148 episodes

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!

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Katy Bowman

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.8 • 534 Ratings

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!

    EP 147: Face Exercise - Why To & How To

    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. 

    --Find out more about Katy's live and in-person events at https://nutritiousmovement.com/events

    • 25 min
    Ep 146: A Different Take On Getting Your Body Vacation-Ready

    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. 

    --Find out more about Katy's live and in-person events at https://nutritiousmovement.com/events

    • 39 min
    Ep 145: Breath is a Whole-Body Activity (with Jill Miller)

    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.

    --Find out more about Katy's live and in-person events at https://nutritiousmovement.com/events

    • 57 min
    Ep 144: Eleven Feel-Good Reasons For An 11-Minute Walk

    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. 

    --Find out more about Katy's live and in-person events at https://nutritiousmovement.com/events

    • 23 min
    Ep 143: Movement and the Rise of Myopia

    Ep 143: Movement and the Rise of Myopia

    In this episode, Katy and Dr. Barbara L Reiss are talking about Myopia (the medical term for nearsightedness), which is being able to see up close but not far away. This is important because your muscles are not only for moving, but they are also creating physiological states in the body - which includes your eyesight. 

    --Find out more about Katy's live and in-person events at https://nutritiousmovement.com/events

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Ep 142: Why Do You Want To Move More?

    Ep 142: Why Do You Want To Move More?

    At the very beginning of this year, Katy wrote an article: Focus Your Movement Resolution. She did that because she thinks a lot of people gravitate toward resolutions at the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. So, let Katy share with you how to make those resolutions more focused - and therefore more helpful and effective.

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
534 Ratings

534 Ratings

AKprincesswarrior ,

Long-time listener…

finally leaving a 5 ⭐️ review! Love your information, enthusiasm, and passion to change the way our culture moves and lives. I’ve learned so much from your podcasts and books and your voice in this field is so needed. Thank you for sharing!

alexmoves ,

So glad I found this!

I first read her book called Move Your DNA and I learned so much and changed so much in my life from that. She has many books but she also has several free resources, including this podcast, which makes her knowledge al the more accessible! Cannot sing enough praises for this podcast and this woman.

L Dye ,

Nice

Good podcast

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