Modern Body: Pilates & Movement for Life

By Aly DiRoma

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It’s your body. You’re in it all the time. But how well do you really understand it? Join Aly DiRoma host of Modern Body as she brings you the truths behind using Pilates and movement as a way to better understand and take care of your body in your modern life for life. Drawing from personal experiences as a Pilates and Movement instructor, expert insights, and the latest research on movement Aly unravels the trends and gives you the facts, so you walk away each week with a practical and realistic approach to movement and taking care of your body.

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Ep. 135: Ditch the Anti-Aging Hype: How to Cultivate Lasting Beauty and Radiance, Holistically, A Conversation with Tina Scholl (Best of Collection)
Oct 09, 2026
Ep. 134: How To Work With Your Hypermobility
Oct 02, 2026
Ep. 133: What Your Hip Flexors Really Want
Sep 25, 2026
Ep. 132: Understanding Rib Flare: Best of Collection
Sep 18, 2026
Ep. 131: The First Step to Core Strength: Pressure Management
Sep 11, 2026
Ep. 130: Posture and Pilates: Affecting Change Through Movement, A Compilation
Sep 04, 2026
Ep. 129: Harness the Power of Fascia Movement, A Conversation with Kath Pent
Aug 28, 2026
Ep. 128: What’s the Point of A Movement Practice Anyway?
Aug 21, 2026
Ep. 127: Create Multifaceted Strength for Your Multifaceted Life
Aug 14, 2026
Ep. 126: Conscious Core Continuity: Building a Core That Supports You in Everything You Do
Aug 07, 2026
Ep. 125: How to Develop Trust and Confidence in Your Body Using Movement as the Medium
Jul 31, 2026
Ep. 124: The Summer of Remembering: Movement as a Medium for Memory and Reconnection
Jul 24, 2026
Ep. 123: Nutrition, Hormones & Movement: A Holistic Approach to Boost Fertility and Support Reproductive Health with McKenna Garrison
Jul 17, 2026
Ep. 122: The Underrated Movement Your Body is Secretly Begging For: The Modern Mover’s Guide, Part 3
Jul 10, 2026
Ep. 121: Pilates Equipment - Recommendations for Your Home Movement Practice (Replay)
Jul 03, 2026
Ep. 120: The Importance of Multi-layered Strength: The Complete Modern Mover's Guide, Part 2
Jun 26, 2026
Ep. 119: The Complete Modern Mover’s Guide, Part 1: How to Support Your Body from Inside to Feel Strong and Confident in your Movement
Jun 19, 2026
Ep. 118: Try Less: The Paradox of How Less Effort Can Increase Consistency and Joy in Your Movement Routine
Jun 12, 2026
Ep. 117: Solve Postural Imbalances Without Limiting Your Movement Vocabulary
Jun 05, 2026
Ep. 116: Is There A Best Movement Type?
May 29, 2026
Ep. 115: Break the Cycle - The Recipe for QL & Lower Back Relief
May 22, 2026
Ep. 114: Mobility Training - What It Is and Why You Need It (RE-PLAY)
May 15, 2026
Ep. 113: Why "Good Enough" is the Key to Progress
May 08, 2026
Ep. 112: Periodization - The Strategy For Smart, Sustainable Training
May 01, 2026
Ep. 111: Props - The Power Move for Your Practice
Apr 24, 2026
Ep. 110: Modifications - The Most Powerful Too You Haven't Been Using
Apr 17, 2026
Ep. 109: Stop Forcing Your Body to Fit into the Exercise Mold - Understanding Muscular Emphasis to Discover What Your Body Needs
Apr 10, 2026
Ep. 108: The Science of Movement - Your Muscles in Action [replay]
Apr 03, 2026
Ep. 107: A Spring Movement Inventory: The 3-Step Framework to Refresh Your Routine
Mar 27, 2026
Ep. 106: How to Bring More Movement into Your Work Day: A Conversation with Workplace Movement Expert and Pilates Instructor Kerrie-Anne Bradley
Mar 20, 2026
Ep. 105: The Use it or Lose it Principle & Reversibility - Maintaining and Regaining Movement Health in Any Season of Life
Mar 13, 2026
Ep. 104: Biomechanics and Natural Movement - How Form Creates Freedom
Mar 06, 2026
Ep. 103: Restore Your Natural Foot Function - A Conversation with Andy Bryant, Clinical Podiatrist and Foot Health Educator
Feb 27, 2026
Ep. 102: Hip Dissociation Explained - A Movement Mechanic for Improved Functionality
Feb 20, 2026
Ep. 101: Movement for Pregnancy, Labor & Birth - Guidance from a Doula, Abby Morris
Feb 13, 2026
Ep. 100: Pilates and the Pelvic Floor - A Compilation
Feb 06, 2026
Ep. 99: Movement Making Systems - What They Are and How They Work Together
Jan 30, 2026
Ep. 98: Movement Habits & Patterns and How They Affect Your Posture
Jan 23, 2026
Ep. 97: Is Pilates Enough?
Jan 16, 2026
Ep. 96: Pelvic Positioning Empowerment - When, Why, and How to Position Your Pelvis to Support You Through Movement
Jan 09, 2026
Ep. 95: Write Your Movement Story for 2026
Jan 02, 2026
Ep. 94: What Pilates Is, and Why It Works - A 2025 Compilation
Dec 26, 2025
Ep. 93: Bite Size Bit - How the Position of Your Scapula Can Help Relieve Neck Pain
Dec 19, 2025
Ep. 92: Move for Your Life Today and Years to Come - A Conversation with Lane Grosser
Dec 12, 2025
Ep. 91: The Low Down on Weights - Light, Medium, Heavy and What Purpose They Each Serve
Dec 05, 2025
Ep. 90: Why a Quality Over Quantity Movement Approach Works [replay]
Nov 28, 2025
Ep. 89: SI Joint Feeling Stressed Out? Here's What You Can Do About It.
Nov 21, 2025
Ep. 88: Year One Postpartum Reflection - 5 Bits of Wisdom for Returning to Movement
Nov 14, 2025
Ep. 87: Support Your Hormones through Perimenopause: A Conversation with Holistic Nutritionist McKenna Garrison
Nov 07, 2025
Ep. 86: The Relationship Between Mobility and Stability
Oct 31, 2025
Ep. 85: Nervous System Regulation - Practices to Support and Promote Awareness
Oct 24, 2025
Ep. 84: Lower Back Rescue - What Actually Works to Relieve Pain [replay]
Oct 17, 2025
Ep. 83: Transforming Self-Care into Self-Mothering, a Conversation with Jess Arnaudin, Holistic Esthetician
Oct 10, 2025
Ep. 82: Pilates Equipment - What You Need and What You Don’t to Practice at Home
Oct 03, 2025
Ep. 81: Rewrite Your Relationship to Your Body and Movement
Sep 26, 2025
Ep. 80: The Role of the Rotator Cuff Group - Where a Strong Shoulder Starts
Sep 19, 2025
Ep. 79: Reimagining Movement as a Force for Physical, Neurological, and Emotional Vitality: a Conversation with Ryan Daniel Beck co-founder of bodyART
Sep 12, 2025
Ep. 78: The Building Blocks of Strength Training
Sep 05, 2025
Ep. 77: Modifications Explained: How to Customize Any Exercise to Make your Movement Practice Effective, Fun and Accessible
Aug 29, 2025
Ep. 76: Change How You Think about Progress - 6 Ways to Help You Celebrate Little Wins and Make Peace with Setbacks.
Aug 22, 2025
Ep. 75: Truth or Trend - Is the Pilates Body Real? [REPLAY]
Aug 15, 2025
Ep. 74: Pelvic Floor Health - What to Strengthen, Lengthen and Mobilize to Keep It Happily Humming Along
Aug 08, 2025
Ep. 73: Reconnect with the Natural High Performance of Your Hips - Summer Camp, Week 3
Aug 01, 2025
Ep. 72: Creating Your Conscious Core - Summer Camp, Week 2
Jul 25, 2025
Ep. 71: Summer Camp Week 1 - Pilates as a Personal Postural Inventory: Get to Know Your Body to Rebalance and Strengthen Your Posture
Jul 18, 2025
Ep. 70: The Relationship Between Muscle and Fascia
Jul 11, 2025
Ep. 69: Structure Without Stress: A Movement Map for Summer
Jul 04, 2025
Ep. 68: The Travel Edit - Take Your Movement Practice with You, from Globetrotting Adventures to Staycations
Jun 27, 2025
Ep. 67: Are you training all muscle fiber types in your movement practice?
Jun 20, 2025
Ep. 66: Understanding Rib Flare—and How to Shift It Through Movement and Breath
Jun 13, 2025
Ep. 65: Coming Home to Yourself through Pilates-A Conversation with Kevyn Zeller
Jun 06, 2025
Ep. 64 Pilates, Posture & Real Life: Rebalancing Without Perfection (Re-Play)
May 30, 2025
Ep. 63: On the Power of Persistence
May 23, 2025
Ep. 62: Abdominal Coning and Doming: What's Really Going on in Your Core and What To Do About It
May 16, 2025
Ep. 61: Feel Better From the Ground Up - Why Barefoot Training Deserves a Place in Your Movement Practice
May 09, 2025
Ep. 60: Pilates & Yoga; Do You Know the Difference? A Conversation with Nicole Roerick
May 02, 2025
Ep. 59: Is There a Best Way to Do Pilates--Mat or Reformer?
Apr 25, 2025
Ep. 58: Build Muscle Without Weights? Yes, You Can
Apr 18, 2025
Ep. 57: Return with Grace: My Slow & Steady Road to Postpartum Movement
Apr 11, 2025
Ep. 56: A Spring Movement Audit-6 Ways to Refresh Your Practice This Season
Apr 04, 2025
Ep. 55: Hypermobility Explained: Strategies to Support Your Joints in your Movement & Mobility Training
Mar 28, 2025
Ep. 54: Does your Anterior Pelvic Tilt really need to be fixed?
Mar 21, 2025
Ep. 53: Why Muscle Soreness Isn't Always the Goal
Mar 14, 2025
Ep. 52 : Ditch the Anti-Aging Hype--How to Cultivate Lasting Beauty and Radiance, Holistically-A Conversation with Tina Scholl
Mar 07, 2025
Ep. 51: Movement to Support You in the Season of Life You're In
Feb 28, 2025
Ep. 50: The Science of Movement - Your Muscles in Action
Feb 21, 2025
Ep. 49: Ask Aly Anything: “What guidance would you give for someone who is coming back to movement after a lumbar disc herniation?"
Feb 14, 2025
Ep. 48: Pilates and Physical Therapy, Movement Besties-A Conversation with Amanda McGee, DPT
Feb 07, 2025
Ep. 47: Can Pilates Change Your Posture? The Science of Postural Theory and Muscle Balance
Jan 31, 2025
Ep. 46: My Birth Story: Navigating the Unexpected
Jan 24, 2025
Ep. 45: The 3 Step Cycle to Better Breathing
Jan 17, 2025
Ep. 44: Be Resourced from Within: Replenish Your Physical Reserves for the Year Ahead
Jan 10, 2025
Ep. 43: Are You Supplement Savvy? Find What's Right for You-A Conversation with Holistic Nutritionist McKenna Garrison
Jan 03, 2025
Re-Release: 5 Principles to Build a Habit of Movement
Dec 27, 2024
Ep. 42: 3 Ways Movement Can Support You This Season
Dec 20, 2024
Ep. 41: Lower Back Bliss, Pt. 4- How Strong Hips Support a Healthy Spine
Dec 13, 2024
Ep. 40: Lower Back Bliss, Pt.3-The True Connection Between Your Core and Your Lower Back
Dec 06, 2024
Ep. 39: Lower Back Bliss, Pt 2-Creating a Harmonious Spine System
Nov 29, 2024
Ep. 38: Lower Back Bliss, Pt. 1 - Breathe Your Way to Better Back Health
Nov 22, 2024
Ep 37: Behind the Scenes: How the Modern Body Method works to keep you moving through every phase of life.
Nov 15, 2024
Ep. 36: Unlock the Benefits of Healthy Fascia: A Conversation with Erin Tietz
Nov 01, 2024
Ep. 35: Are You Overcomplicating Your Movement?
Oct 25, 2024
Ep. 34: Truth or Trend-Which is Better for You: Functional Fitness vs. Natural Movement?
Oct 18, 2024
Ep. 33: Support Your Skin From Within, Why Less Really is More: A Conversation with Holistic Skin Care Specialist Jess Arnaudin
Oct 11, 2024
Ep. 32: Shift Your Movement Mindset: Learning to Tune In to Your Body as You Move
Oct 04, 2024
Ep. 31: Truth or Trend: "Is Training to Failure the Best Way to Build Muscle Mass?
Sep 27, 2024
Ep. 30: The Importance of Rest and Recovery
Sep 20, 2024
Ep. 29: How to Simplify Your Movement Practice and Get More From It
Sep 13, 2024
Ep. 28: The Experience of Movement vs Outcomes, How Movement Mimics Life: a Conversation with Kara Duval
Sep 06, 2024
Ep. 27: Can You Strength Train While Pregnant? Part 2: Benefits for You and Your Baby, for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond
Aug 30, 2024
Ep. 26: Can You Strength Train While Pregnant? Part 1: Benefits for You and Your Baby, for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond
Aug 23, 2024
Ep. 25: Training Your Body for the Long Haul: The 3 Pillars of Longevity-Focused Movement
Aug 16, 2024
Ep. 24: Mobility Training-What It Is and Why You Need It
Aug 09, 2024
Ep 23: Truth or Trend: Is Cardio Really What’s Wrecking Your Cortisol Levels?
Aug 02, 2024
Ep 22: 5 Principles to Build a Habit of Movement
Jul 26, 2024
Ep 21: Where mindset and movement converge a conversation with Jillie Johnston
Jul 19, 2024
Ep 20: Is Neutral the Best Position to Be in All the Time?
Jul 12, 2024
Ep 19: Only feeling your hip flexors working during core work? Get to the root of your Hip Flexor pain
Jul 05, 2024
Ep 18: How Your Movement Choices Impact Your Nervous System Short Term and Long Term
Jun 28, 2024
Ep 17: Pelvic Floor Health: “Should I be doing Kegels to strengthen my Pelvic Floor?”
Jun 21, 2024
Ep 16: Truth or Trend: “Does Wall Pilates Work?”
Jun 14, 2024
Ep 15: “Fueling Your Body Well” - Holistic Gut Healing, Hormone Support, and Blood Sugar Balancing Practices to Fuel Your Body Long Term
Jun 07, 2024
Ep 14: How to Build and Maintain Muscle Mass
May 31, 2024
Ep 13: Strength in Consistency: Training in response to the needs of our Body with Meghan Karlik
May 27, 2024
Ep 12: Everything You Need to Know About Your Fascia
May 17, 2024
Ep 11: Meet the Mover: Moving for Longevity, Making The Switch From Aesthetic Goals to Physical Empowerment
May 13, 2024
Ep 10: Truth or Trend: Is the Pilates Body Real?
May 03, 2024
Ep 9: Lower Back Pain? Here's Where It's Coming From
Apr 26, 2024
Ep 8: Deep Dive Spine Pt. 2 "Why Your Disk Health Matters"
Apr 15, 2024
Ep 7: Deep Dive Spine Pt. 1
Apr 05, 2024
Ep 6: Should I Be Stretching?
Mar 29, 2024
Ep 5: What Is Pilates and What Are the Benefits?
Mar 22, 2024
Ep 4: Benefits of Quality Over Quantity Training
Mar 15, 2024
Ep 3: How to Build Effective Core Strength
Mar 08, 2024
Ep 2: Pilates Approach to Better Posture
Mar 08, 2024
Ep 1: Reduce Stress Daily with Pilates and Movement
Mar 08, 2024
Welcome to Modern Body: Pilates & Movement for Life
Jan 30, 2024