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2. Salema Veliu on Endometriosis and Pilates

30 min · 17 apr 2026
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One in ten women have endometriosis. The average time to diagnosis is eight years. And in those eight years, many of them are moving — attending Pilates, teaching yoga, continuing to work — because no one has explained what is actually happening inside their bodies. In this episode, Olya speaks with Salema Veliu: a movement educator with over twenty years of international experience across yoga, Pilates, and bodywork, and a woman living with endometriosis. Salema has studied anatomy with Leslie Kaminoff in New York, myofascial anatomy with Gary Carter, and the neuroscience of movement through Daniel Wolpert’s research at Cambridge. She is also the creator of Slowform Reformer Pilates — a method born directly from her own experience of what happens when the body stops coping. What sets this conversation apart is the rare combination Salema brings: deep anatomical and neurological expertise, and lived experience. She can explain exactly what endometriosis does to the fascia, the diaphragm, the nervous system — because she has studied it, and because she has felt it. Whether you are a movement professional with clients who have endometriosis, someone navigating a diagnosis yourself, or simply someone who wants to understand the body more honestly — this episode is for you.

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aflevering 2. Salema Veliu on Endometriosis and Pilates artwork

2. Salema Veliu on Endometriosis and Pilates

One in ten women have endometriosis. The average time to diagnosis is eight years. And in those eight years, many of them are moving — attending Pilates, teaching yoga, continuing to work — because no one has explained what is actually happening inside their bodies. In this episode, Olya speaks with Salema Veliu: a movement educator with over twenty years of international experience across yoga, Pilates, and bodywork, and a woman living with endometriosis. Salema has studied anatomy with Leslie Kaminoff in New York, myofascial anatomy with Gary Carter, and the neuroscience of movement through Daniel Wolpert’s research at Cambridge. She is also the creator of Slowform Reformer Pilates — a method born directly from her own experience of what happens when the body stops coping. What sets this conversation apart is the rare combination Salema brings: deep anatomical and neurological expertise, and lived experience. She can explain exactly what endometriosis does to the fascia, the diaphragm, the nervous system — because she has studied it, and because she has felt it. Whether you are a movement professional with clients who have endometriosis, someone navigating a diagnosis yourself, or simply someone who wants to understand the body more honestly — this episode is for you.

17 apr 202630 min
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1. Why Pilates instructors are learning to create dependable clients

Follow me on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/pilatesongeorge/?hl=en] Subscribe for the weekly Newsletter [https://pilatesongeorge.myflodesk.com/li40gt2arw] The first episode of the Movement Notes podcast discusses the impact of language on client autonomy, the implications of alignment-obsessed teaching and fear-based language, the financial and ethical considerations of language use, research evidence on language and client outcomes, and practical strategies for language use in teaching. Takeaways * Language shapes client autonomy * Negative language affects client outcomes Chapters * 00:00 Introduction and Target Audience * 09:01 The Financial and Ethical Implications of Language Use Research references: Colloca & Miller (2012), JAMA — Nocebo Effects, Patient-Clinician Communication, and Therapeutic Outcomes. Vlaeyen & Linton (2000), Pain — Fear-Avoidance and Its Consequences in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.

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