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The pelvis and its movements are complex. It’s difficult to learn about them on an exercise blog—almost as difficult as it is to try to teach in this format—so I’ve started with a basic(ish) model,…
Move Your DNA Cover: What’s the BIG IDEA?
Personally, I’ve been doing a lot of work to learn NOT to judge a metaphorical “book by its cover,” but as a writer and publisher I find myself judging actual book covers all the time.…
Menstruation is a Movement
For more articles and a list of exercises for or affecting the pelvis, check out Our Best “Healthy-Pelvis” Resources. For 10 years, we’ve been receiving emails thanking us for our “healthy pelvis” exercises—so many of…
Our Favorite Feet, Footwear, and Walking Resources
To make it easier for you to develop a fuller picture from various sources, I’ve created a note full of links to articles and posts and podcasts and videos about all things feet, footwear, and…
HOW TO MOVE YOUR BREATHING PARTS BETTER
This seems like a really good time to talk about breathing and how the amount of oxygen you take in is affected by your musculoskeletal system. If you know you’re driving into a storm, you…
KEEP MOVING IN PLACE
A lot of my work is about the idea that even though you’re IN PLACE, you don’t have to be NOT MOVING. Now is a good time to embody a practice of increasing the movement…
Moving Well During Pregnancy
I have yet to write my book about the pelvis, pregnancy, and exercise, but I’ve created many resources over the years that are helpful during this time. Below I offer a brief Nutritious Movement perspective…
HOW (AND WHY) I WALKED 440 MILES FOR MY 44th BIRTHDAY
In case you didn’t know, my birthday is March 4th. As in, March Forth! Because even my birthdate seems to say, “Get moving.” I love celebrations in general, and while writing Movement Matters I realized…
Move Your Upper Spine
Photo of me by Chris Eckert I write a lot for work, which means I’m on the computer a lot. One way I’ve found to stay productive is to regularly push back from my computer…
DO WE REALLY NEED CARDIO?
I’m writing about cardiovascular health, partly because February is Heart Month, but more importantly because the American Heart Association in its 2019 update notes that 48 percent of all adults in the United States have…
Five Upper Body Moves
Last month I taught a week long, 5-class series at the Nutritious Movement Center Northwest called ‘Your Upper Body.’ Like the core moves I shared from last month’s series Your Core Classes, I wanted to share…
Mind Your Pelvis While Pregnant
Find all our favorite pregnancy resources (articles, videos, and podcasts) gathered in Moving Well During Pregnancy. I’ve already written a lot about why where you wear your pelvis is important, but I think you pregos…