All Things Pilates with Darien Gold

Send us Fan Mail Injuries are sometimes unavoidable. Though I’ve always contended that an injury can be one of our greatest teachers, it’s comforting to know if surgery is necessary, having an experienced and caring surgeon can ease some of the anxiety produced by going under the knife. With us on this episode is one of those caring physicians, his name is Dr. Spencer Stein.  Dr. Stein is a Sports...

Send us Fan Mail The Feet. Ugh, love ‘em or hate ‘em, we’re stuck with them. Many people experience foot pain and may not know what to do about it, but Joe Pilates understood what to do, in fact, he invented two small devices to help correct the feet. The foot corrector and the Toe exerciser or sometimes referred to as the Toe Gizmo, were designed to strengthen and make supple the very foundation...

Send us Fan Mail We are so lucky to have with us today, Lolita San Miguel. Known in the Pilates community as one of our Pilates elders, Lolita has been practicing the Pilates method for sixty-two years and teaching for over fifty-four. There is so much to Lolita’s story from an illustrious ballet career, meeting and learning from Jospeh Pilates to her own Pilates programs that she imparts to stude...

Send us Fan Mail Photojournalist Chuck Rapoport, the man  hired by Sports Illustrated for a one day assignment to photograph Joseph Pilates, is here to share a part of that story and others including his time at the White House photographing President Kennedy. For more information about Chuck Rapoport  - http://icrapoport.com/ Music credits: Guitar player - Eduardo Christian "Good Pace"...

Send us Fan Mail When a Pilates conversation happens especially with those who have only heard bits and pieces about the method, usually there is nervous laughter about bodies contorting on torturous contraptions. But all that changes when someone begins a Pilates program and is introduced to this brilliant system. They get to work on fun apparatus like the reformer, the different chairs and barre...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we have with us Judith Green.  Judith has quite a story to tell beginning with how she met and became a student of Naja Cori, a disciple of Joe Pilates. Unless you’re a Facebook follower of Jonathan Grubb, the Pilates historian, you may not have heard of Naja Cori and neither had Judith.  Special thanks: Hot Coffee by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/gho...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest is Full professor, Dr. Nic Butowski, a neuro-oncologist who researches brain disease at UCSF in the Neuro-oncologist department. He also is a Pilates devotee. Though his specialty is researching and studying brain cancer, today we’re focusing on brain health and, if the Pilates method is a key factor in maintaining a healthy brain.  Dr. Nic says we hold psychological and...

Send us Fan Mail I’m sure most of you have used an encyclopedia at some point in your life, but did you know there is now an encyclopedia dedicated to the Pilates method? Our guest today is Mara Sievers and she’s created an online educational platform for Pilates instructors especially those just entering this field. Mara, a former actress and dancer had a career in musical theatre and it offered...

Send us Fan Mail Joe Pilates’ life’s work is incredibly versatile. On one end of the spectrum his exercise program attracts people interested in mainly becoming fit, but at the other end, people seek out Pilates because it can help heal the body. Our guest today is Linda Burquez, a certified Pilates instructor and master teacher in Qigong, also a healing modality. Linda explains beautifully the he...

Send us Fan Mail Liz Koch is the creator of Core Awareness, an educational website dedicated to understanding the psoas through enhanced somatic awareness. She’s had 45 years of experience and her unique approach to movement has garnered a large following both nationally and internationally. She’s authored a number books that focus on kinesthetic intelligence and somatic awareness for developing o...

Send us Fan Mail Unless you’re a Pilates geek, you may not know the history of Joe Pilates, especially the time period when he was  interned on the Isle of Man during WW1.  In this episode, Jonathan Grubb, a Pilates instructor, practitioner and Pilates historian has lived on this Isle almost his entire life. Situated between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, Jonathan originally began his researc...

Send us Fan Mail As promised, I’m excited to share with you a very special guest. Her name is Mary Bowen and she is the eldest of the Pilates Elders still going strong after sixty-one years of practicing and teaching Pilates. Since 1975, Mary's taught Joe's method and for the last twenty-six years has folded in to Joe's teachings her own Pilates Plus Psyche. According to Mary, Joe a...

Send us Fan Mail It's  been over six months since ALL THINGS PILATES has aired a new episode and I wanted to share with you the reason why. So in today’s episode, I’m turning the mic on myself and for the first time speaking out about my life-changing experience. It won’t be the entire story, but enough for you to understand my absence. For those of you who don’t know me personally or aren’t...

Send us Fan Mail As Season Two comes to a close and we say good-bye 2020, we wanted to share four of our outstanding podcast and radio show interviews. We begin with John Steel, author of the hotly debated book, Caged Lion... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Paige Dent, a third generation classical Pilates instructor began her love of movement as a young competitive all-around gymnast where she learned hard work and discipline. Later, when she discovered the Pilates method, she delighted in knowing it was a natural evolution of her gymnastics training.  In 2005, after experiencing what she now describes as, “Pilates lite,"  Paige...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Tracy Belcher, the founder and managing editor of the popular Pilates blog and brand, Pilatay. Tracy is a classical Pilates instructor, Franklin Method teacher and former marketing and communications professional. And though Tracy is completely obsessed with classical Pilates, she says it has a public relations problem - actually two. Problem #1 - An awareness is...

Send us Fan Mail What Olympic sport asks of its athlete to have 3 distinct qualities: the carriage of royalty, the freedom of a lap dancer and the delicate hands of a lady or gentleman? If you guessed Dressage horseback riding, you’re absolutely right. In today's episode, Allison Mathy, a 2008 USDF Gold medalist trains horses and riders at Lyric Dressage, her facility located in Petaluma, CA....

Send us Fan Mail What is it like to be at the helm of the most recognized classical Pilates apparatus manufacturer in the world? In this episode, David Rosencrans, co-owner of Gratz Industries shares his thoughts about his role and his company's role in the classical Pilates industry.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, a Pilates mystery will finally be revealed! It all began when my guest, Nora Gomez-Dears was in Bob Leinken’s certification program, The Pilates Standard. A culminating requisite was to research a part of the Pilates history. Bob mandated that all of his graduates dig deep into the life of Joseph Pilates or the apparatus he invented and share those results...

Send us Fan Mail Simona Cipriani and Joe Muscolino are a wife and husband powerhouse. They impart Pilates information from two different perspectives. Simona is a Second Generation instructor from the Romana Kryzanowska lineage and Joe is a chiropractor who specializes in manual and movement therapies. In this episode, Simona and Joe share their love of movement and how they utilize the healing po...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we take a look at what it’s like to be a studio owner and mother and all of the expectations that accompany these 2 huge responsibilities. Our guest is Sasha Koziak, a Second generation Pilates instructor who was certified in 1996 by Romana Kryzanowska. Four years later, certificate in hand, Sasha opened her own studio and quickly developed a following. Between...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, John Steel, author of the recently published book, Caged Lion shares pieces of his story and the unique relationship he had with Joe Pilates. For Joe, his Contrology method would solve every physical and mental ailment to anyone who practiced it. For John, it was a time in his life when he needed something to help anchor him and so Contrology found its way into his life...

Send us Fan Mail What does push pull mean? Can push and pull be done at the same time? Can anyone experience it?  Pilates instructor and studio owner, Glenn Wilkinson shares his thoughts and ideas about this critical concept in the Pilates method.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is filled with historical information surrounding the years Joe Pilates was interned on the Isle of Man. Our guest, Jonathan Grubb who lives on the Isle of Man, discovered the teachings of Joseph Pilates in 2013 and soon after, learned that his great-grandfather was interned on the Isle of Man at the very same time as Joseph Pilates and in the same sub camp inside...

Send us Fan Mail I’m so excited to share with you a very special guest. Her name is Mary Bowen and she is the eldest of the Pilates Elders still going strong after 61 years of practicing and teaching Pilates.  When Mary was 29 years old, she discovered Joseph Pilates while scanning a NYC newspaper and saw an article about him. He was being interviewed about his exercise studio and his Contrology m...