The Pilates Goddess Podcast

If you've ever wondered whether your Pilates business is powerful enough, purposeful enough, and profitable enough, today's episode is for you! If you struggle with profiting when there is so much that needs to be done in our world, this episode will help you!

My friend Bessi Graham is a brilliant business strategist who aims to change the way businesses are run by showing business leaders how they can create a win-win to find freedom and fulfillment while also having a positive impact in the world through their business.  This is something we all struggle with, and Bessi has some great tips!

We talk about leadership, values, embracing paradox, the role of business, power dynamics, and how we can BOTH make many in our Pilates businesses AND do some great things in the world.

About Bessi:
Bessi Graham is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to bring doing good and making money back together. From the grassroots of sitting in the dirt working with business owners in the Pacific Islands, to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Bessi has seen it all.

Working with those who have “made it” but haven’t found fulfillment, Bessi helps business leaders to put their Time, Talent, and Treasure to work in ways that align with their values.

Podcast Host of Both/And with Bessi Graham

Links:
Both/And with Bessi Graham Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/BothAndwithBessiGraham
Website: https://www.bessigraham.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bessi-graham-48a31323
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bessigraham/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bessi.graham

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If you do or teach any kind of movement (Pilates, yoga, weights, TRX....), you probably have questions about the best cues for your clients. You may wonder why some cues don't work for some people, and why some cues that work well for you confuse other people. In the last episode, I discussed many things neuroscience with neuroscientist Greg Youdan, including this issue.

Today I'm focusing on external vs. internal cues, and why external cues tend to work much better. Asking ourselves or our clients where they feel an exercise, or telling ourselves or our clients where they should feel an exercise, is a recipe for confusion, misunderstanding, and potential disappointment.

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Strong Bones Online Pilates Studio - https://lyndalippin.com/strong-bones-online-pilates-studio

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Today's guest is my friend, client, and colleague - movement scientist, Pilates teacher, and dancer Greg Youdan, MA, MS. I've been lucky enough to both work alongside and teach Greg at Real Pilates, take live workshops with Greg, and I've had Greg as an expert guest in my Pilates Teacher Mastermind® program.

Today we talk about Merging Movement Science and Pilates from a neuroscience perspective. You'll learn some of the actual science behind movement, and especially how we teach movement in the Pilates studio. There is so much goodness here that you can apply immediately, and lots to think about.

Links:
Website - http://www.gregoryyoudan.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GregYoudan/
Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/GregYoudan
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/GregYoudan

A recorded Pilates Teacher Mastermind® workshop with Greg on Pilates for Neurological Disorders is available for my Pilates Instructor supporters on Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/lyndalippinpilates

About Greg:
Greg Youdan is an adjunct lecturer at CUNY Lehman College and Hollins University. As a dancer, Greg performed with the NY Baroque Dance Company, Sokolow Theatre/Dance and Heidi Latsky dance, where he now serves as a board member. Other company credits have included David Parker and the Bang Group, HT Chen and Dancers, Catherine Gallant/DANCE, Gloria Mclean and Dancers among others. Greg is a Wertheimer Fellow through Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for PD® program and is a teaching artist in their Dance for PD en Español program.

In addition to his dancing, Greg is a human movement scientist specializing in dance science and dance for health and has published in several academic journals, including Clinical Biomechanics, Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation and Human Movement Science. Greg frequently lectures on dance science at several universities, including Columbia University, New York University and the University of Rochester, and has presented scientific research at various academic conferences, including American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and International Society for Posture and Gait Research. He previously held a research fellowship at Brown University and worked as the research and advocacy coordinator for Dance/NYC. Currently, Greg serves on the development committee for the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS), the research committee for the National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH), the advisory council for Dance Data Project (DDP) and the review board for the Journal of Dance Education. He was a 2021 National Association for Latino Arts and Cultures Advocacy Fellow and 2021 Latin Impact Honoree. Greg has also served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Dance/NYC.

Gregory Youdan earned his BA in Dance from Hofstra University and dual Masters from Teachers College, Columbia University in Motor Learning and Applied Statistics.

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Heads Up - This is a deeply personal episode, where I share a lot of my own struggles with loving myself. I discuss child abuse, self-loathing, and body dysmorphia.

If I hear the phrase "self-love" one more time, I think I will scream. First, what was taught to me as love growing up was very conditional and very dependent on my behavior, so I have no self-love that isn't conditional and performance-based.

If you have the same issues, don't feel bad. Many of us don't know what actual unconditional love looks like, so of course we have no idea how to love ourselves!

Let's talk about how to start that process, which has nothing to do with how much you eat or exercises, or whether you eat carbs.

Links:
Support my work and get some free goodies - https://ko-fi.com/lyndalippinpilates

Join me for a supportive 4-week Strong Bones Program starting January 8 - https://lyndalippin.com/strong-bones

Join Pilates Teacher Mastermind® 3-month Growth Program - https://lyndalippin.com/pilates-teacher-mastermind

My Revel Events - https://fitlynda.com/revel

Wellness Universe - https://www.thewellnessuniverse.com/world-changers/lyndalippin/?ref=lyndalippin

Chloe the Serval - https://instagram.com/chloetheserval

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Allan Menezes is back, and we talk about all things Pilates for pain, and especially back pain. Allan shares his morning bed stretches, and ways to deepen your clients' Pilates experience.

Hear about Allan's apprenticeship and how his early success with back pain clients led to a job offer from Alan Herdman.

I've known Allan Menezes for about 30 years, and had clients who had great outcomes after working with him while they were working in Australia.

First interview - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2024817/11192677

The Back Pain workshop: https://pilates.samcart.com/products/backpain Use code Lippin50 for 50% off

The Morning wake-up stretches: Menezes 5 Minute morning Back Pain Reliever Wake-Up Stretches

More about Allan & the Menezes Pilates Method - https://pilates.net/

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/menezes-method/

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Every year in the US, we sit around and make New Year resolutions, especially around health and fitness. In fact, gyms oversell memberships in January, counting on the fact that most new members will stop coming within 8 weeks, but will continue to pay.

In this episode I talk about why I don't make resolutions anymore, and what I recommend you do instead.

Links:
15 Days of Pilates - master list of $15 class & workshop replays - https://lyndalippin.com/blog/b/15-days-of-pilates-celebration

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The other day after I taught a Strong Bones class online, we started discussing how disconnected many fitness and pilates instructors are from their clients. Basically, how they lose compassion.

If you've ever experienced being yelled at by a trainer, shamed for not doing something correctly, or moved from the front row, you know what I mean.

Fitness is no place for mean people.

Links:
15 Days of Pilates celebration - https://lyndalippin.com/blog/b/15-days-of-pilates-celebration
My website - https://lyndalippin.com

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I'm SO EXCITED about today's episode!

Let's welcome Greg Davis, Jr. - better known as Klarity. Greg is a friend and neighbor, and also happens to be a brilliant actor, filmmaker, and stand up comedian. His new short film, Day of Joy, premiers on Amazon Prime Video tomorrow 12/21/22!

Greg opens up about his experiences of racism growing up in the south, how imposter syndrome almost cost him his first multi-season comedy TV gig (and how the universe conspired to make it happen anyway), what it was like sharing short form comedy in the early days of Vine, and how he sold his short film to Amazon. We dig deep into the mindset and the actions that he consciously took to build his success.

About Greg:
Best known under his handle Klarity, Greg has established himself as one of the top comedy content creators, bringing his unique sense of humor and style to all his content. Greg was a series regular for three seasons on TBS "10 Items or Less,” had a recurring role on "Lincoln Heights," and has guest starred on "The Shield," "CSI: New York" and others. Greg has also been in two feature films, "The Eyes," and "Unbreak My Heart," and the Toni Braxton biopic where he played LA Reid. Greg is passionate about fitness, empowerment and charity, and his digital voice and business endeavors are reflective of this.

Greg is the co-founder of Enzo Industries, a production company with a mission to deliver authentic and inspirational stories on screens big, small, and mobile, with content that reaches a global audience that's hungry for change, positivity and leadership. Currently he is focused on a character-driven 12-episode digital series “Johari’s Window,” which was accepted at the Golden Short Film Festival in Rome. Most recently, Greg has been focused on standup comedy and hosting skills and will star as the host of Uninterrupted’s new digital series, ‘Put You On?’, a fast paced open conversation spotlighting up and coming athletes in collaboration with Nike.

Links:
IG: @Klarity https://www.instagram.com/klarity/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jrgregdavis
Twitter - @Klarity https://twitter.com/klarity

Watch Day of Joy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14085296/

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Today we have Mara Sievers, creator of The Pilates Encyclopedia. This is a deep dive into Pilates education and teaching.

We chat about how (new) Pilates teachers can learn to communicate what Pilates is and what it does and doesn't do, why it's important to continue your education beyond your Pilates certification, and how to communicate our style of Pilates clearly so our clients know what to expect. We also dive into her business model, and how it all works. This is a juicy one!

About Mara:
Mara Sievers, NCPT, is the creator of Pilates Encyclopedia, a digital resource center helping Pilates instructors improve their teaching skills such as cueing and layering, and developing more knowledge and confidence for clients with various pathologies. The Pilates method has been defining Mara’s movement experience since 1998 and has been a lifesaver more than once for her personally. Her body of work is her dedication to this awesome and powerful practice. Reach her directly at [email protected]

Her Pilates Encyclopedia is like a Wikipedia for Pilates; includes a huge uber-detailed library of all Pilates exercises as well as advice for sequencing, special populations, cueing, programming etc.

Links:
Website - https://www.pilatesencyclopedia.com/join
IG - https://www.instagram.com/pilatesencyclopedia/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/pilatesencyclopedia
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@PilatesEncyclopedia 

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Neck Pain is the number one issue I hear about in Pilates teacher groups, and from clients. In this episode I break down the differences between documented cervical spine issues and shoulder injuries as opposed to simple weakness.

I also talk about proper spine positioning, what I leave out of my workouts to accommodate my neck, and how to cue your clients so they understand what to do with their necks, shoulders, and powerhouses.

If you'd like to hear more about Pilates Cues, please check out episode 12 - Cues Pilates Teachers Shouldn't Use - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2024817/11224850

15 Days of Pilates Celebration - follow me on social or bookmark https://lyndalippin.com/blog/b/15-days-of-pilates-celebration

Foam Roller Neck & Shoulder Release Video - https://youtu.be/MkYar8Yn9kU

Pilates Fundamentals for Neck & Shoulder Pain Video - https://youtu.be/QLBT71HKt9o

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