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Body Conversations®

Body Conversations®

By: Joan Breibart
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Joan Breibart is a New York-based inventor who holds nine patents, has authored five books, and edited 20 titles. She is also the person who re-launched the Pilates Method in 1991 and made it a household name in a decade. This podcast is called Body Conversations because it uses the body to view political and cultural trends.

Visit physicalmindinstitute.com or 80bites.com to learn more.

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Episodes
  • The Pilates Reformer is the Worst Apparatus for Group Exercise

    The Pilates Reformer is the Worst Apparatus for Group Exercise
    Jan 28 2026

    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.

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    26 mins
  • Wellness Culture Featuring Comedian Tori Piskin

    Wellness Culture Featuring Comedian Tori Piskin
    Oct 16 2025

    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.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • More Pilates Please

    More Pilates Please
    Sep 22 2025

    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?

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    20 mins
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