Joan Breibart of PhysicalMind Institute discusses why the Pilates Reformer is the worst possible apparatus for group exercise and why there is no such thing as classical and contemporary Pilates. 

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Joan Breibart talks with Comedian Tori Piskin about “wellness” and what this means for exercise, diet, fitness and nutrition in the time of Ozempic. Both are long time Pilates Clients, but Tori, because of her age (34), is what is commonly known as a Wellness Bitch while Joan (age 84) is a Natural Eater just like Joe Pilates.

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Discussion about all the Reformer Franchises, how the Pilates Industry is changing, whatever happened to individual sessions, does anyone even understand tensegrity, and are these changes going to keep growing our beloved Method? 

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Why is innovation ignored in the "wellness" space? Trainers are typically afraid to take a chance. They fear upsetting their clients because they never really why someone hires them. They do know that at any minute any "devoted" client may leave without any explanation. 

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If you are listening to this podcast then please watch a real live  Japanese person, YUU Fujita, Creative Director of the PhysicalMind Institute, in the attached video.  BRANDING. NOT SCIENCE and how are your feet?? Flat? Or a nice arch? And how much extra weight are you toting along too.  EVERYTHING can Work. But Maybe nothighn DOES. It is up to you to figure it out. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnXiU3hcHrU

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Listen to  Joan Breibart who  has been DOING Pilates for 60 years and  doing it professionally since  April 1991 and who has met or been in a workshop or as a client  with an  Elder or “master” 2nd Generation— a lineage deal  she invented 1993. Why listen?  She  explains why EVERYONE today is Confused about Pilates. Or Pilots or Pilaadees  or whatever  it was called  only   30 years ago when the name was unknown  and unpronounceable   and  worse— it recalled Pontius Pilate!! Forget the labels. Forget mentoring. Start Thinking like JOE. He was a Big Thinker—not a onesie twosie guy.  

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Ten examples of how our branding obsession has ruined  our minds—and our bodies too. Well, it's time—our 250th anniversary is next year. Bye bye MAGA and the American Dream. No one ever promised you a rose garden. 

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MORE Branding. More avoidance of HOW MUCH you put in your mouth. More confusion. Matcha Tea is now a super food even though you mostly drink it. Be warned. Branding not content. More ways to identify yourself you seem to be going with the right trends.

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Somatic exercises which no one has even heard of are going mainstream according to John Wiley Publishers who added this  title  to their DUMMIES Series. To be included in this  brand, the subject has to be of interest to everyone. For so many reason - not the least of which is America's penchant for masochism - it is unlikely we will all turn inward and become gentle.

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What a mouthful oh sorry it's a pun when we can't get rid of the idea that we can torch calories by some kind of moving around. Of course 80Bites has always had information about NEAT. But we do it because it's good to change position and it helps your circulation because we know that torching calories when it's hormones is really silly forget calories hormones rule anyway we'll talk about all of this and what the very frightened exercise biz is doing as they now think maybe so SOMATICS is the answer.

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