What is so freeing about dance? What makes us fear self expression? Can a workout still count if it’s fun? Let’s talk about it! Join Dr Marcia and her guests Kirwin, Ashantis, and Ashley as they discuss all things joyful movement through various forms of dance. Across our guests we have backgrounds in mental health, education, music, physical therapy of course, pole dances, line dances, zumba, swing dance, blues dancing, and flow arts.
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Links
Ashley Williams @xtremehiphopwithashley_
https://linktr.ee/xtremehiphopwithashley_
Ashantis Jones @IamAshantis
https://www.ashantisjones.com/
Kirwin @RVA.flows
Summary
Dr Marcia chats Pilates with Lindsay Strobel of Fat Body Pilates, Sonja Price Herbert of Black Girl Pilates, and Rachel Reis of Rad Pilates about the history, intention, and purpose of the system Joseph Pilates initially while imprisoned in an internment camp. Our knowledgeable guests share the principles of the method (the truth), and how the pitfalls of toxic fitness culture dilute these principles (the tea). They also speak of their own experiences and share how they were introduced to Pilates and why they decided to become teachers.
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Sonja Price Herbert
https://www.sonjarpriceherbert.com/
https://www.blackgirlpilates.com/
Lindsey Strobel
https://www.fatbodypilates.com/
Rachel Reis
https://linktr.ee/radpilates
Summary
In this episode, physical therapist, yoga teacher, and author Dr Marcia is joined by strength trainers Coach Rich and Dr Jen Hosler. We explore what it means to be a provider for people instead of chasing profit, and how this divestment from predatory capitalist practices and savior complexes is beneficial for everyone. Dr Marcia and Dr Jen commiserate on the pitfalls of physical therapy school and Coach Rich shares his professional journal as a strength coach who couldn’t find his place in the PT profession. They also speak of their experiences as patients and working to get more connection with their own bodies.
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Coach Rich
https://www.instagram.com/coach_rt3
Dr Jen Hosler
https://www.instagram.com/jenhosler/
https://linktr.ee/jenhosler
Summary
On this inaugural episode of The Movement for Every Body podcast, we explore themes surrounding grief, body image, and how we create identity. Physical therapist, author, and yoga teacher Dr Marcia is joined by dancer, theatre nerd, and personal trainer Laura Girard. Dr Marcia and Laura talk about everything from the patriarchal origins of ballet dance to rage walking as a means of processing deep feelings post divorce. They also talk about the ways they were transformed by their experiences both in caring for a loved one with a cancer diagnosis and being forced to reckon with their own mortality.
Takeaways
It's not always easy to recognize what our body needs.
We can enjoy movement for just a season, and not forever.
Grief can change the way you need to move your body.
Consistency is the intentional daily effort towards self care.
It's never okay to comment on a person's body changes.
Sound Bites
“Everything that we talked about is about fitness. This is not severance. your innie doesn't just go to the gym and nothing else exists. everything is with you”
“It worked because the effort the intention was we do the thing that is caring for me, having this experience in this human body”
“consistency is about consistent effort not necessarily the yield or the result”
“I’ll survive. I'll survive looking a little silly”
Links
Laura’s Info
https://planoly.store/lcgirard
The Energy Academy
https://linktr.ee/theenergyacademy
Book Details
It’s time for something different in the podcast world, enter The Movement for Every Body podcast hosted by physical therapist, author, and yoga teacher Dr. Marcia. The podcast is inspired by their book of the same name. In this space, we center marginalized people who are often othered in health, fitness, and wellness spaces with inclusive liberation focused chats. In this space, we discuss every and all the things that impact the way we move and how we can use movement to cope with the daily dumpster fires of the world.
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"We're going to Yap City."
"Everything is connected."
"Join us for these monthly little cozy chats."
