Podcast
Body Conversations®
Hosted by Joan Breibart · EN
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.
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Tracey Mallett Explains the Three Styles of Pilates
1w ago00:24:53Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Anthony Fauci Has a Napoleon Complex—and It’s Always Been Obvious
2w ago00:30:04Tap to summarizeIn 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.
Transcribe →Hallie Bieber says Pilates is a Fad
Jun 2300:27:59Tap to summarizeListen 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.
Transcribe →Protein, Glorious Protein
May 1100:20:06Tap to summarizeThe 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.
Transcribe →Full Circle with Cindy Crawford
Apr 2900:20:30Tap to summarizeRecorded 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.
Transcribe →The Pilates Reformer is the Worst Apparatus for Group Exercise
Jan 2800:26:29Tap to summarizeJoan 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.
Transcribe →Wellness Culture Featuring Comedian Tori Piskin
Oct 1601:01:27Tap to summarizeJoan 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.
Transcribe →More Pilates Please
Sep 2200:20:15Tap to summarizeDiscussion 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.
Transcribe →Bye Bye MOTR®
Aug 2700:12:49Tap to summarizeWhy 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.
Transcribe →Japanese Walking Miracle
Aug 4, 202500:14:58Tap to summarizeIf 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 and subscribe to our newsletter.Visit the PhysicalMind Institute shop.
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