What if movement could help support fertility, regulate hormones, and reconnect you with your body?

In this episode of The We Got You Mama Show, Carly sits down with Zsofia and Marta, founders of The Fertility Class, to discuss natural fertility support through movement, nutrition, and holistic wellness.

After overcoming PCOS, infertility, and hormonal imbalances themselves, they discovered the Aviva Method—a movement practice designed to improve circulation, support reproductive organs, balance hormones, and help women feel empowered in their bodies again.

This conversation is for women trying to conceive, navigating postpartum recovery, struggling with painful or irregular cycles, entering perimenopause, or simply wanting to understand their bodies better.

In This Episode:

• What fertility exercises are and how they differ from regular workouts
• Why some exercise styles can worsen hormonal imbalance
• Natural support for PCOS, endometriosis, and irregular cycles
• Why postpartum women often feel disconnected from their bodies
• Fertility support for women in their 20s, 30s, and beyond
• Why male fertility matters too
• Rebuilding trust in your body after disappointment

Resources:

The Fertility Class

https://thefertilityclass.com

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to the we got you mama show. We're so happy that you're here today. I have not one, but two special guests with me today.

We have Marta and Sophia. I'm going to share all about them, and then we get to dive in. This is a new topic that we haven't really approached before.

I mean, it's a topic that we've approached, but you guys are in for a treat. So Shopia is a certified Aviva Method teacher. She's an entrepreneur and a former fashion executive.

She was diagnosed with severe PCOS as a teenager and told she might never conceive. She healed naturally through movement and nutrition. Do you guys catch that? How many doctors do we go see where they're like, there's not a chance?

She healed naturally through movement and nutrition.

After leading global strategy brands like Net A Porter, she introduced the Aviva Method from Hungary to the UK And US and so today, she dedicates her work to helping women worldwide reconnect with their bodies and reproductive health. So welcome Jovia. Thank you, partner. Marta Hahn, who I got to see recently and give her a big squeeze. She's a health coach.

Health coach, a certified yoga teacher, and a Viva Method instructor.

So after she navigated infertility and hormonal imbalances herself, she restored her health also naturally through movement, nutrition, and holistic practices. With over a decade of experience and background as a competitive ballroom dancer. Oh, I mean, I wish we had time to, like, show us some moves next.

Next time. She combined specialized knowledge with deep body awareness to help women restore hormone hormonal balance and support fertility naturally.

All right, welcome. Did I miss anything? Welcome. Thank you so much for coming on. So we're gonna dive right in to the things real quick. What is Aviva Method?

Just to fill me in on what that is, because it was in both your bios, and I'm sure some people are like, I don't know. I don't know what that is.

Yeah.

But as you taught, you know, hundreds of women, she. She realized that this pelvic movement and the blood flow actually so nourishing for the female reproductive organs.

So she created a whole Program that is very well known in Europe and also in Israel. She. She is a Hungarian born who lived in Israel. And we are. Sophia and I are Hungarians.

And we went back to Hungary and got certified in the VIVA method. And then we basically brought it to the US and put it on an online platform in the form of the fertility class.

That is so cool. The fertility class. I don't know if there's something like that out there, especially in the U.S. am I right?

Well, this is the reason why we created the fertility class because we really struggled. As you mentioned in my bio, I had really severe pcos. I struggled for so many years.

Marta had her own hormonal chaos story, and we really had to dig so deep, trial and error, to try to find healing and get to the root cause of our issues. And so we did find those things. We were able to kind of crawl out of our issues, our respective issues.

And 10, 15 years later, we kept hearing the same stories from women because we were teaching this method in person and in small groups, and women were telling us the same things we were experiencing 10, 15 years ago. So we haven't really moved forward. And so, Martin, I, you know, for years we were talking about how this is so necessary.

We want to bring this for women. And so finally, we launched the fertility class. And this is exactly how we explain it.

It's this space that we wish we had and this knowledge and this kind of movement that is focused on your fertility health. And that's how I was born.

Yeah, I find that. I feel like most founders that we have on the show, doctors, like almost everyone, are like, oh, I had this issue and I realized the need for it.

So I figured it out, and then I it. And now I offer that and I fill that gap, right? Which is. Which is huge. And I freaking love that about women, right?

We're like, oh, my gosh, we need this, and I'm gonna make it happen. So what are they specifically? And how do they differ from regular, you know, exercise classes?

Because, I mean, I was talking to Marta about this when we met last weekend. You know, I'm. I'm a certified trainer and instructor and in pre and postnatal yoga and. And I' like, oh, my gosh, this should.

You know, the more I heard about it thinking like, this should be introduced to all platforms, right? Especially women. Women platforms and instructors and groups like, you know, like, Fit for Mom, where I used to own a franchise.

It should be introduced to these communities, right? So what does. What makes them different? What makes these exercises Different?

Yes. Fertility exercises are completely different from really any kind of other exercise that you've done before.

A lot of what we do is focused on fitness and physical appearance and stress relief. And no other exercise method is focused on your fertility health.

And that means your hormonal balance, that means your cycle health, your menstrual cycle health and general well being, which is all tied to that.

But these exercises are physically focused on your reproductive system, the muscles that surround your reproductive organs that you're contracting and finding and working. And we tap into reflexology points that are directly linked to your hypothalamus, your reproductive organs.

You know, all of these movements are there to address the system, to open it up to, you know, to, to really physically work, you know, all of these systems so that your body can create this hormonal balance and better fertility. And so we like to think about it as physical therapy for your fertility.

You know, it really is something that we want women to practice for a few months. You know, this is not something that you do here and there or a couple of times. This is, this is kind of therapy that, that you practice.

But it's disguised as a beautiful, you know, dance like movement session with great music and, you know, you come to have fun. But it is really different from other exercise methods. And, you know, all of those things you mentioned are important.

And whether it's strength training, yoga, Pilates, they all have their place. But you can actually exercise for your fertility and menstrual health. And that's a beautiful thing.

And, you know, this is why we thought it was so important to introduce it.

I mean, it's fascinating. What do people, okay, so let's say they put in, you know, for four or five months. What did they, what do they come out learning? Right?

What do they discover maybe about their bodies from after really investing some time and consistency into the fertility class.

So women usually come to us with specific goals or issues.

Most of our ladies struggle with infertility, but that's usually more complex than this because they also have pcos or endometriosis missing cycles, irregular cycles. So we have to address the entire endocrine system and also nervous system.

So when they start with us, they learn the method slowly, step by step, so they don't just jump in and start to move their hips. They know that each exercise supports ovulation or regulating cycles, or it's there to open up block fallopian tubes.

And then once they learned individual movements, they put it together and created the signature sequence, which is 30 minutes long. And it addresses the entire endocrine system and reproductive organs.

So you only do it three times a week because these are really stimulating exercises. That blood flow, that blood circulation can stay there for four days and nourishing the female body. And we usually hear women say that.

They notice that the cycle is more regular, that cervical mucus quality is more visible, the ovulation are stronger. And they just feel that especially sit so much every single day, you know, like most of us tied to a desk, to a screen.

So women who, you know, sit 10, 12 hours a day, their pelvic muscles and core muscles are very tight and rigid.

So once they start to do these hip circles and pelvic tilts, they just like the whole pelvis comes to life because of the blood flow, because that extra circulation. So they just feel more alive than ever before.

Because when you sit and you sit like, so I just did like, you know, we think about when we do the exercises, we think about posture, we think about core muscles. There are certain exercises that there to support the reproductive organs. And that's all about having nice and strong core muscles.

And then when you sit, you really don't move your pelvis. Right. So I see it every single time that women have a hard time to do a simple pelvic tilt because it's just so stiff.

So once the circulation starts to improve and we also do a lot of stretches, it just frees them, like freeze that, not freeze them, free them up.

I love that. Yes, I love that. I mean, and I've also heard women hold a lot of tension in their hips just naturally. Right?

Yeah, tension also not just physical. So it's just such a beautiful. As Jophia said, it's not really an exercise. It's a dance like movement method.

Like, because when you say exercise, most women think about like a gym workout and it's anything but. It's a whole body movement to music. It's rhythmic, it's, it's beautiful.

It really also helps them to reconnect with their feminine energy, which is so often just gets lost, you know.

Yeah.

As we age especially.

Yeah.

I mean, you and I were talking a lot about who is this for. Right. And we talked about, oh, so like my teenager can do this stuff if she's having issues around her period.

And so can we talk a little bit more more about that? Is it, you know, four women just trying to conceive?

Is it four women in their 20s, 30s, you know, is it a method I can introduce to, you know, my 15 year old and male Fertility, Right. What about male fertility? I know there's a section on your site that talked about that too.

And so like it's all just, it all ties together, like we all have the system inside of us. Right. So it shouldn't really be one specific, you know, age group of women who, you know, are trying to conceive. Right.

So tell me more about like the different age groups and, and a little bit more about male fertility. Because we don't often, you know, they're never the problem. The problem. Right.

If not, if you have any kind of pain or lack of signs of ovulation, if you are unable to get pregnant, you know, this, this is about women, then, then you need to provide your body tools to be able to heal that.

And I think, you know, when we say that, we automatically think of supplements, medication, you know, things that, that you take externally, but there's actually movement that can be medicine for your body. And this is exactly it.

So if your teenage has debilitating pms, painful periods where they have to miss school, that's a sign that something is imbalanced. In that case, absolutely can be beautifully used.

I mean we even hear of teenagers and we have had teenagers who violently throw up right before the first day of their period because of hormonal imbalances.

So this can be very helpful and especially with that young age group, this can resolve from one cycle to the next or, you know, certainly see changes very quickly. So let's say, you know, you're, you're not ovulating, you haven't been able to conceive, there's some underlying issues there.

But that also means that, you know, something, something is imbalanced. So you can use this blood flow, you know, to Martha's point, counter affect some of all this sitting that we're doing and the stressful lifestyles.

I mean, it really restricts blood flow in the pelvis.

And you know, for some women, they'll say, I've, I've, I'm doing it all, I've done it all, I eat well, I exercise, I meditate, you know, I try to get to all the pillars for my fertility health.

And sometimes this can be the missing link because everything that you're doing for your hormones through food and sleep and you know, mental health regulation, you still need those messages in your blood to reach Your reproductive organs.

So sometimes this really, you know, if that's cut off, if somebody has pelvic congestion, blocked fallopian tubes, you know, those messages are not going to reach your organs or those organs won't be able to communicate with each other if they're misaligned. It can be something as simple as having a tilted uterus.

I think so many women are told that they have a tilted uterus and might have a hard time conceiving. It's a mobile organ, you know, through movement, through exercise, you can absolutely resolve that.

It was something that I was told I have and then I would never.

Solutions, right?

I mean, you think there's no solutions, but then you think about it, there's no solutions. Typically, of course, you think about it like movement, you know, you can absolutely move that organ. I don't want to sit back in its place.

I mean, it's mobile, you know, so it's just, it's something that you can move with your pelvis and through, you know, these kind of specific movements. And then later in life it can be useful as well. You know, perimenopause, menopause, such a buzzword these days. You know, it's.

We don't think about movement as something that can address some of those symptoms. And you know, there's, of course, there's other tools.

This is not to say this is the only one, but this can be such a nice supportive element to all of the other things that you may be doing to address those symptoms. So this can really be a really nice tool for the entire reproductive time of a woman.

Long winded way of, to answer your question, that this can really be so supportive from puberty to menopause. And the same goes for men.

So this lifestyle, the setting, the stressing, you know, lifestyle choices that aren't conducive to fertility also affect men.

So just by working, you know, blood flow, by working their pelvic floor, some of these reflexology points can really have a huge impact on their sperm health. So it is just as important for them as well.

It's awesome. Oh my gosh, can they do I, I want to see them all doing classes together. The teenager, dad, mom.

Yeah, that was actually fun.

And then my little put it on our list, learns it before she even enters that space and she's like, I already know this stuff. I own a completely healthy pelvic floor.

That language and those active movements and these things that are healthy for us like from an, really from an early age, so that they, you know, so that they know and they're informed and they have options. And. And like you said, it might not be the one thing that fixes all the things. Right. Because I mean, we're a complex human being, but it can add to.

And I think. And that add to that missing puzzle piece can often make all the difference, right?

Oh, absolutely. I mean, it's complementary.

That's why we work with, you know, other providers especially, especially like acupuncturists, doulas, doctors, everybody who kind of understand the whole, you know, system that we work with, they so happy to welcome us. It's just like we are one piece in the puzzle. Yeah.

And you can't feel complete without, without that vital piece. Right.

Like there's movement in general. Yeah. And you know what I mean, I think everybody knows that movement is medicine and movement is good for you.

But when it comes to fertility, if you have fertility issues, like what kind of movement you choose, it actually makes a huge difference.

Because movement, if you do like, you know, cardio or hiit training, that's actually when you have already a hormonal imbalance that counter productive, it's gonna actually push you even more off from balance.

So you want to actually choose more nourishing movements like those hip tails that is able to nourish reproductive organs and also soothe your nervous system.

So I think it's important for women to know that, you know, you have to choose the right kind of movement for your individual needs and it can change time to time. Right. So you not necessarily doing the same thing for the entire time of your lifespan.

Yeah, no, and I can attest to that because I, I used to teach group fitness classes. Hit classes were like my favorite thing and I taught those all the time.

And then I got to like my perimenopause stage in life and I was like, this does not feel good at all. Instead of energizing me, making me feel good and, and strong, it like it really did the opposite. And I'm like, what is happening to my body? Right.

And that's when I kind of went back to like hot yoga and doing my pilates thing and, and my body was like, okay, thank. We were like struggling there, you know, but it's like we don't know what we, we don't know, right.

So many of us feel like, oh, I'll never be the same again after babies. Like how many times do we hear that, you know, I'll never have my body back, you know, which is so horrible.

Like we're here to move forward, not to Go back, we're a different person. You know, how can these exercises help them reconnect with their bodies? Because I think it's really important and I talk a lot about it in my book.

Just reconnecting with ourselves, period. Right. Stop listening to all the noise and let's get back to those instincts that we were, we were born with, you know what I mean?

And I feel like your classes feel that kind of intuitiveness, right? In, in the movement.

I would love to think so. Yeah. They definitely gentle and not. We are not the trendy movement class by any means.

Like, we try to make it, you know, visibly beautiful, but it's really turning the focus in and down to the pelvis and really feeling those muscles move. I often ask the ladies to put your hand on your pelvis and when you do that, the hip circle.

Just feel how the muscles immediately engage and start to work. Like you don't have to do like crazy things to, to work your body, right?

And I think especially after pregnancy when you went through a huge transformation, right? You, you grew a baby, you birthed the baby, now you care for a baby. I mean, that's a real full time job.

You don't need to run back to the gym to do hiit exercises right away. It has its time and place and by all means do it if that feels good for you. But most women, because they don't sleep, they feed around the clock.

Like something nourishing, something peaceful for something rhythmic is so much better for them. Right. And you start with like posture, breathing. Okay, where is my pelvic floor?

Is my pelvic muscle so just like engaging the core again, like start slowly and you build up to. So you can go back to the gym, you know, in whatever six months or 12 months or whenever you are ready. Yeah.

And it's also incredibly important for their mental health. You know, so many women struggle post birth and this is a big part of it. And it's hormonal.

You know, a large part of mental health issues are hormone related because again, you have this hormonal chaos and your body does need as long to recover as long it took you to grow and birth that baby. So giving yourself that time and finding ways to nourish yourself and balance yourself really helps you mentally as well.

And you know, I always say this, but the body is incredible and we just need to find those tools, those, those really supportive pillars and they're very basic things really that can help you get back into balance.

But I think, you know, we tend to punish our bodies there's something with women where we, you know, it starts in a young age, but I feel like it takes us through again most of this reproductive lifetime where we're just not taught to nourish it. But that's where this balance comes from. And it's mind and body. And so it's especially important in that post birth phase or stage.

And I'm sure we've all seen it to the next extreme, especially in dance. Marta. Right. Via in, in fashion. Right. We've see that kind of warped idea of, you know, the size you should be or what have you.

You know, I grew up in the modeling world since 15, you know what I mean? And so it's a very hard idea to come back from when it's like your job relies on it, right?

Like. Yeah.

On how you perform, on how you look, on how you present yourself.

And then.

So toxic. So toxic. Yeah.

And then after babies be fired from what you do in a sense, you know what I mean?

Like, like in my case, an agent, you know, is no longer willing to represent me because I wasn't, you know, after three months back into whatever size, you know, they needed. It's like, oh my God, it's, it's hard enough coming back into just how society presents in the media, right.

Of what women, you know, should look like and the postpartum experience that, that we see a lot of these celebrities going through. I mean, we probably grew up more in a time where social media was brand new and so it was. No one was telling their real stories, right.

No one was like, look at my licking boobs and look at my diaper, like at postpartum, right. Like, I don't remember seen any of that. So I love that we're being more honest and real and open about it, but that it still exists.

That kind of how hard we are on ourselves to get back to something or to return to our 25 year old self. I mean, my mother still talks about it.

Yeah.

Getting back to her pre pregnancy weight. I was like, mom, you're Oscar and you're fit and also you're almost 70. Like, can we not talk about being 25 anymore? Because that's weird.

Like you're not meant to be 25 year old. You can feel like a 65, you know, 60 year old. Like we can reverse that biological clock by really, really honing in and taking care of ourselves.

But this, this idea of like.

Yeah, yeah, that's, that aging gracefully is so hard, I think thing, especially here in la, you know, nobody gets taught like, nobody and everybody is just so. It's like we almost disappearing as women. Like, if you take up space, like, oh my God. And it's really damaging.

And I, you know, as a former dancer who underrate, over trained and completely ruined my body and fertility, it's really, I'm really sensitive to this topic. I'm turning 47 and I'm so. I, I'm the biggest and strongest I ever been in my life.

Like, I have a solid 25 pounds on me versus when I was in my twenties and I do not want to go back. Like, I think looking back, that's not the future. You want to look forward. You want to build yourself up.

Like if, if a man looks big and muscling and you know, it's like, oh, wow, you look great. But like, if we have some, you know, muscle on, it's like, oh, it's not healthy.

Watch out.

Exactly.

So we're gonna like, it's, it's interesting too, like getting into your mid-40s and later, like, I don't care as much anymore. So can we like, give some advice to these, you know, younger moms that like, they're, let's help you get there sooner, right?

Let's help you get to this place of like, I don't give a anymore what you all think and really get back to yourselves and, and get back to reconnecting with yourselves. And that's a really, really important relationship, right?

That's what we have.

I mean, what, what we see with our members is that what, you know, some people were never told how, you know, why nutrition is important and how that's going to make you feel if you, if you just make those few tweaks that's going to nourish your body or why sleep is important. You know, we tend to put sleep last. Everybody's constantly stress, stressed throughout the day.

We were not taught tools to, you know, really lower that temperature and just take that time that felt like we were not creating, we were not busy and therefore, you know, that was something wrong that you would be doing.

So what we see in our work is that once we simply explain why these things are important and how they affect your hormonal health and your overall well being, and then they implement it for a few weeks and feel so different, it just completely switches not just their thinking and their lifestyle, but also this body awareness and image. Because all of a sudden it's not about the looks, it's about how I'm functioning and you feel so much better.

And then I think you can be so much more comfortable in your skin and so much more grateful for your aging because your body is working for you, not against you.

Yeah.

And it just, you know, that changes your perspective. So I think this is why these conversations are so important, because no one had them around us growing up. You know, certainly not me.

Not from my parents, not from my teachers, not from my peers. It was all very secretive.

And, yes, there's an information overload, but at the same time, we're open about these things, things that, I mean, we never talked about periods at school or at, you know, first jobs, and now it's a. A very different conversation. And I think that serves a lot of women well because it opens this awareness.

So thank you for conversations like this because I think it is very important.

It is. No, it's extremely important because if we don't have them and if we don't put ourselves first, how does that bleed into everything else? Right.

Our home, our children? That ripple effect is. Is so huge. And we so often think that, you know, oh, it's so selfish. Like, no, it's not. It's necessary.

Necessary, because then we get to fill other people's cups because ours is not empty anymore. You know what I mean?

And that ripple effect, honestly, it changes the world when you think about it, because if we're building healthy bodies and then we're helping our little, Little people build healthy, healthy bodies, and they're going out in the world and. And. And helping other people be happy and healthy, you know, that changes communities, you know, and that ripple effect and this.

This age that we're in, where it's like, now we're all talking about it, but we're not necessarily finding all the solutions. Right.

I think it's like, yes, let's talk about it, and then let's find things that really work for us, like the fertility class, like, getting that second and third opinion. You know what I mean? When. When something doesn't resonate in. In. In the healthcare facility that you might be going to.

I think I learned a lot about that at this summit that Marta and I met at. And just don't give up on you. Like, we can come to a place of healthy and happy and whole. Right?

Let's really, really seek after this holistic approach because it's available and. And our bodies are waiting, and our bodies want that. And so thank you so much.

Thank you so much for really, I mean, like, going across the seas to, like, gain this training, you know what I. And bring it back and inform our Moms and help them out.

We'll close with like, what's one success story of a client that has come to you guys that you've maybe loved and love talking about?

I'll tell you our latest success story which is from a few days ago. This lovely 44 year old woman came to us who hasn't had her period for over six months.

She thought she was in early in menopause at that young age and was thinking about getting donor egg to then carry her own child. And she started exercising with us and within two weeks she had her period, which is amazing.

You know, I think a lot of people think that once your periods go away in your 30s and 40s, it's just early menopause and, and that's it. But she got her periods back, period back. Excuse me.

Now she's looking for signs of her ovulation so that, you know, hopefully she will be ovulating and will be able to have her cycles and fertility back and we'll be able to conceive whether it's, you know, naturally or via treatment.

But you know, to give this kind of hope to women who come to us and you know, completely disappointed in their bodies and you know, they think that's it for their fertility and to be able to, you know, get that back.

Which I want to emphasize that, you know, this wouldn't happen in your 60s, 70s, you can override your body but you know, there are tools to impact your fertility and your cycle health and you know, so this is, this is just hot off the press story from a few days ago.

But you know, we have lots of women who have gone through many fertility treatments and have started practicing and were able to conceive, you know, whether naturally or through treatment. You know, we have so many, so many amazing stories of women kind of reclaiming their health and it's very rewarding work, obviously. Yes.

I mean you're like helping miracles come to fruition. Right? Like something that they maybe thought they would never be able to, to have.

And they get to, they get to have that which is, you know, I'd be like crying. Yeah. Like, I'm so happy that you found this and so happy for you. You're having a baby and you didn't think you were gonna have a baby.

I mean, see the progression between someone who comes to you, you know, who is so disappointed in the world and themselves have given up.

They, I mean, they're just these like broken people and to then, you know, have these conversations three, four, five months later and they're able to have their miracle is. Is. I mean, it's the best kind of work.

Yeah. It's like their light is back. Right. And there's that.

They're different people. It's amazing. Yeah.

Oh, my gosh. I love that so much. Just, you know, Sophia and Marta making dreams come true over here and producing miracles.

Well, we need more people like you in our world. So we're gonna get the word out there. We're gonna put all the information in the show notes I was talking to Marta about.

I was like, we need to get more people trained, and we need to install these, like, all over. And she's like, yes. And I'm like, yes. And so we are.

I love all your ideas. You are, like, true entrepreneur. Like, your mind just works differently.

Yeah. No, but we. I do agree, this is bigger than us. You know, this is. This is kind of a lost tool that we're here to bring back.

And, you know, we do need more women on this mission, so thank you for understanding, you know, what we're trying to build.

Yeah. It's huge. So don't forget to check out the show notes. Head on over to the fertilityclass.com and. And sign up and forward this on.

So if this resonates with you, if it's. You think that any.

If you're hearing this and you're like, oh, my gosh, my friend needs this in their life, or my cousin or my sister or my aunt, whatever, for this episode onto them, you can get to know Jophia, Marta, you know, in an interview setting. And then you can head on over to their site and start taking some classes and witness your.

Your life change, which is, like, a powerful statement, but people are changing. Their lives are changing for the better, because you guys brought this to us here, which is huge.

And it's online, so anyone in the world can access it, which is so beautiful that we get to live in this sort of global community now, right? This global community of mothers, which is really special. So don't forget to like and subscribe. Thank you, Julia. Thank you, Marta, for joining us.

And we will. Oh, I forgot my closing line. Marta's got you. Sophia's got you. I got you. We got you, mama. And until next time, be safe, be well, and we love you,.

Sam.