Bestselling author, speaker, and a leader of the Movement movement, biomechanist Katy Bowman, M.S. is changing the way we move and think about our need for movement. Her 10 books, including the groundbreaking Move Your DNA, have been translated into more than 16 languages worldwide.

Bowman teaches movement globally and speaks about sedentarism and movement ecology to academic and scientific audiences such as the Ancestral Health Summit and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Her work has been featured in diverse media such as the Today Show, CBC Radio One, the Seattle Times, NPR, the Joe Rogan Experience, and Good Housekeeping.

One of Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change and an America Walks Woman of the Walking Movement, Bowman consults on educational and living space design to encourage movement-rich habitats. She has worked with companies like Patagonia, Nike, and Google as well as a wide range of non-profits and other communities to create greater access to her move more, move more body parts, move more for what you need message.

Her movement education company, Nutritious Movement, is based in Washington State, where she lives with her family.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

THINK

Chapter 1: Nutritious Movement and Diseases of Captivity

Chapter 2: Movement, Loads, and Your DNA

Chapter 3: The Difference Between Exercise and Movement

Chapter 4: The Heart of The Matter: Why We May Not Need Cardio After All

MOVE

Chapter 5:Transitioning Well

Chapter 6: Your Feet, Sitting, and Standing

Chapter 7: Mouse Hands to Monkey Arms

Chapter 8: It's Hard to Rest in a Zoo

Chapter 9: Walking: The Specifics

Chapter 10: Not Your Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandparents’ Pelvis

Epilogue

MOVE MORE

Alignment Checks

Exercise Flows

Walking

Exercise Glossary

Appendix: Exercise Equipment and Additional Sources of Information

Resources and Further Reading

Index

About The Author