
150 episodes

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Katy Bowman
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- Health & Fitness
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4.9 • 60 Ratings
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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!
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Headphone Dents: What it Takes to Reshape a Skull
In this episode, Katy is talking about technology. Specifically where technology meets your head. No, not how technology affects mental health or how you think, but how it could be affecting the actual structure of your skull. Katy and her guests get into headphone dents, tech neck, and bone horns.
Episode Overview:0:00:01 Welcome to the Move Your DNA podcast!0:00:31 Tech and Mental Health: How It Affects Your Head0:07:58 Discussing Head Dents0:11:56 The Dent Mystery: Seeking the Truth0:21:12 Importance of varied positioning for babies' development0:31:52 Strengthening tissues to handle increased load and shape changes0:32:33 The Horns Phenomenon and Click-Bait Headlines0:43:01 Natural selection and the success of sickle-shaped cells0:53:15 Navigating the Challenges of Screens in Schools0:57:56 Skeletal Development and Surgical Solutions0:59:20 The Addictive Nature of Handheld Devices1:00:40 Introduction and Background of the Conversation1:03:36 The Nuance of Phone Use and Posture1:09:20 Introduction and Greetings from Lynn Dung, Melbourne, Australia
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EP 148: Making Movement Meaningful with Kelly and Juliet Starrett
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.
--Come learn to move in a way that will nourish your spine as you move through your life. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/back -
EP 147: Face Exercise - Why To & How To
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.
--Come learn to move in a way that will nourish your spine as you move through your life. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/back -
Ep 146: A Different Take On Getting Your Body Vacation-Ready
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.
--Come learn to move in a way that will nourish your spine as you move through your life. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/back -
Ep 145: Breath is a Whole-Body Activity (with Jill Miller)
It will surprise nobody that Katy spends a lot of time considering the mechanics of breathing movement—the way the levers and pulleys work throughout your breathing anatomy—to facilitate breath. But there are also other things to consider when it comes to breath and breathing. So, Katy invited her friend and author of the new book, Body by Breath, Jill Miller to talk about how the way we breathe can be showing up and affecting our bodies in ways we might not be aware of.
--Come learn to move in a way that will nourish your spine as you move through your life. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/back -
Ep 144: Eleven Feel-Good Reasons For An 11-Minute Walk
In this episode, Katy explores the way all the “move more” messages we hear and read are framed and how they could be a lot more helpful and effective. It turns out that simply telling people to “exercise now to not die later” isn't working the way we might want it to.
--Come learn to move in a way that will nourish your spine as you move through your life. https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/back
Customer Reviews
My favourite podcast
Katy Bowman is a wonderful mix of being a knowledgable and entertaining host. I always learn something new from Katy and her guests! A must listen for anyone interested in movement.
Thought provoking
There is always something to take away from these excellent podcasts. Eye opening and educational with useful tips that can be applied straight away to big picture ideas that will make you question how you live.
Essential listening for all humans
Katy’s ability to articulate complex ideas and information in accessible and easy to understand ways is truly inspiring. Her work has transformed how I move and live more than I can put into words. It’s like a light has switched on and my eyes are now open. Thank you Katy for your generosity and putting your work out into the world.