Moving Conversations

Brian Richey and Nora St John

Welcome to Moving Conversations, a podcast for movement professionals by movement professionals. Join Author and 2025 Personal Trainer of the Year Finalist Brian Richey and Balanced Body Content Creator Nora St John, with their combined 50 years+ of experience in Pilates, fitness and movement covering topics ranging from Pilates, fitness, corrective exercise, pre and post rehab, exercise programming, sports specific training, and of course any and all questions that come from you, the listener.
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S4 · E20
Yesterday · 51 min
New Moves-Skill Building!
As part of our New Moves series, we are looking at why and how we modify, progress or create new moves. In this episode we explore the idea of analyzing a movement goal, identifying the skills needed to achieve the goal and designing exercises to...
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S4 · E19
November 3 · 1 hr 5 min
New Moves with Elizabeth Larkam
Inspired by our episode on creating new exercises, we wanted to invite a few highly creative movement educators to share their process.Next up is Elizabeth Larkam who has been creating moves to reflect the evolution of movement science for decades....
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S4 · E18
October 27 · 55 min
TOYS! Our Top 5 Home and Travel Tools
Brian and Nora travel a lot and having easy to use and portable fitness tools keeps them working out on the go. In this episode we talk about our favorite toys for mobility, release work, strength, balance and core. Whether you want tools for home or...
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S4 · E17
October 20 · 1 hr 4 min
New Moves with Nico Gonzalez
On Nico’s app, Pocket Pilates, he has created an endless variety of skill building sequences in the Pilates environment. Today we discuss his excellent framework for creating variations, progressions and modifications for classes and private clients....
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S4 · E16
October 13 · 58 min
New Moves- From Theory to Practice
In this episode, Brian and Nora talk about closed chain and open chain and how they impact muscle activation, joint stability and coordination. This conversation is an excellent example of our thought process when we designing and modifying new...
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S4 · E15
October 6 · 59 min
New Moves!
Everyone sees creative and occasionally provocative exercises on social media. Before teaching the exercise, we ask ourselves the following questions: 1) What is the purpose of the exercise. 2) Who is the exercise for. 3) Is it safe for this client or...
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S4 · E14
September 29 · 1 hr
Knee Replacements: A Practical Guide
Brian has worked with many clients pre and post knee replacement surgery and I wanted to hear what his approach is, when personal training and Pilates are most useful and how to optimize recovery. This episode lays out general guidelines and time...
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S4 · E13
September 22 · 59 min
Helping Clients in Pain
Working with people in pain is challenging for both instructors and clients. Taking advice from new advances in the science of pain, Brian and Nora discuss ways to redirect clients away from their focus on pain, tips for helping them distinguish pain...
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S4 · E12
September 15 · 1 hr
Tendonitis - New Research and Training Techniques
Join us today as we discuss new research on an effective program for healing tendinitis. Whether you’re dealing with tendinitis in the ankle, knee, shoulder, elbow or other areas, this research from Dr. Keith Baar out of UC Davis uses low load...
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S4 · E11
September 8 · 59 min
Are You Sitting Down?
In this episode we explore sitting, sleeping, working and driving to uncover common sources of discomfort in clients’ daily activities. When a client spends most of their day in a less than ideal ergonomic setting, it can have profound and long...
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S4 · E10
September 1 · 58 min
Anatomy in Motion
This is essentially a love letter to how anatomy and kinesiology form the foundation of our movement practice and philosophy. Understanding the body in motion makes problem solving more fun and keeps our curiosity alive. Building an internal model of...
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S4 · E9
August 25 · 56 min
Balancing the Body
Working with clients we often discover imbalances such as differences in strength and mobility between the sides, discoordinated movement patterns or misalignments. Creating a more balanced body can decrease joint stress, improve performance and...
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S4 · E8
August 18 · 59 min
Recovery- Returning to Life
Regaining the ability to do everything one wants to do in life is the ultimate goal of recovery. Helping clients return to their activities with confidence requires guidance to keep a client from getting stuck and giving up or pushing ahead too soon...
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S4 · E7
August 11 · 58 min
Recovery: From the Beginning
When and how do you start exercising after an injury or a surgery? Physical therapists and surgeons may provide guidelines but as movement professionals, we still have to figure out what our client can do and how to help them get out of pain and...
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S4 · E6
August 4 · 54 min
How Reliable is Dr. AI ?
More and more clients are coming into the studio with information they have found using AI and internet searches. Sometimes the information is accurate and sometimes it’s not. This podcast is designed to help both instructors and clients distinguish...
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S4 · E5
July 28 · 56 min
What Kind of Influencer Are You?
What does it mean to influence someone? Whether you know it or not, if you work with people and help them grow, you are an influencer. Working with clients in your studio, teaching Pilates teachers, presenting at conferences or making social media...
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S4 · E4
July 21 · 1 hr 2 min
Pilates Evolution with Troy McCarty
Following up on our Educator or Influencer conversation, Troy McCarty joins us to discuss his Pilates history and the evolution of his teaching over the last 40 years. Steeped in the classical work from Bruce King and Romana Kryzanowska, Troy has...
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S4 · E3
July 14 · 58 min
Preparing for Hip Replacement Surgery
Preparing a client for hip replacement surgery can have a major influence on how well they recover. In this episode we discuss key principles to focus on for clients who are considering hip replacement surgery. In some cases, a strong program to...
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S4 · E2
July 7 · 1 hr 2 min
Hip Replacement Followup
Following up on our in-depth conversation with Beth Kaplanek in the last episode, Nora and Brian provide more detail on the different kinds of hip replacements and what instructors should be aware when working with clients with posterior, posterior...
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S4 · E1
June 30 · 1 hr 1 min
Pilates and Hip Replacements with Beth Kaplanek
Hip and knee replacements have been called “the surgery of the century” due to how frequently they are performed. As movement professionals, understanding what happens in a hip replacement, basic precautions to be aware of and how to progress a client...
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