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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…
EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2019: DYNAMIC HOME ADVENT-URE
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…
21 Books to Get You Moving and Thinking (About Movement)
I’m often asked which books about movement I recommend, and which books I’ve read that have informed my thoughts on movement and sedentarism as a feature of a culture. Because the cozy weather of…
How to Hold Your Head Better When You’ve Got a Pain in the Tech-Neck
Dear friends, I wanted to let you know that the forward and downward protrusion of one’s head is not required with tech use; you can stay upper-body activated and still get your work done! Our…
Caretaking And Taking Care Of Your Body
Many people are in caretaker roles right now, and that work can be difficult in ways not always anticipated. As a culture we’re starting to recognize how emotionally taxing caretaking is, and I’d add that…
Your Brain on Movement
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness month. In 2017 I sat on the panel of a Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement event in California hosted by the organization’s founder, Maria Shriver. One big takeaway from all experts was the…
Your Core Classes (Five Core Exercises)
Do you struggle to understand “the core”? Have you read Diastasis Recti but want to see the moves broken down on video? For starters, we at Nutritious Movement define the core not as the abdominals, but…
Mooooooooove Your DNA
I’m always working to expand: folks’ understanding of movement (that “movement” means more than “exercise”); their practice of movement—that is, how they can get more total movement (by fitting it back into daily life, which is where…
A Kid Explains Minimal Shoes
Explanations of the various ways shoes affect loads to the body and why one might want to consider minimal footwear can quickly become wordy and jargon-rich. If you’re wanting a simple way to explain “why…
How Long do Minimal Shoes Last?
I’m just a regular person with a regular body, and sometimes things start hurting on my body—in this case, my left ankle. I never had any ankle issues until about 10 miles into my first…