Running to the Core Podcast

Taryn Watson is a Women's Health Physiotherapist and one of the Directors of Fitright HQ in Applecross, WA, which is a Centre for Women's Health and Exercise.  In this podcast Taryn talks with Dianne about what got her thinking about postnatal checks with physiotherapists and the many benefits of these being earlier 6 weeks. She explores why it is that we wait for the arbitrary 'magical' 6 week ma...

Alex Phillips is the co-Founder of Saint Belford and the Host of the Saint Belford podcast. She talks with Dianne about how self-care practices change with the different seasons of life, including during pregnancy and along the postnatal journey. What you put in your self-care toolkit can be adjusted over time, together with your habits and rituals.  Alex highlights how learning to surrender and a...

Marietta Mehanni has had a passion for group fitness for over 30 years and has a range of aqua education and mentoring services for fitness professionals. In this podcast Marietta talks about the many benefits of exercising in the water for, both in a group fitness setting and when you are in the pool doing your own program. She talks about the varying resistance that working out in the water offe...

Calum Wilson is the co-owner of BUMP Health and Fitness, which offers mothers and expectant mothers a supportive fitness community which is purpose built to cater for the pre or postnatal fitness journey. Currently based in Sydney, BUMP offers carefully considered classes which can be tailored to any stage of pre or post pregnancy or indeed any fitness level. In this podcast Calum talks to Dianne...

Paula Hindle is the Cofounder of Unlocking Her Potential, an Integrative Women's Health coach, Physiotherapist, trained in Exercise Science and a Yoga teacher. In this podcast Paula talks about how Unlocking Her Potential came from her following promptings to step up and play big. She shares parts of her story in the journey she has been on, before and after the suicide of her late husband when he...

Marietta Mehanni has over 30 years of experience in teaching group fitness and is an international presenter, presenting at fitness conferences all over the globe. In this episode she talks with Dianne about elements of postnatal fitness when returning to Step in the postnatal months, usually after at least 6 - 8 weeks following the birth. Marietta highlights that it is about making step by step p...

Lara Jezeph is a Pre and Postnatal Trainer at Virtual PT based in South Australia who experienced a traumatic birth and a difficult postpartum journey. Lara sought out help and support from a range of professionals on her healing journey and she now empowers mums during and after pregnancy.  Her mission is to give mums the support and care that they need pre and post partum to function at their be...

This solo episode with Dianne is a form of pregnancy relaxation with a focus on an easy breath out, gently moving the body away from a position of tension into what is called a "position of ease", where key phrases can be used in any position when you are in labour. By practicing during pregnancy it can be easier to use during labour. A "simple" colour visualisation is included as you prepare for...

Clare Hozack from IntoYou in the northern beaches of Sydney, NSW, brings her athletic background into women's training, where she and her team approach motherhood like a sport. Clare discusses how the repetitive tasks of parenthood are trainable. Training can be modified to empower women while considering the areas of the body that are recovering from pregnancy and childbirth. Clare talks about di...

Mags O'Leary runs Strong from the Inside Out Women's Fitness in Adelaide, SA. Mags works with women to inspire and empower them, having become a Personal Trainer in her quest to find out how to train in the ways she needed, after a difficult postnatal recovery journey. She talks about her story, and some of the unexpected complications that she experienced and how strong her body is now. After her...

Amy Mitchell and Laura Hill talk about the graded return to postnatal fitness and running. Amy is a women's health and fitness coach from Goddess Outdoor Fitness and Laura is a women's health physiotherapist at iMove Physiotherapy and The Running Room. Both work in Rozelle, in Sydney, NSW. Amy speaks about some of the lessons she learned from her own mistakes in returning too soon to playing touch...

Chantal Traub is a top New York City birth facilitator, doula, childbirth educator and a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach with 20 plus years of practice. In this 5 Minute Moment with Chantal, you can practice several of the breathing and pelvic floor visualisations with her. In the full length episode 32, Optimize your Birth with Chantal Traub , Chantal discusses with Dianne how she helps...

Chantal Traub is a top New York City birth facilitator, doula, childbirth educator and a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach with 20 plus years of practice. She discusses with Dianne some of the ways she helps pregnant people prepare for birth, through posture, alignment and body-based movement, developing mindfulness practices during pregnancy including breathwork and interoception.  She ta...

This short clip is from the full length Episode 30 on the Parasympathetic Benefits of mSwing where Marietta Mehanni talks about how mSwing movement patterns can enhance and improve athletic movement patterns, so when a postnatal mum isn't back to her sport yet, she can still gain improvements. Dianne talks about how the patterns of movement in mSwing ticks the boxes for movement as a master calmin...

This episode explores how mSwing can help bring calming effects to the nervous system through a number of its benefits, some of which have been experienced by Dianne, podcast host. Marietta Mehanni is a fitness educator and international presenter and co-created mSwing with Physiotherapist Mark Davis.  There are so many benefits to mSwing, using 1 dumbbell to build movement into your day.  This ca...

In this 5 Minute Matters episode Marietta Mehanni talks with Dianne Edmonds about her personal experience with mSwing and how it can help to restore the rhythm of breathing in our body. Marietta is a fitness educator and international presenter from Melbourne Australia and was Australian fitness presenter of the year in 2018 and 2016 NZ Educator of the Year. She co-created mSwing with Physiotherap...

In the second of our 5 Minute Matters episodes, Marietta Mehanni outlines her thoughts on how movement needs to be higher up in our priorities. mSwing is a tool than be used in 1 or 2 minutes, 5 to 10 minutes through to 20 to 30 minutes to give powerful benefits. Marietta is a fitness educator and international presenter and co-created mSwing with Physiotherapist Mark Davis. In the full first epis...

In the first of our 5 Minute Matters episodes, Marietta Mehanni highlights some powerful benefits of mSwing, which she co-created with Physiotherapist Mark Davis. Marietta is a fitness educator and international presenter and in the full first episode (24) she discusses the many benefits of mSwing which uses a single dumbbell and replicates a lot of movement patterns used in athletic movements. In...

Sophie Villeneuve from Beyond Birthing talks with Dianne about taking a pro- active approach during pregnancy to help with postnatal recovery. Sophie is a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist from Canada and shares her insights and expertise including what she is doing during her own pregnancy as she prepares for the birth of her first baby. She is passionate about helping mamas to prevent pelvic floor i...

Marianne Ryan is a Physical Therapist from New York and the author of the Baby Bod book and creator of Baby Bod program for Postpartum women. She talks to Dianne about some of her early advice for postpartum mums after having a caesarean or C section, including ways to move comfortably, getting support and scar tissue massage techniques.  Find Marianne through her Baby Bod website and on Instagram...

Marietta Mehanni is a fitness educator, international presenter, and the co creator of mSwing and is from Melbourne, Australia. Marietta and Dianne discuss the many benefits of mSwing for postnatal mums, including how using it for even 2 – 3 minutes helps you to feel calmer, more alert and move with more fluidity and flow. mSwing uses a single dumbbell and replicates a lot of movement patterns use...

Fiona Rogers from Pelvic Floor Exercise talks with Dianne about pelvic floor equipment that could enhance the recovery of the pelvic floor for some postnatal mums. She highlights taking the time needed to "let yourself heal" following pregnancy and childbirth and gives advice on getting back to activity during this special time. Using her recent personal experience with recovering from wrist surge...

Sam Kirker from Iron Sistas Personal Training in Newman WA, talks with Dianne about some of the things postnatal mums can focus on during their recovery, to help them prepare for returning to boxing. She talks about pelvic floor and postnatal core training tips plus covers some stretches and foam rolling ideas to help regain movement patterns ready to begin boxing postnatally once you and your bod...

To launch Season 3 Dianne talks to Michelle Kenway from Brisbane in Queensland about postnatal fitness, where Michelle shares her return to running advice. Michelle is a Physiotherapist and author of the international bestselling Inside Out series of books and DVDs. She founded Pelvic Exercises to help women access quality information about exercising safely and effectively with pelvic floor probl...

Marietta Mehanni from Melbourne Victoria talks with Dianne about using the Gymstick as a tool for postnatal training and strengthening in returning to fitness and running. Resistance through the bands can be altered allowing levels of exercise challenge to fit the stage of recovery that a postnatal mum is at. The feeling of pull through the bands gives a whole body awareness when strengthening in...