
Move Your DNA with 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!
Latest episodes

Jun 5, 2018 • 1h 31min
Ep 103: The city moves you
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!We talk a lot about walkability on this podcast, but what does it really mean? And how does urban design and the built environment shape the way we move, or don’t? Katy Bowman talks walkability with urban planner Samantha Thomas. Plus, we explore the idea of mobility justice with Multicultural Communities for Mobility’s Maria Sipin. And Katy answers listener questions on stretching and preparing for twenty mile walks.

May 22, 2018 • 1h 11min
Ep 102: Being on the land
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Katy Bowman and Philip Brass, who is a member of the Peepeekisis First Nation in the Treaty Four Territory of Canada, discuss Indigenous food sovereignty, and how moving for food can be the spine of culture. Plus, Katy answers listener questions on swimming as movement, and feet and shoe size.

May 8, 2018 • 18min
Ep 101: Social Media is (STILL) Shaping Your Body
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Hi friends. It’s me, Katy. I am ready for—in the process of, really—a social media prune. Many of you are picking up what I’m putting down on line and I wanted to talk to you about why and how I’m transitioning away from/downsizing my social media even though I’m someone whose business seems to depend on it.

Apr 24, 2018 • 54min
Ep 100: The Ultimate Movement Expert
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Are you moving the way you want to be moving? In which areas of your body or life have you begun to move better, and in which areas do you still desire to move more? What changes can you make in your life, to meet your needs?Read more about turbulent flow and high intensity activity in:Alignment Matters https://nutritiousmovement.com/product/alignment-matters/and Move Your DNA https://nutritiousmovement.com/product/move-your-dna-restore-your-health-through-natural-movement-expanded-edition/

Apr 10, 2018 • 1h 8min
Ep 99: Your Environment Moves You
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Katy Bowman and Dr. Ihi Heke talk about movement and indigenous approaches to health, including Heke's Maori framework--that our relationship with where we’re born and where we live has implications for our health. This wide-ranging and fascinating conversation also explores non-person-centric approaches to health, and the idea that exercise depends on a cultural context. Dr. Heke explains what it means to be a river person, and how that has shaped how he lives. Plus, Katy answers listener questions on running, minimal shoes, and plantar fasciitis, and swimming and alignment.Dr Ihi Heke’s mobile Wananga: https://www.facebook.com/TheMobileWananga/More about Dr Ihi Heke: https://www.arawanation.com/ihi

Mar 27, 2018 • 50min
Ep 98: Walking the talk
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Katy Bowman and Ben Pobjoy on how moving your body can also move your community. @BenPobjoy on Instagram@DemocraticExercise on InstagramDemocraticExercise.comKaty’s live events: https://nutritiousmovement.pike13.com/categories/64332The vocal coach Katy mentions: http://www.sarahwhitten.com/

Mar 13, 2018 • 1h 24min
Ep 97: NATURE SCHOOL MOVES
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Katy Bowman and two teachers from Olympic Nature Experience talk about how to get more nature—and more wonder—into your life.Raven and Crow is from the Wilderbeats album “Live in Concert,” available at wilderbeats.com. The song is by Ashley Moffat, who now performs solo. Her website is http://ashleymoffat.com instagram.com/lilmissmoffat/The Tamarack Song is by Joyce Saunders from the Wilderbeats album “Live in Concert,” available at http://www.wilderbeats.com/home/You can also find Joyce on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/136158439755123/about/https://www.youtube.com/user/joycemilyhttps://vimeo.com/28516265Olympic Nature Experience: https://www.olympicnatureexperience.orgKaty’s live events in Canada and Europe: https://nutritiousmovement.pike13.com/categories/64332

Feb 27, 2018 • 1h 1min
Ep 96: Birth and the Shapeshifting Pelvis
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Katy Bowman and Gail Tully on why a baby moving through a pelvis has almost nothing in common with a couch moving through a stairwell, a watermelon moving through a nostril, or a basketball moving through a hoop.Find more Katy Bowman at https://nutritiousmovement.comFind more about the Dynamic Collective at https://nutritiousmovement.com/podcasts/#podcast-sponsorsFind more about Gail Tully at https://spinningbabies.comIn this episode’s mailbag: Is walking “falling forward”? Does it have to be? And should I train for a long hike using poles, or not? Podcast interview with woman paralyzed from hips down, mentioned in the mailbag: https://mightyblueontheat.com/episode-8-stacey-kozel-ironwill/Dynamic Aging podcast episode: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/monkeyhead-freelance/katy-says/e/49501354?autoplay=truePelvic Floor blog entries: https://nutritiousmovement.com/tag/pelvic-floor-disorder/Wilderness Moves event: https://nutritiousmovement.pike13.com/courses/165238Dynamic Aging retreat at 1440: https://nutritiousmovement.pike13.com/courses/156115

Feb 13, 2018 • 1h 17min
Ep 95: The Maple Syrup Workout
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Wild food forager Sam Thayer talks with Katy Bowman about how he began foraging out of necessity, but now his body craves the nutrition—and nutritious movement—he only gets from foraging. Plus, he runs us through the physical work involved in making maple syrup and harvesting wild rice. Mileage for those who want to listen on the go: This podcast clocks in at around 75 minutes… so head out for a six-miler and let Katy and Sam keep you company.Sam Thayer: https://www.foragersharvest.comBilly Joe Tatum’s cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Tatums-Foods-Field-Cookbook/dp/0911104771Euell Gibbons: http://wildfoodadventures.com/about/john-kallas/wild-food-adventurer/wfa-by-volumeyear/euell-gibbons/

Jan 30, 2018 • 1h 5min
Ep 94: WILDERNESS MOVES
Try Katy's Virtual Studio Free for 7 Days!Katy Bowman and Doniga Markegard, author of Dawn Again, talk wilderness, movement, and moving in and with nature.Katy’s Unshoes post on Instagram.Doniga Markegard: https://www.donigamarkegard.comDawn Again: http://propriometricspress.com/dawn-again/ShiftCon: https://shiftconmedia.com/sc_speaker/doniga-markegard/Dynamic Aging retreat: https://nutritiousmovement.pike13.com/courses/156115