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Aviva Reinhart
Pre/Postnatal Pilates SpecialistAviva specializes in Pilates for pregnancy and postpartum recovery. She's worked with 800+ pre/postnatal clients and trains other instructors in the field.
📍 Portland, Oregon
Latest from Aviva
Returning to Reformer Pilates After Birth: A Realistic Timeline
There's no single magic week for the reformer postpartum - here's a realistic, evidence-informed timeline and what to watch for.
Sep 22, 2026
Breastfeeding Neck and Shoulder Pain: What Pilates Can Change
Feeding and carrying a baby loads your neck and upper back for hours a day. What actually helps, and what…
Sep 18, 2026
Pilates With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: What's Safe and What Isn't
Most people with pelvic organ prolapse can keep doing Pilates. What changes is pressure management, not the whole repertoire.
Sep 15, 2026
Pilates After a C-Section: When to Start and What to Skip
Most people are cleared at six weeks, but that is a start line, not a finish line. Here is how…
Sep 9, 2026
Pilates and Your Pelvic Floor: What It Can Do Before and After Birth
Pilates can genuinely strengthen your pelvic floor, but only if you contract those muscles on purpose. What the research supports,…
Sep 8, 2026
Pilates During Pregnancy: A Trimester-by-Trimester Guide
Pilates during pregnancy is one of the most well-tolerated forms of exercise — when it's done right. Here's what changes…
Feb 25, 2026
Pilates for Diastasis Recti: A Postpartum Recovery Guide
Two-thirds of postpartum women have diastasis recti. Most never get the right guidance to heal it. Here's the evidence-based progression…
Dec 30, 202512 years of teaching.
Aviva is a Pilates instructor and certified pre/postnatal exercise specialist who has worked with over 800 pregnant and postpartum clients since 2012. She came to Pilates after her own first pregnancy, when she couldn't find a single instructor in her city who understood diastasis recti beyond "don't do crunches."
Now she trains other instructors in evidence-based pre/postnatal modifications and writes about the unglamorous truth: most postpartum recovery advice is too cautious, and what's actually missing is graduated, intelligent loading.
