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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Jul 6, 2022 • 58min
Ep 135: Sleep MOVEZzzzz
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy and a special guest (her husband) outline some furniture-free lifestyle steps to transitioning your body to less supportive sleep surfaces and also how to get more sleeping movements without going mattress-free or pillow-free.
Jun 22, 2022 • 55min
Ep 134: Are You a Healthy Deviant?
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025The definition of health is tricky but hopefully can agree on many elements of what it looks and feels like. On that note, in this episode, Katy and Pilar talk about why health is becoming more and more elusive and why our society is becoming synonymous with behaviors that lead to those deviations away from our physiological or biological needs that result in disease.
Jun 8, 2022 • 42min
Ep 133: How to Get Your People to Move More
Diana Hill, Ph.D., a modern psychologist and co-author of ACT Daily Journal, discusses strategies to motivate others to be more physically active. Topics include breaking sedentary habits, the importance of movement and values, the power of choice in behavior change, sustaining change, and joining others to create stronger connections.
May 25, 2022 • 33min
Ep 132: How Movement Fits into Intentional Aging
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025For some context, this was how Katy's talk was written up by the presenters at the library: Biomechanist, author, and movement expert, Katy Bowman, M.S., will provide an engaging and interactive presentation on how to age dynamically. Katy will cover the difference between movement and exercise, why both the whole body and each body part needs its own dose of movement, and how to fit more movement throughout each day. Katy’s books, including Dynamic Aging, can be found in print and eBook at the library.
May 11, 2022 • 46min
Ep 131: The Authors of Dynamic Aging, 5 Years Later
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Most of what we want to do in life uses our body as a tool, and many don’t realize how to maintain the tool of our physicality. But it’s possible, by investing a little time, to maintain your body better not only for longevity’s sake, but so the things you want to do stay available to you, or even develop into greater capability and experience. Yes, even physical challenges. And yes, even with advancing age.
Apr 27, 2022 • 20min
Ep 130: It's Both What You Walk IN And What You Walk ON
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In this episode, Katy shares an old blog post from her first long trail walk in minimalist shoes (back in 2008) as an example of how we need to pay attention to what we wear on our feet as well as what we are putting those feet on while we walk. Katy says that having a blog is sort of like having a diary. But, since she doesn’t have a journal or a diary, what she writes, you get to see, and in this case, revisit in podcast audio form. Enjoy!
Apr 13, 2022 • 41min
Ep 129: 10 Ways to Get Kids Walking More, from Toddlers to Tweens
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy is sharing a portion of this live talk that she recorded on Orcas Island so more of you could benefit from straightforward and joyful tips to get kids on the move. Many of these tips were mentioned in her latest book Grow Wild: The Whole-Child, Whole-Family, Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More, but she has expanded on each tip or trick in the hopes that you can turn these tips into the movement you’ve been looking for.We hope you enjoy this live recording of this outdoor playground talk, where there are trucks driving by, birds chirping, and we think a toddler walking off with Katy's microphone at one point, because... these are the sounds of life.
Mar 30, 2022 • 16min
Ep 128: Sedentary Culture/Active Nature
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Right now, “sedentary culture” is part of the broader and overarching culture. But subcultures—including our individual culture—can also be sedentary. These sedentary subcultures end up reinforcing the overarching culture, and around we go. So what can we do? Find out in this episode. Hint: this isn't all about running. Find the original post at: nutritiousmovement.com/changing-a-sedentary-cultureAnd the full post about pacing at: nutritiousmovement.com/the-best-walking-pace
Mar 16, 2022 • 37min
Ep 127: Thoughts on Walking While Walking with Friends
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy loves walking in groups. Both small and large groups, because she gets to know people. There are very few interruptions during a long walk and fewer transitions. You’re on a walk, all day, and there’s time for everyone to get their stories out and to share some of their personal point of view. In this episode, Katy is sharing a bit of what some of her walking partners had to say about the importance of walking or moving outside has for them, personally. So, join in, if you can, on the move in some way, as you have a listen to what some of Katy's friends had to say.Find previous descriptions about Katy birthday walks at NutritiousMovement.com
Feb 28, 2022 • 14min
Bonus: State of the Kate-y
Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025OVERVIEW00:03:10 - Grow Wild, Podcast guest staring 00:04:40 - Exercise Advent and more00:05:40 - Three Ways to Move Your DNA 00:10:50 - What’s Ahead on the Podcast front
