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In Grow Wild, I dig into mechanical nutrients much more deeply than in any previous book. “Mechanical nutrients” are the biochemical responses on the cellular level that come from your larger body parts moving around…
Permission To Move
In the last few years I’ve become super-interested in looking at movement as a behavior facilitated by an environment. Like all animals, we’re always responding to our environment; because so many spaces don’t tolerate movement,…
30 Books To Connect Kids (Toddlers to Teens) To Nature
Kids’ experiences with movement and nature have never been lower. That being said, a simple place to start can be reading books about kids being in nature! I’m not speaking of technical, how-to books (although…
Knee Love And A Low-Load Lunge
As explained in Chapter Six of Rethink Your Position, tight quadriceps muscles pull the kneecaps deeper into the knee joint. OUCH! These stiff bits need to release to fix the issue—you might even have been…
Winter Exercise And Good Form
A snow storm is on its way here. I mean, if you are from Minnesota or Winnepeg it’s not a real snow, but to a Californian living in Washington state, snowmageddon is imminent. If 2020…
Exercise Advent Calendar 2020: WITH A TWIST
I love movement and I love celebrating, thus I always strive to create movement-rich celebrations. For years, I’ve done a movement advent calendar at the end of the year as a thank you to my…
Find The Program That Moves You
I hope you are finding opportunities for movement in many places. Our studio is still closed but we are very fortunate: Nutritious Movement instruction is available worldwide, online, and in your own home! We have…
Dynamic Celebrations
When I think of celebrations, a few things come to mind: being outdoors, tradition, food, decorations, and community. In the pursuit of more movement and nature in all aspects of our lives, we’ve been slowly…
Keep Your Immune System Dynamic
The immune system is made of many parts that include bone marrow, white blood cells, the spleen, and those of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system includes parts like the lymphatic vessels, which run alongside…
Dynamic at Home: You’re the PE Teacher Now
In March 2020, at the beginning of our shelter-in-place orders, I wrote an article, “Keep Moving in Place,” that gave a broad overview of all the places movement could “fit” into a home. Close to…
CAN BARE FEET WORK AT HOME?
One of the surprising news threads emerging from more at-home time has been all about foot health—or foot pain, to be more precise. It seems that more at-home time means less “getting dressed up” time,…
Dynamic at Home: Sitting Well
In March 2020, at the beginning of our shelter-in-place orders, I wrote an article, “Keep Moving in Place,” that gave a broad overview of all the places movement could “fit” into a home. Close to…