Move Your DNA 2nd ed: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement

Katy Bowman... The information Katy Bowman delivers has changed the way I live my life. I follow Katy's work through various media types- videos, podcasts, movement lessons, facebook etc. This book is the pinnacle of all of the information she has delivered to this point and it can be either a starting point for people just learning about her concepts for the first time, or is also great for people with more understanding of these concepts. I have read the book and listened to the audio version after that. I will probably read it several more times over the next year or so. There is such a wealth of information, and yet it is so easy to read and flows magically.I believe these concepts are so overlooked in our cultures, yet so incredibly important to our health, yet so incredibly obvious and simple once you hear it. I want to share it with the world (sorry that sounds super cheesy) and I ordered 5 copies so that I could give them as gifts to people that I think might like the material, or to lend/give to people that seem interested through everyday conversations I have (I try to bring up various movement topics frequently throughout my days).Read it. Give it some time and read it again. I also Highly recommend searching Katy Bowman in the podcast app and listening to them whilst walking. (her own show is great but my favourites are the ones she is a guest speaker on, and there a fair few of them) Incredibly interesting stuff and they are free so thats always good...Although I am a fan of digital books in general, in my opinion this one is best read from a physical book as there will be times when you want to flip back and forward to look at diagrams or re-check a term, something like that.A brilliant book from a brilliant mind. 10 stars out of 5.The end.

The media could not be loaded. “Move Your DNA presents a new paradigm of movement. Because DNA can be expressed differently depending upon how external factors impinge upon the cells within which the DNA resides, and because movement is one of these factors, the way we move has a direct bearing upon how our bodies are shaped—for good and ill. It is not enough for me to tell you just to ‘move more.’ You also need to ‘move better’ if you are to enjoy a more sustainable state of well-being. …Most people have very little idea about how movement works in our bodies, or how much movement is required for natural biological function. It is not my intention to make you freak out about your health, although I’m aware that I might. My highlighting the essentialness of movement should be used to create opportunity for healing (a positive response) rather than fear of illness (a negative response). Many people are shocked when they realize just how easy it is to move more (note: I said move, and not exercise) and how radically better they feel by making tiny skeletal adjustments throughout the day. Are you ready? Let’s do this!”~ Katy Bowman from Move Your DNAThis is our second Note on Katy Bowman’s work.Katy is one of the world’s leading biomechanists—helping us integrate proper body movement to optimize our well-being. She has a great podcast + blog you might enjoy as well.This book is packed with a ton of exercises and plenty of info on the science of biomechanics to help us pay more attention to the loads we’re putting on our bodies throughout the day so we can get in harmony with how our bodies were designed to move.Here are some of my favorite Big Ideas:1. Move Your DNA - The missing link is epigentics.2. Movement vs. Exercise - M >E.3. Walking - The secret sauce. (Do it often.)4. Doing Less Physically - But almost never doing nothing.5. Forest-Baths - Taken one lately?And, let’s make sure moving our DNA is an essential part of that process! :)More goodness— including PhilosophersNotes on 300+ books in our ​*OPTIMIZE*​ membership program. Find out more at brianjohnson . me.

Katy Bowman is shifting the paradigm away from the idea that what humans need is "exercise," taken in discrete chunks throughout the week. Instead, she proposes, the body was meant to be moved in many different ways, through many different positions and ranges of motions all day long.It's all about the loads, Katy says, and our modern-dwelling bodies aren't getting the loads our bodies were designed to get. What follows, of course, is disease and dysfunction.Katy explores the mechanical underpinnings of modern disease and it will blow your mind. Think you understand heart disease? See what Katy has to offer to the discussion, first. And arthritis, and GI distress, and pelvic issues, and oh so much more.The remarkable thing is, while you know Katy is breaking new ground and sharing transformational information, it doesn't feel particularly revolutionary, because it's explained so very well. She's got physics backing her up.I've been reading and studying Katy's work for a long time now, and her mind goes where other people's minds don't. She is, I believe, one of the very few true visionaries in the movement / exercise / body nerd world.This is not a book from just another fitness guru, walking you through a plan to improve your health. Katy will challenge conventional wisdom and your own understanding of your body in ways that sometimes make you feel uncomfortable. (How could we have gotten it all so wrong for so long?) Her work is important, digestible, and crazy enough, super fun.Read it, and then read it again. Then send it to a friend.

This book has been amazing to read and think about. It’s so cool cause I started thinking of things like this…maybe just over using certain parts of the body and underusing others. And this book is all about that! Made tons of sense and I think about it in daily life now. I also bring these theories into my yoga practices

Mudou minha forma de movimentar meu corpo e meus sentidos. Com dicas práticas e pequenas mudanças diárias me sinto muito melhor mais conectado com os sinais do meu corpo

Easy to read, light approach to a serious topic!

Good book

Excellent book,Read this after whole body barefoot and thoroughly enjoyed it.Onto movement matters now and I'm excited to dig in!I'd recommend this book to anyone and everyone interested in movement. Professionally or as a lifestyle!