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On this episode we have with us Judith Green.  Judith has quite a story to tell beginning with how she met and became a student of Naja Cori, a disciple of Joe Pilates. Unless you’re a Facebook follower of Jonathan Grubb, the Pilates historian, you may not have heard of Naja Cori and neither had Judith. 

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Our guest is Full professor, Dr. Nic Butowski, a neuro-oncologist who researches brain disease at UCSF in the Neuro-oncologist department. He also is a Pilates devotee. Though his specialty is researching and studying brain cancer, today we’re focusing on brain health and, if the Pilates method is a key factor in maintaining a healthy brain. 

Dr. Nic says we hold psychological and physical tension in our fascia and in the way we move. By practicing the Pilates method regularly, his own daily stress is alleviated especially by using the breath correctly. Practicing the Pilates method focuses so much attention on the physical body - mastering our technique, learning transitions, balancing on one leg, etc. But is the brain involved also? I’ve asked Dr. Nic to explain to all of us Pilates devotees how the brain functions during exercise. 

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I’m sure most of you have used an encyclopedia at some point in your life, but did you know there is now an encyclopedia dedicated to the Pilates method?

Our guest today is Mara Sievers and she’s created an online educational platform for Pilates instructors especially those just entering this field. Mara, a former actress and dancer had a career in musical theatre and it offered her the chance to travel and express her stage talents in a variety of venues. It was at one of these venues where she sustained an injury which led her to yes, you guessed it - Pilates. Mara not only healed from her injury, but felt so empowered by her Pilates experience she wanted more and enrolled in a certification program through Polestar Pilates. Though Mara’s passion and understanding of the Pilates method deepened, she was becoming buried in her copious note taking. She also had many questions and found herself clicking from one website to another, rarely finding what she was looking for.

Out of frustration birthed an idea - why not have tons of Pilates information in one place? For the last 2 years, Mara has been building her online library and she’s here to tell us more about the inner workings of the Pilates encyclopedia.

For more information about Mara Sievers: https://www.pilatesencyclopedia.com/

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Joe Pilates’ life’s work is incredibly versatile. On one end of the spectrum his exercise program attracts people interested in mainly becoming fit, but at the other end, people seek out Pilates because it can help heal the body. Our guest today is Linda Burquez, a certified Pilates instructor and master teacher in Qigong, also a healing modality. Linda explains beautifully the healing possibilities of combining Qigong and Pilates.

For more information about Qigong please visit: https://www.lindaburquez.com

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Liz Koch is the creator of Core Awareness, an educational website dedicated to understanding the psoas through enhanced somatic awareness. She’s had 45 years of experience and her unique approach to movement has garnered a large following both nationally and internationally. She’s authored a number books that focus on kinesthetic intelligence and somatic awareness for developing our human potential. According to Liz, the psoas is much more than our deepest spinal muscle. She says that this bio-intelligent tissue expresses one’s integrity on every level and may be perceived as the guardian of the Hara, commonly referred to as the moving center.
 
Liz is ever evolving and as a conceptual artist she explores the deep sensory system and the wild wisdom of the psoas. Stalking Wild Psoas is her passion and Changing the Language of Body is her mission. 

For more information about Liz Koch: https://coreawareness.com

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Unless you’re a Pilates geek, you may not know the history of Joe Pilates, especially the time period when he was  interned on the Isle of Man during WW1.  In this episode, Jonathan Grubb, a Pilates instructor, practitioner and Pilates historian has lived on this Isle almost his entire life. Situated between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, Jonathan originally began his research into the life of Joe Pilates after discovering his own great grandfather was interned at the same camp and same time as Joe. Perhaps you recall Jonathan’s visit to the show last year when he spoke about some of his Pilates discoveries and introduced us to his history driven Facebook page. Now, Jonathan shares new details he’s uncovered about Joe and his method.

To learn more about Jonathan's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1506287476355247

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As promised, I’m excited to share with you a very special guest. Her name is Mary Bowen and she is the eldest of the Pilates Elders still going strong after sixty-one years of practicing and teaching Pilates. Since 1975, Mary's taught Joe's method and for the last twenty-six years has folded in to Joe's teachings her own Pilates Plus Psyche. According to Mary, Joe addressed the whole body in each move, but she's added her own Pilates Plus Psyche to address the whole person, conscious and unconscious. Some of the most delightful moments of the interview weren't even part of the interview! 

For more information about Mary you can visit her website: https://pilates-marybowen.com

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It's  been over six months since ALL THINGS PILATES has aired a new episode and I wanted to share with you the reason why. So in today’s episode, I’m turning the mic on myself and for the first time speaking out about my life-changing experience. It won’t be the entire story, but enough for you to understand my absence. For those of you who don’t know me personally or aren’t one of my students, I was exposed to Covid-19 in November of 2020. I had no idea how my life perception would alter or how my own sense of self would change.

For more information about Darien or the traditional approach to the Pilates method please visit: dariengold.com. 

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As Season Two comes to a close and we say good-bye 2020, we wanted to share four of our outstanding podcast and radio show interviews. We begin with John Steel, author of the hotly debated book, Caged Lion...

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Paige Dent, a third generation classical Pilates instructor began her love of movement as a young competitive all-around gymnast where she learned hard work and discipline. Later, when she discovered the Pilates method, she delighted in knowing it was a natural evolution of her gymnastics training. 

In 2005, after experiencing what she now describes as, “Pilates lite,"  Paige took the next step and  became certified with Power Pilates in  Atlanta, Georgia. A move to England offered Paige the chance to take her classical Pilates education and mix in what she was learning from her husband, Alex, an Osteomyologist. Together they were inspired to create  comprehensive health program designed to encourage their clients to take control of their long-term health through movement, clinical therapies, detoxification and lifestyle strategies. As classical Pilates was a large component of their program, Paige grew more and more frustrated because the apparatus she had at the time, would not accommodate the classical repertoire. 

Then three years ago, Paige became an online student of mine and she warned me it might be frustrating to teach her because her equipment wasn’t meant for the original Pilates method. We both concluded after a number of challenging lessons it was time to sell her equipment and purchase new from the leader of classical apparatus, Gratz Industries, Inc. Paige is here to share her incredible journey of reconnecting to the original exercises and sheer delight at being able to express her God given talents. 

Originally aired: August 16, 2019

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