Meet Your Body
Podcast
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Welcome to Meet Your Body with Jessica Valant, MSPT — a podcast dedicated to helping women feel strong, safe and empowered in their bodies through every season of life. Combining science-backed education, professional expertise, advocacy, and compassion, Jessica brings honest conversations and practical tools to the complex world of women’s health and aging.
Each episode explores the topics women are too often left to navigate alone, including perimenopause, menopause, endometriosis, hysterectomy, prolapse, infertility, exercise, aging, recovery, body image, and learning how to advocate for yourself in healthcare and everyday life. Through expert guests, personal stories, actionable strategies, and evidence-based guidance, Jessica helps listeners cut through misinformation and reconnect with their bodies with more confidence and clarity.
Drawing from both her professional experience as a physical therapist & women’s health expert and her own personal health journey, Jessica offers a grounded, empowering approach to aging, healing, movement, and wellness — reminding women that strength is possible at every stage of life.
Thinking about becoming a Pilates instructor? Or wondering whether your current instructor is truly qualified? Before you sign up for a quick online certification — or trust someone guiding your body through movement — there are important truths about the Pilates industry you need to hear.
In this episode of Meet Your Body, Jessica Valant — physical therapist, Pilates expert, and educator — breaks down what it really takes to become a skilled, knowledgeable Pilates instructor. From the true cost of certification programs to the difference between weekend online courses and comprehensive 450+ hour trainings, Jessica shares the insider knowledge every aspiring instructor and Pilates client should understand.
You’ll learn:
- How to identify a reputable Pilates certification program
- What qualifications to look for in a Pilates instructor
- The difference between mat training and full equipment certification
- Why anatomy, biomechanics, and injury knowledge matter
- How much Pilates teacher training actually costs
Jessica also shares her personal perspective on how the Pilates world has evolved over the last two decades — from celebrity fitness trend to respected movement profession — and why quality education matters more than ever for both instructors and clients.
Whether you want to teach Pilates professionally, deepen your own movement knowledge, or simply feel more confident choosing classes and instructors that are safe and effective, this episode offers clarity, practical insight, and an honest look behind the scenes of the Pilates industry.
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Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition.
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Join physical therapist, Pilates Teacher, mom of two, and coffee lover Jessica Valant as she brings her signature combination of hope, science based research and a little fun to the world of movement and women’s health. The Meet Your Body Podcast will address the fear, confusion and loneliness that can oftentimes be associated with our bodies. We will use education, uplifting stories, actionable strategies and compassion to address things like endometriosis, hysterectomy, prolapse, infertility, the aging process, exercise, how to advocate for yourself and more. Join us as Jessica shares her own journey with these issues and ultimately provides a guide for finding strength and joy in your own body.
