Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman
Katy Bowman
Although the world is becoming mostly sedentary, our bodies still require a wide variety of daily movements in order to work well. Many of us struggle to get regular exercise, but even that can fall short of nourishing the body from head to toe. How can we move more—a lot more—when we have sore, stiff parts and overly busy lifestyles?
Join Katy Bowman M.S., biomechanist, author, and movement educator as she combines big-picture lessons on biomechanics, kinesiology, physiology, and natural human movement with simple and practical solutions and exercises to get all your body parts moving better. Katy’s lighthearted and funny approach helps us all put the movement back in our lives, and the joy back in our movement!
Join Katy Bowman M.S., biomechanist, author, and movement educator as she combines big-picture lessons on biomechanics, kinesiology, physiology, and natural human movement with simple and practical solutions and exercises to get all your body parts moving better. Katy’s lighthearted and funny approach helps us all put the movement back in our lives, and the joy back in our movement!
Episodes
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Dec 6, 2016 • 51min
Ep 67 - A Nature Education
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025A nature education isn’t just about being in “school”, but about getting more nature into your life. Katy and Dani talk about ways to bring more nature into your current lifestyle and offer some ways to start a nature program (for both kids and adults!) where you live.
Nov 16, 2016 • 48min
Ep 66 - Importance of Movement in Uncertain Times
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025There is A LOT going on, and many of us feel overwhelmed We are entering a common stressful period—can you say “holiday season”?—compounded by the additional stress of politics and environmental stand-offs. What do you do? You have the ability to be proactive, to contribute, and to be part of a solution. Movement matters in regards to your stress level, and it matters to activism. Katy and Dani offer up some ways to help you utilize movement when social currents are moving in a distressing direction.
Nov 15, 2016 • 42min
Ep 65 - Transitioning to Floor Sitting
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025The Fonz wasn’t the only one who wanted you to “sit on it”: floor sitting comes with multiple benefits for your body and your environment. Want to learn how to get down there and stay down there, and eliminate the pain that might usually come with it? Katy talks about transitioning to floor sitting in this practical, helpful episode. Get down on it!
Nov 1, 2016 • 1h
Ep 64 - Movement Ecology: Live Audience Podcast Recording
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Originally recorded in March 2016, this is a live audience podcast recorded at the Nutritious Movement Center in Sequim, Washington. It is a companion podcast to the book “Movement Matters” by Katy Bowman.
Oct 18, 2016 • 58min
Ep 63 - Movement Matters #2: Personal Mission Statement
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025The second part of a 3-episode companion series is intended as a sort of study guide for Katy’s upcoming book, Movement Matters, in which Katy discusses using a personal mission statement as a new alignment tool.
Oct 4, 2016 • 48min
Ep 62 - Dani Reads Movement Matters
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Dani got to preview Katy’s upcoming book, Movement Matters.
Sep 27, 2016 • 26min
Ep 61 - Get a Grip!
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Studies reveal that millennials’ grip strength is 10% less than test subjects in the same age range 30 years ago. Cause for concern, or cause for setting the standards to a “new norm”? Is it because we’re not farming, or rather are we too good at thumb swiping? Katy does a quick double-take in this handy episode.
Sep 13, 2016 • 42min
Ep 60 - Swingers
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025What ARE you doing with your arms when you’re walking? What about uphill? What if you’re holding a dog leash? Let’s get down to arm-swing town with Katy as she breaks down the biomechanics of using those dangly things that hang from your shoulders.
Aug 30, 2016 • 47min
Ep 59 - MEGA Movement Mailbag
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Housecleaning time, so Katy answers your letters in an extra-long, MEGA Movement Mailbag.
Aug 16, 2016 • 35min
Ep 58 - A Funeral for Foot Pain
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy and Dani hold a festive wake for Katy’s first book, Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief, and celebrate its reincarnation.
