I am very excited to announce I have a new book, Rethink Your Position: Reshape Your Exercise, Yoga and Everyday Movement, One Part at a Time. As our sedentary culture progresses toward even less movement, …

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Made you look. There is no pumpkin spice in this workout, but there are pumpkins. Just like seasonal lattes, pumpkin workouts are seemingly everywhere so I thought I’d whip up a few pumpkin moves because … One of Maria Shriver’s “Architects of Change” and an America Walks “Woman of the Walking Movement,” Bowman has worked with companies like Patagonia, Nike and Google as well as a wide range of non-profits and other communities, sharing her “move more, move more body parts, move more for what you need” message. Her movement education company, Nutritious Movement, is based in Washington State, where she lives with her family. Move Your DNA Weekends are limited to 10 students per instructor so you get plenty of individual attention and learn how to fit all our exercises to your body. Three quarters of the course will be on the mat, but you’ll also spend time applying good form to walking, hanging, and introducing your feet to “vitamin texture.” We aim to maximize the fresh air and outdoor experience, because moving together, outside, is what our DNA expects.

Katy is one of the world’s leading biomechanists—helping us integrate proper body movement to optimize our well-being. She has a great podcast + blog you might enjoy as well. You can read a more technical explanation of her work in this piece from the Journal of Evolution and Health. Sign up for our newsletter here. Find MEDIA coverage examples and submit inquiries here. Nutritious Movement recognizes that not only do we need to move our whole bodies more; we also need to move our individual body parts more. We combine big-picture education on biomechanics, kinesiology, physiology, and natural movement; and also simple, basic exercises to wake up all your trillion body parts. With lifestyle tips and community-building initiatives, Nutritious Movement helps you build a supportive movement community and create a more natural habitat in a modern context. Biomechanist Katy Bowman and her occasional co-host, Dani Alexander (an occupational therapist), explore the importance of grip strength for people of all ages. They discuss therapeutic interventions, such as weighted pencils and play-dough, to improve hand strength and sensory input. They also touch on the impact of weak grip strength on daily tasks and emphasize the need to incorporate grip-strengthening activities into everyday routines. Join Katy and Dani as they delve into the connection between grip strength, overall well-being, and maximizing our physical abilities.

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Despite our best intentions with keeping a routine, life comes up. Traveling for pleasure can derail your movement habits and traveling for sad events, like funerals, can come with added stress. Body care for me … Katy reveals another group of very important muscles that probably are not on your list of body parts which need movement - the muscles in your face. Just like any other parts of your body, when these muscles don’t get movement, it causes problems now and later in life. In this episode, Katy explains why this matters and gives you some fun exercises that you can do at home.

Go to https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/ryp to get your copy of Rethink Your Position: Reshape Your Exercise, Yoga, and Everyday Movement, One Part at a Time November 2023 Classes at Nutritious Movement Center Northwest Instructors and schedule vary; see each month's listing for details Learn how to see the way you're moving in a more nuanced way! Move Your DNA Weekends are fun, two-day sessions designed to give you a strong foundation in aligning your body well during a variety of exercises—including walking and squatting—so you can start learning how to be your own personal trainer and guide yourself to moving more with greater ease and less pain. Using 40 exercises from the bestselling book Move Your DNA as the curriculum, you’ll leave the weekend knowing how to nourish your body with movement, head-to-toe. Katy Bowman talks with Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett about their paths to becoming leaders in physical health to share their ideas on how to make movement more joyful and relevant to you, the mover. Not just in the distant future but here and now. Is there anything better than sharing a movement experience with a group? Talk about community! That’s what our events are like—people getting a chance to move with others in a supportive, instructive environment. Instruction Opportunities Include:

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Move Your DNA presents a new paradigm of movement. Because DNA can be expressed differently depending upon how external factors impinge upon the cells within which the DNA resides, and because movement is one of these factors, the way we move has a direct bearing upon how our bodies are shaped—for good and ill. It is not enough for me to tell you just to ‘move more.’ You also need to ‘move better’ if you are to enjoy a more sustainable state of well-being. … There is an old (and hopefully becoming obsolete) idea that getting your body “vacation ready” means you need to exercise ahead of time to get your body looking "fit" so you can enjoy your vacation. In this episode, Katy flips this idea on its head and invites you to take a different approach. An approach that involves getting your body “vacation ready” by making sure it is moving well enough to enjoy the things you want to do on your vacation. I'm so excited every time there's a new one - fantastically interesting information compassionately conveyed. And Katy makes me laugh (while walking!)

Episode Overview:0:00:01 Welcome to the Move Your DNA podcast0:00:26 Introduction: Focus on Foot Injuries0:03:05 Injury as an Adjustment Period in Life Stages0:10:35 Injury during a sprinting race on the sand0:20:10 Aging and Decreased Cardiovascular Capability0:24:12 The Importance of Maintaining Joyful Movement Amidst Injury0:29:14 Embracing the Valleys: Optimizing for Surviving, Not Just Thriving0:32:19 Finding Alternatives: Adapting to Injury and Changing Gait0:37:43 Embracing Change and Moving Forward0:39:53 The Framework for Troubleshooting Injuries The pandemic of physical inactivity is associated with a range of chronic diseases and early death.” – The Lancet, leading international medical journal