You said in your book that most of us have opted for convenience over that movement-rich environment. I wasn’t in that movement-rich environment that we were made for. I would spend the rest of my day seated at a computer and then maybe I would stand in the kitchen preparing a meal. I would do that and I feel like I would hardly move the rest of the day. I can relate so much to what you’re speaking about because I was a fitness professional, teaching exercise classes several days a week. It’s the book too if you wanted to start yourself off on a more nourishing movement culture. I’ve always found that through understanding how movement works, people are much more willing to create those environments and prioritize movement. They just need a lot of permission and space to move. Kids don’t need exercise like we have come to use exercise. Every one of them was like, “If I had known this at a younger age or if I had been raised in an environment that better supported me physically, in this way, I wouldn’t necessarily be having the ailments or the physical expressions of movement malnutrition.”Īfter working with thousands of adults, I thought, “How about I then create the book so that we could start off kids on a better physical foot and explain the importance of movement?” I did it in Move Your DNA the distinction between exercise and movement because they’re not the same thing and then, “How would you raise a dynamic kid or a kid who was fluent in movement?” Because it is the environment. By the time they came to me, they’re usually 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90. I think that they didn’t understand one, the importance of movement and two, they needed different movements for the body. They were missing certain movement nutrients. That whole spectrum of people wound up finding their way to meet for a better-balanced movement diet. Some people are very regular with their exercise but only one modality of exercise. I have spent years working with adults who found that they were missing certain movements in their life. You’ve got the Dynamic Aging book and Grow Wild: The Whole-Child, Whole-Family Nature-Rich Guide To Moving More is phenomenal. I have heard about you ever since you wrote Move Your DNA. She explains what types of movement we should include in our lives and the movement that she recommends the most above all. Coming up, Katy gives us advice on how to reverse movement deficiencies. She explains how that nourishes our body in ways we may not have anticipated. She also makes a strong case for diversity of movement. Each of those changes can help us move a little bit more. She suggests that we make small environmental changes like limiting screen time, switching positions when we’re on our computers and such. She also offers ideas for what we can do to change our movement habits for the better. Katy explains how this is essentially a nutritional deficit of sorts. This is true for adults and children alike. She explores how we came to be such sedentary people, mostly indoors for the better part of the day. Our guest is a Biomechanist and Speaker, Katy Bowman, the Author of Move Your DNA and Grow Wild. Many conveniences are available to us 24/7, washing machines, cars, dishwashers, even deliveries at the click of a button or even a word to Alexa but we may have sacrificed something essential at the altar of convenience. Within the below transcript the bolded text is Hilda Labrada Gore and the regular text is Katy Bowman. She also makes a strong case for diversity of movement, and she explains how that nourishes our body in ways we might not have expected. She suggests that we make small environmental changes (like limiting screen time, switching positions when we are on our computers, and more) that can help each of us integrate more movement into our lives. Author and speaker Katy Bowman of “ Move Your DNA” and “ Grow Wild” offers insights on how we got this way and what we can do to reverse the trend. We are movement-deficient in this era of conveniences as close as the click of a mouse or a word to Alexa. Nourishing Traditional Diets with Sally Fallon Morell.
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