Uplifting Marginalized Voices in Pilates
From Pilates Perspectives by Balanced Body
February 4, 2026 · 1h 14m · Season 2 · Episode 2
About this episode
Tonya Amos discusses her efforts to make Pilates accessible to marginalized communities.
Tonya Amos is the kind of leader who expands what Pilates can be and who it can be for. As the owner of the award-winning Aspire Pilates Center and Artistic Director of the Grown Women Dance Collective, Tonya has delivered more than 22,000 hours of classes internationally, while building programs that pay it forward through scholarship access and community reinvestment. She shares what it means to bring Pilates to disinvested communities and demographics that haven’t historically had access, ...
People in this episode
Guest: Tonya Amos
Topics covered
- Pilates
- marginalized voices
- community access
- scholarship programs
- fitness leadership
Keywords
- Pilates
- Tonya Amos
- community
- access
- scholarships
- fitness
- leadership
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Aspire Pilates Center, Grown Women Dance Collective
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