Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

Ep 6: Should I Be Stretching?

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

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

Aly explores the essential duo that quietly shapes every movement we make: mobility and stability. She explains the often-confused distinctions between flexibility, mobility, and stability, guiding listeners through examples like the shoulder joint—our mobile multitasker—and the sacroiliac joint, the sturdy stabilizer of the pelvis. Listeners will come away with a deeper understanding of why every movement—whether it’s a bridge pose or reaching into the back seat—requires both stability and mobility in harmony.

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

The Nurture Revolution

Spoil Your Baby Podcast

Our nervous system is constantly whispering to us—sometimes in the language of tension, other times through calm. In this episode, Aly DiRoma explores how movement, breath, and simple daily rituals can help us tune back into those signals and create balance from within. Building on last week’s conversation about “self-mothering,” Aly takes listeners deeper into the concept by reframing nervous-system regulation as an act of everyday care—a way to parent yourself with compassion and curiosity.  Aly offers a refreshing, doable list of practices—each one a gentle invitation to “do what you can,” not strive for perfection.

Listeners are also invited to join Aly and collaborator Jess inside the Self-Mothering Series, a five-day exploration of short movement and self-massage sessions designed to help you nurture your nervous system in just minutes a day.

Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

Ep 7: Deep Dive Spine Pt. 1

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

Lower back pain might be common, but that doesn’t make it simple—and in this replay episode, Aly unpacks exactly why. Aly explores the complex mix of physiological and lifestyle factors that influence how our lower backs feel and function. She starts by tackling a dangerous online trend—the “POV: one move cured my back pain” videos—and explains why no single exercise can solve the problem. Instead, Aly invites listeners to understand their bodies as an interconnected system where breathing, alignment, fascia, and even emotional stress all play a part.

Through her own story and client experiences, Aly reveals how the path out of pain is rarely linear or quick—but it is absolutely possible with consistency, curiosity, and the willingness to move differently. By the end, listeners will see lower back pain not as a random ache to be “fixed,” but as valuable feedback from a body asking to be understood.

Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

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

In this episode, Aly reunites with holistic esthetician, author, and dear friend, Jess Arnaudin, to explore what happens when self-care becomes less about “fixing” ourselves and more about mothering ourselves. Their conversation moves from skin rituals and nervous system care to the cultural narratives that tell women they’re never doing—or being—enough. Together, they peel back the layers of beauty and wellness marketing to reveal a gentler truth: that nourishment, rest, and presence are the most radical acts of care we can offer our bodies.

Notable Moments & Takeaways:

• Aly and Jess challenge the idea that “self-care” means doing more, buying more, or becoming more.
• Jess explains why she avoids the word beauty in her practice—her work is about vitality, not vanity.
• Aly opens up about learning to mother herself through moments of burnout, motherhood, and body disconnection.
• Together, they introduce their upcoming Modern Body collaboration, a movement and self-massage series built around the art of self-mothering.
• Memorable quote: “Self-care isn’t something we earn by working harder—it’s something we return to, the way a mother returns to her child.”

Connect with Jess Arnaudin

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Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days. Sign up by Sunday to jump in at the beginning of the Summer Camp series.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

Starting a Pilates practice at home can feel a lot like stocking your first kitchen—where do you even begin, and what’s actually worth buying? In this episode, Aly unpacks the essentials of Pilates equipment in a way that’s clear, practical, and budget-friendly. She emphasizes that your body and a mat are all you truly need, while props like resistance bands, light weights, and stability balls can be added to expand your movement repertoire.

Aly shares her go-to recommendations and also gives clever alternatives—like swapping leggings for a band or using a pillow instead of a ball—proving that Pilates at home doesn’t require a shopping spree.

Aly's Favorite Equipment

Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days. Sign up by Sunday to jump in at the beginning of the Summer Camp series.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

Ep. 46: My Birth Story: Navigating the Unexpected

Aly explores how aligning movement practices with the rhythms of nature can create more sustainable, joyful routines, and she introduces Modern Body’s seasonal theme, “Fall Into You.”

Drawing from both personal history and postpartum insights, Aly unpacks the often-confusing language around “movement,” “exercise,” “training,” and “working out.” She recalls moments when her relationship with her body became tangled with cultural pressure, and how redefining these terms gave her freedom to start again.

Aly reminds listeners that movement isn’t about calorie burn or aesthetics—it’s about function, energy, and self-connection.  This episode is an invited to let go of external expectations, embrace the season at hand, and shape your own unique path toward consistent, meaningful movement.

Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days. Sign up by Sunday to jump in at the beginning of the Summer Camp series.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

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

The shoulder might seem simple, but tucked inside it is one of the body’s most underappreciated power teams: the rotator cuff. Aly explains how much these muscles contribute to posture, stability, and overall ease of movement. She highlights how everyday actions like buckling a seatbelt, grabbing dishes from a cupboard, or clipping on a baby carrier call on the rotator cuff group.

Listeners will walk away with an understanding of how the shoulder joint works, why rotator cuff injuries are so common, and what types of movement best support these endurance-based muscles. This episode isn’t just for those with shoulder pain—it’s for anyone who wants to build resilience, prevent injury, and feel stronger from the inside out.

Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days. Sign up by Sunday to jump in at the beginning of the Summer Camp series.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

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Read The misunderstood limits of folk science: an illusion of explanatory depth

Aly sits down with Ryan, co-founder of bodyART, to unpack how dance, physical therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine weave together into a movement system designed for longevity. Ryan’s journey from performing with Beyoncé and the Step Up movies to reimagining rehabilitation protocols brings a refreshing perspective: what if exercise wasn’t about punishing the body but about sustaining it for a lifetime?

Together, Aly and Ryan dig into the difference between fitness culture’s “no pain, no gain” mindset and a physical therapy lens that views pain as valuable information rather than a badge of honor. Ryan explains why many people struggle to stick with rehab exercises and how bodyART reshapes that experience by blending prevention, psychology, and creativity.

Listeners will walk away with a renewed sense of what it means to train for life, not just for aesthetics. 

Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days. Sign up by Sunday to jump in at the beginning of the Summer Camp series.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

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

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

Strength training can feel intimidating—images of hours at the gym, heavy barbells, and grueling sessions might come to mind. But in this episode of The Modern Body Podcast, Aly DiRoma flips the script, showing that building muscle doesn’t have to mean burning out. She shares her own journey of stepping into strength training for the first time at age 35, using herself as a test subject to design what became her Simply Strong program.

Listeners are guided through the building blocks of strength: progressive loading (yes, you can start with 5-pound dumbbells and still see results), split training that makes workouts approachable, and the art of pairing volume with frequency to hit that sweet spot of effort without overwhelm. Aly also introduces periodization—a structured way to cycle training for sustainable progress—and even touches on nutrition, sharing her experiments with protein intake and how small tweaks supported her goals.

If you’re brand-new to strength training, returning after a break, or looking for a structure that won’t run you ragged, Aly delivers simple, sustainable strategies you can put into practice right away.

Want help with production of your podcast? Contact Michelle Sanchez [[email protected]]

Stay connected with Aly DiRoma and the Modern Body community: https://link.me/alydiroma

If you aren't already a member of the Modern Body Online Studio , you can experience that too with a free 7-day trial. Explore the full catalog of classes for free for the first 7 days. Sign up by Sunday to jump in at the beginning of the Summer Camp series.

Want to dive deeper? The Modern Mover’s Guide is your roadmap to understanding how movement evolves through life’s seasons. It’s the perfect complement to your Modern Body membership—or a great place to start your journey. You'll also be able to grab your copy of the Core Guide mentioned in the episode. Get your copy here: https://modernmoversguide.com/guide

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

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

From Aly: I misspoke at about 18:09 in the podcast. I refer to an exercise as a “shoulder bridge” when I should have said “hip roll.” Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments about this section.

In this episode of Aly DiRoma makes a strong case for why modifications aren’t a fallback—they’re a superpower. She reframes the often-misunderstood concept of modifying movement, showing how small shifts can completely transform an exercise, amplify results, and keep the body supported in every season of life.

She shares why modifications can both ease discomfort and crank up the challenge, why they’re essential for accessibility, and how they open the door to greater empowerment and choice in movement..” Listeners walk away with a fresh perspective: that tailoring an exercise isn’t about doing “less,” but about honoring what their body needs right now—and discovering new layers of strength, connection, and possibility.

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