Body Conversations®

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  Why Classical Pilates is a Problem which can Hurt future Growth 07.09.2026 19min

  The speaker—Joan Breibart—only did "Classical" Pilates until 1994. She knows GRATZ and BB and STOTT and PEAK. She asked Patti Kreiner for details: Gratz springs are heavier and provide more resistance. They give immediate, honest feedback if your form is wrong. The leather straps in frame system is non forgiving and heavier than ropes. The carriage has a drag, Feels less fluid than Balanced Body or Stott reformers. This is why most teachers opt to buy these other contemporary brands of Reform...
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  Bio-Tensegrity: What is it and do I need it? 25.08.2026 23min

  Get ready for Workshops to proliferate. Pilates and Somatic Movement gurus are gearing up to solicit you and your money. Yes we need more tools. No we won't find them in boring complicated workshops. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Tracey Mallett Explains the Three Styles of Pilates 10.08.2026 24min

  This podcast features Joan Breibart’s thoughts on Tracey Mallett’s recent Instagram post discussing the three styles of Pilates, which you can watch here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrMBRURRl9/?hl=en _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Anthony Fauci Has a Napoleon Complex—and It’s Always Been Obvious 03.08.2026 30min

  In this episode, Joan Breibart discusses her concerns about Anthony Fauci, how obesity in America contributed to excess deaths during COVID-19, and why she believes his department concealed the extent of the problem. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Hallie Bieber says Pilates is a Fad 23.06.2026 27min

  Listen to Joan Breibart discuss the history of Pilates and if it currently constitutes a "fad". For further analysis please read her latest substack here. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Protein, Glorious Protein 11.05.2026 20min

  The obsession over "getting enough protein" is just another wellness fad aimed at getting people to consume more food. Listen to Joan Breibart discuss. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Full Circle with Cindy Crawford 29.04.2026 20min

  Recorded this on Nov 15th, but then didn’t post it. It’s even more relevant on April 29, 2026, about the cycles in exercise and branding. Guess what? Callanetics and calisthenics are both coming back! _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  The Pilates Reformer is the Worst Apparatus for Group Exercise 28.01.2026 26min

  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. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Wellness Culture Featuring Comedian Tori Piskin 16.10.2025 1t 1min

  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. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  More Pilates Please 22.09.2025 20min

  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? _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Bye Bye MOTR® 27.08.2025 12min

  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. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Japanese Walking Miracle 04.08.2025 14min

  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 _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook...
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  Contemporary Classical Original Contrology. What do these names mean? Why are teachers using only the first TWO? 31.07.2025 21min

  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 unpron...
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  Safe Spaces 13.06.2025 24min

  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. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Eating Clean & Super Foods, etc. 21.05.2025 18min

  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. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Somatics - Coming Soon 19.05.2025 21min

  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. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the Physi...
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  NEAT: NON EXERCISE ACTIVITY THERMOGENESIS 12.05.2025 15min

  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 th...
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  Super Foods & "Eating Clean" 11.05.2025 18min

  Discussion on how branding foods lads to gainign weight not losing it. Constant telling us what to eat nd never talking about hwo much. Why using the 80Bites app is so revealing and for some frightening unless they are on Ozempic and their consumption has dropped by 25% at least. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Bites is the True Measure of How Much You're Eating 10.05.2025 12min

  Now that 80Bites is gaining an audience, it's really interesting to hear people's reactions. Some think 80 bites means the number of bites you take in one meal, while others believe it refers to 80 chews. It’s all part of the shift from what you eat to how much. _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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  Why Does Everyone Want to Be an Entrepreneurs? 07.05.2025 13min

  As a female who is 84 years old, I'm deluged with invitations to talk at "Women's Empowerment" conferences to talk to young women about how they can succeed at becoming an entrepreneur. I decline because I'm what I like to think of as a "reluctant entrepreneur". _____ Follow PhysicalMind Institute on Instagram or Facebook and subscribe to our newsletter. Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.