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Modern Body: Pilates & Movement for Life

Modern Body: Pilates & Movement for Life

Aly DiRoma 126 Episodes Oct 9, 2026

Modern Body is a podcast hosted by Aly DiRoma, a Pilates and Movement instructor, that explores how to better understand and care for your body through Pilates and movement. Each episode debunks trends and provides factual insights based on personal experience, expert interviews, and the latest research. The show offers practical, realistic approaches to incorporating movement into modern life for long-term health.

Episodes

Ep. 135: Ditch the Anti-Aging Hype: How to Cultivate Lasting Beauty and Radiance, Holistically, A Conversation with Tina Scholl (Best of Collection)
Ep. 135: Ditch the Anti-Aging Hype: How to Cultivate Lasting Beauty and Radiance, Holistically, A Conversation with Tina Scholl (Best of Collection) Oct 9, 2026 01:07:30 Tina Scholl, former physical therapist and creator of The Balanced Facewalks Aly through the habits that shape how a face ages and the simple tools that can redirect them. This isn’t your typical facial care discussion that centers on med-spa treatments or the elaborate application of topical cleansers, serums, and moisturizers. Instead, Tina advocates for small, doable habits added into your norm
Ep. 134: How To Work With Your Hypermobility
Ep. 134: How To Work With Your Hypermobility Oct 2, 2026 13:20 Hypermobility isn’t a problem if you know how to work with it. This week, Aly brings back a segment from an earlier episode to share how she would coach clients with hypermobile joints. Aly also points out what you should avoid if you have a hypermobile body. Even if you don't have this trait, Aly's advice will still be helpful in helping you build stability and mobility. Hypermobility never goes
Ep. 133: What Your Hip Flexors Really Want
Ep. 133: What Your Hip Flexors Really Want Sep 25, 2026 19:38 Hip flexors can give us a lot of discomfort but in this monthly mini episode, Aly argues they're just responding to how we live: hours at a desk, miles of running, long flights, and core classes that park the legs in tabletop. She revisits an early episode where she explains what hip flexors really are and why tightness can signal muscles that are overworked, underworked, or overstretched. Aly sha
Ep. 132: Understanding Rib Flare: Best of Collection
Ep. 132: Understanding Rib Flare: Best of Collection Sep 18, 2026 41:10 Rib flare. It's the subtle shift in rib cage position that can surface during pregnancy, postpartum recovery, or while your body compensates for an old back injury or ongoing stress. In this replay episode, Aly separates the two distinct types of rib flare: positional and angular. She flags the everyday clues to watch for like a bra band that suddenly rides up, a shallow exhale, or tight shoulders
Ep. 131: The First Step to Core Strength: Pressure Management
Ep. 131: The First Step to Core Strength: Pressure Management Sep 11, 2026 13:20 Endless crunches and planks rarely build the strong core people are chasing and in this episode, Aly explains why. The real bottleneck is pressure management: how the diaphragm, pelvic floor, and transverse abdominis coordinate as a system, not isolated parts. She walks through the sequencing that gets these muscles firing in the right order, and explains why alignment between ribcage and pelvis m
Ep. 130: Posture and Pilates: Affecting Change Through Movement, A Compilation
Ep. 130: Posture and Pilates: Affecting Change Through Movement, A Compilation Sep 4, 2026 25:10 Aly digs back through the Modern Body archives to pull three segments that paint a complete picture of how Pilates reshapes posture over time. In this compilation episode, she breaks down what posture actually is, why gravity and daily habits gradually impact how you stand and move, and why Pilates works from the inside out to help build a more supportive posture. The segments selected feature the
Ep. 129: Harness the Power of Fascia Movement, A Conversation with Kath Pent
Ep. 129: Harness the Power of Fascia Movement, A Conversation with Kath Pent Aug 28, 2026 01:15:20 Aly sits down with fascia movement educator Kath Pent to explore the underestimated importance of facial health. Kath shares what current research reveals about fascia as a body-wide sensory network, why force travels between structures far from where discomfort actually shows up, and why the field keeps outpacing anyone's ability to master it fully. She and Aly dig into where fascia work diverges
Ep. 128: What’s the Point of A Movement Practice Anyway?
Ep. 128: What’s the Point of A Movement Practice Anyway? Aug 21, 2026 17:44 Aly shares a question she keeps circling back to after years in the movement industry: what's the actual point of moving your body? We all answer this question for ourselves, but Aly shares how her response guides the creation of Modern Body content. Her answer treats movement like a recipe using interesting combinations of Pilates, strength work, mobility, fascia, and dance. These ingredients sta
Ep. 127: Create Multifaceted Strength for Your Multifaceted Life
Ep. 127: Create Multifaceted Strength for Your Multifaceted Life Aug 14, 2026 20:17 It’s almost Week 3 of Summer Camp at Modern Body and Aly kicks it off by making a case for strength training that goes beyond lifting heavy. Instead of chasing progressive overload alone, she breaks down how muscle fibers, weight loads, and planes of motion all work together on a spectrum, and why Pilates and heavier lifting complement rather than compete with each other. The week ahead mixes body
Ep. 126: Conscious Core Continuity: Building a Core That Supports You in Everything You Do
Ep. 126: Conscious Core Continuity: Building a Core That Supports You in Everything You Do Aug 7, 2026 20:48 Aly kicks off Week 2 of Summer Camp with Conscious Core Continuity. Inspired by watching her own baby learn how to move, Aly desiged Week 2 to recreate the experiences most humans have in the first year of life: lying still, rolling, sitting, crawling, standing. The core never stops working, conscious or not, and training that connection deliberately on the mat builds strength that will carry you
Ep. 125: How to Develop Trust and Confidence in Your Body Using Movement as the Medium
Ep. 125: How to Develop Trust and Confidence in Your Body Using Movement as the Medium Jul 31, 2026 30:17 Kids don't second-guess a somersault. Adults do. Aly launches Modern Body's Summer Camp series by exploring how we can recapture that child-like confidence and trust in how we move by unveiling Week One's theme, Remembering the Body. She digs into why so many of us have been trained to override bodily signals in favor of data, comparison, and cultural "shoulds." Aly invites listeners to reconnect
Ep. 124: The Summer of Remembering: Movement as a Medium for Memory and Reconnection
Ep. 124: The Summer of Remembering: Movement as a Medium for Memory and Reconnection Jul 24, 2026 39:25 Aly opens up about a personal reawakening that’s shaping how she approaches movement. After watching a documentary that stirred old memories of dancing, she followed the pull back to the studio to dance simply for the joy of it. She talks about how that experience opened her up to rediscovering other joys she'd long set aside. That spark became the north star for Modern Body’s Summer Camp series i

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