination, I would say more so women,

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and especially even the disconnect

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after pregnancy, depending on if you have a C-section,

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or a natural birth,

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I feel like a lot of women who have a C-section

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they come back and they’re numb,

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they don't have any sensations

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so they can’t feel their abdominals engaging,

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and yet they have that scar tissue

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built up and and that’s limiting them from engaging

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or having the sensation of stuff working.

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Because the medical provider hasn’t said

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well maybe, when you have after surgery, and you’ve healed start massaging that scar,

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Just like any scar, when you have knee

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surgery you're going to start manipulating it

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to break down the scar tissue.

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They don’t tell women

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break down the scar tissue of your C-section incision.

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So that you can, it can be more pliable so you can start to move more.

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And I also think too, with my one client with

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breast cancer.

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You know,

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I, the other day I was like, you know, I think like said on subconscious level

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you're trying to like still hide that part of your body.

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A lot of her posture and movement was always kind of just like tilted.

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And it was like, well, that's a sign that you had the breast cancer.

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It's like, you know, when you go on your walks, can you walk

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maybe thinking, I'm okay, I'm healed.

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I feel better about myself and see how your body feels.

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So you have different muscle groups activate

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and and come back and tell me like what you felt

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and she was like, yeah, it's just like I could feel different muscle groups.

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I could see, you know, I noticed that my

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presence and how I was walking was a little different.

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And it was like, okay, like, you know, they’re subconsciously

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I think you just try to, like, hide with whatever pain.

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I think is so

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good that you are encouraging people

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to conceptualize their bodies through their muscles

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and the functions that they provide, the functions that they perform.

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And that's a very different way of people

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really kind of thinking about or looking at their bodies.

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I think a lot of women are conditioned to think that they have to make

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their bodies attractive for the male or even female gaze,

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and that that's the purpose of their bodies

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is to be attractive as opposed to

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I can bend over and pick this thing up.

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I can pull this thing, out of the, you know, overhead

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compartment, on the airplane with ease.

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And I think when we conceptualize our bodies as functional

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and able to perform and do things,

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it's a whole different like paradigm for people.

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And I think that that's really empowering.

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Is that something that you, you know, are emphasizing?

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Yes. Yeah.

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I want clients to feel that through these movements

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that they do

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in Pilates is that you can take them and

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use them functionally.

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Your wanting your daily activities,

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your daily function of life to be easy.

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You don’t want to struggle to walk, or get cereal out of the cabinet.

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You want it to be easy.

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And I think when you do Pilates it's giving you that foundation

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and it might not seem like, oh this is exercise 

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for grabbing something,

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but it is at the end of the day it will help you.

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Yeah.

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And I think really trying to transfer

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our body's worth outside of,

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you know, the gaze that comes toward us and more toward

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what can we do with our bodies and how powerful are our bodies,

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can help recondition us out of that mentality,

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keep us from being dissociated from our bodies.

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And really giving us a sense of gratitude for what our bodies can do.

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And that's what I'm really hoping, you know, through this podcast.

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And, you know, connections with people like Sarah that,

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you know, we can really help to transform

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how people think about their bodies and their bodies worth.

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So what advice do you have for someone who's hesitant to start a fitness routine,

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especially if they're struggling with their mental health?

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Suggestion I would give to someone who maybe is struggling

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with mental health, or just wanting to 

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find something new.

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I would ask like your inner circle of family and friends, see if any of them do

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any fitness routine that they do and say like, okay, like, can I join you?

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You know.

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I'm kind of figuring out what I want to do,

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you know, can I try that class with you?

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And if nobody has anything, then I would suggest maybe like looking into,

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a group right where you can do like maybe a group

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walking class, a hiking group.

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Or even a Pilates class, which is amazing.

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So that you have something that is

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structured, right, that same time, same day.

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There are also other people there.

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So then you can be social.

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And then you have that accountability that is there.

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And so it's just that one step.

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Okay, I did the one class.

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Now I do this I do this.

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And then eventually you can build and add

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more and explore. Exactly.

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So starting small.

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I really encourage people to not just,

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you know, go New Year's resolution on themselves.

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Like, even if you can't make it

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to a group class or a hiking group or things like that.

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YouTube is amazing because there's so many, like shorter forms of exercise.

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There's plenty of people doing Pilates on YouTube,

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or, Pilates any time.

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There's all sorts of different apps as well.

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So you can start small, do whatever is like the tiniest amount that, you know,

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you can do regularly and attach it to a behavior that you're already doing.

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So that becomes your, you know, attached habit to that.

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And that's how you can start something

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slow, and especially if you are struggling with your mental health,

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you may not have a lot of bandwidth, you may not have a lot of time.

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You may not have a lot of energy, even ten minutes.

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You know, just doing little exercise snacks throughout the day

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can also be really, really helpful, for, you know,

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when you're really kind of struggling and you don't have a lot of energy.

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So wellness community is huge.

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There's so much noise.

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We've seen such a rise in different types of fitness trends.

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How do you see Pilates standing out as a core element

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of a balanced wellness routine?

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I see Pilates standing out,

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with the balance,

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wellness routine.

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Due to, I feel

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the classic repertoire that is there.

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Because we have

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that foundation that we can pull from,

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and, from those exercises, of like over 600 exercises that Joseph created,

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contemporary we have done so many variations on that.

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And so we do have those two then bags you can pull from,

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And then using those exercises

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to adapt to individuals needs, I feel is what keeps

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Pilates so consistent and relevant,

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in a wellness routine, plus, I mean

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It benefits everything, it helps

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all other activities you do, enhances them even more.

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Absolutely.

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And I think you know Pilates is seeing a, like a boom right now.

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It's really become, you know, just this wildly popular thing.

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But it's been around for a really long time.

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And I don't think a lot of people know that.

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And it had its own little mini boom, I think in the

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early 2000, like the late 90s, early 2000’s

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Right. Popular. Yeah.

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It like went down for some reason.

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And we have no idea why.

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Other trends came in. Yeah.

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But I don't know if it's just like that.

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The rise of like the reformer classes.

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In different like takes on it.

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And Tracy Mallett who was on our podcast,

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the first guest on our podcast will say, you know,

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there's so much Pilates that is not Pilates out there.

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And it's true, I think it's really important to do your homework

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and find out if it's actual true Pilates or if it's an offshoot.

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There's plenty of different offshoots.

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And that's not to say that they're bad, they're just not necessarily Pilates.

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But Pilates has been around a long time,

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and I think it'll be here forever because it's incredible.

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So for you yourself,

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how do you maintain a sustainable approach to wellness,

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both personally and for your clients in a society

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that really focuses on quick fixes or extreme methods?

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Methods?

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For myself, I do a lot of research.

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I am always researching

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trends or different modalities that can help in your daily life.

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Then I make my little list and I see

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what's happening 

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so that when clients come to me

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or ask me questions like I have done my homework.

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and I can

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say, well, you know, like this is okay, you know, this is kind of it's for,

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but, you know, like you can try it. I never discourage anyone from trying something they want to try.

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It is their own choice.

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I think that's what I do when I have to weigh the cost and say

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like, okay, well is it

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really something that will benefit me?

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What is this similar to?

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And then just take it from there. Yes.

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So speaking of quick fixes, we're definitely

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in the, weight loss medication

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craze, the, you know, revolution.

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And what we're seeing with a lot of people going on

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these medications is rapid weight loss with rapid muscle loss.

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So how do you help someone who may be interested

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in taking these medications, support themselves

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and keep from, you know, having some of these detrimental outcomes?

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That’s a good question [laughter]

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I think to be supportive and kind of understand what their

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why their doctor maybe suggested them to go on.

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How long do they need to be on them

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and see what we need to do to balance out.

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Them either being on them or maybe when they come off of them.

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Because sometimes a lot of these people are not going to be on them forever,

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And then they're going to gain all this weight back, you know, they're not going to have

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A lot of them are losing the weight but

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they’re not replacing it with muscle.

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So it’s kinda like, okay, what is your diet composed of?

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Do we need to make sure we have the right amount of protein?

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Do we need to make sure we’re doing the amount of

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resistance training, is needed for you to maintain that muscle mass?

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So when you come off of it, you're not just

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going back and putting on fat,

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but you are coming back to a sustainable weight that you can handle.

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I think it's really, really difficult because, you know, most doctors say

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that this is something that you're going to have to be on for life.

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And most people do not stay on these medications.

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Even most people will go off of them before their recommended dose,

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whether that's because of side effects, because of affordability.

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And so I think it's so important that anyone who's considering that,

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especially more on the weight loss side, as opposed to what it was originally

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designed for, was to help people with, diabetes

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that you consider having kind of a multi-team approach

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to taking those because, yeah, it's one thing to just get it from your doctor,

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get it from, you know, someplace online and have zero

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help in terms of,

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you know, how to try to stay on the medication,

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how to handle the side effects, how to keep muscle mass, from,

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you know, being depleted, all of these things.

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So a dietitian is helpful, someone who's helping you

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with your physical fitness and your doctor,

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and if you need to,

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also, because there's a lot of mental health effects,

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getting some support in that area, too.

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So it's kind of like there's a whole village that can help

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make that successful for you.

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But I also think, you know, and I've been doing a lot of, just short

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form videos about how we make GLP one ourselves naturally in our bodies

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and movement in particular, especially strength

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training helps you actually produce your own GLP one.

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So I think finding out if you're not going to be on that medication for life,

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how can you increase

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your own production of GLP one so you don't need to be on medication

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for life. Right.

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So I love that you are, you know, really incorporating,

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you know, you might not have have worked with people on those medications yet,

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but you know that muscle loss is the biggest problem with that.

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And Pilates is amazing for the rebuilding

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of that muscle or maintaining your muscle.

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So when you look ahead,

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what are your goals for the future of Ozean Pilates and Wellness,

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and how do you see the wellness industry itself evolving?

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I see the wellness industry evolving

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I think there's more technology being utilized

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to help individuals.

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Like you were saying, with the medications and stuff.

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I feel that testing needs to be

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more, more sophisticated and better to help individuals and stuff

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so we can look and have a better baseline just instead of having

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the cholesterol panel and you're like, oh, well, your cholesterol is high.

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And it's like, okay, what am I supposed to do with that?

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But getting them real more detailed bloodwork.

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Scans to help the individual understand

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what's going on, and what kind of things they can do 

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to help more preventative health wise,

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I think that's what really lacks, especially in the U.S.

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is preventative

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health measures, especially with physical fitness.

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So if you have like more of a baseline

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or like you need to work that bone density because of x, y, z.

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They have these things and

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these tools that they can then pull from and understand.

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So I feel in that

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aspect evolving in the wellness, with technology

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and hopefully then also even in

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the medical profession, there can be

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more knowledge back and forth within the fitness

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industry, and the medical providers with doctors.

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I think a lot of times doctors are reluctant to say like,

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yeah, go do Pilates,

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it's great.

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You know, they're like, well, you know, you hurt your

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knee, don't do it, you. Know?

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Which is ridiculous.

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I think there's there needs to be a shift in knowledge

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change or change in exchange in knowledge of

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like, okay, well just because it can’t do one thing,

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doesn’t mean you should tell them no.

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because a lotta people listen more so to 

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your medical doctor versus

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listening to your, you know, your instructor.

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So that is how I feel the wellness is evolving.

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And since for what Ozean has in it’s goals,

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I would love to do retreats. Yes.

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Maybe in another country. Yes. [laughter]

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And collaborate more with people in the fitness industry 

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and maybe even outside the industry,

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because I feel having that cross knowledge 

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is great because everyone needs fitness in their life.

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And just, you know, I think my own self, getting more knowledge

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what I can do to expand in 

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the wellness services that I offer, with like, the skin, and gut health and stuff

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I feel those things are important.

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Yes. Oh my gosh.

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If you do a retreat, you have to let me know,

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especially if it's out of the country, because that would be amazing.

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And I do think like we can integrate Pilates

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more into the corporate world as well.

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And really kind of get education out there for people. I don't know

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if there just needs to be more

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research in Pilates, like there has been done in yoga and strength training.

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When you research, there’s much, and with Pilates

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it’s very limited, it’s like, oh yeah, Pilates is great.

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It's got it's increasing.

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It's like there's like three like you know

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websites you can go on.

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when like strength training, like hundreds, it says it's so amazing.

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And you're like, what about Pilates?

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I know, I know.

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And we just we need more research in general.

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And I really hope that scientific research doesn't go the way of the dinosaur.

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Please, because we really need it, especially,

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when it comes to women's health.

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We really want to keep that up.

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And if we can get more researchers out there to explore

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the actual physical benefits and mental health benefits of Pilates,

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then it just, you know, justifies us even more.

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We already know it, but science just needs to catch up with that.

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Okay you guys.

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So Sarah, how do people contact you and work with you?

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What are your handles? What's your website?

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Lay it on everybody.

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You can reach me on

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my web site, which is Ozean Pilates Wellness dot com.

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And you can reach me on, Instagram, Facebook,

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YouTube, LinkedIn, all those lovely platforms.

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The handle is Ozean Pilates Wellness

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Yes, that'll be in the show notes.

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You can click on that if you are in the Los Angeles area

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and you want to work with Sarah, I highly recommend it.

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I do also online, so you don't have to be just in L. A..

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Yes. Excellent. I have clients all over I love it.

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Thank you so much for joining us, Sarah.

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You're amazing.

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A wealth of information, and we really just want to spread

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the message of Pilates for everyone.

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It is not an elitist sport.

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It is for anyone you know who can be on the equipment or be on the mat.

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And there are so many incredible health benefits.

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And we just encourage you to try it out.

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Thank you so much, everyone, for joining the ANEW Insight podcast.

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