The Head Ramp exercise is a simple movement of the head that instantly decreases the load to the neck and upper back (watch a video on how to do it below). It is a move…
Dynamic Holidays Start Now (And Include More Joy)
A class regular came in the other day noting that all the progress she had made on a frozen shoulder had been undone by nine months of sitting inside reading. Her comments reminded me of…
How Do Minimal Shoes Move?
There are different features that make up a “minimal shoe” and one of those is sole flexibility. Below is a video of how I test this flexibility, but if you want to skip the video:…
20 Books to Inspire a Long Walk
If you’ve been hanging around this website for the last 10+ years, you know walking is a huge theme here. Walking is a big part of the toolbox I use to tend to my life.…
A Different Kind of Activity Tracker – Podcast Episode #126
There are activity trackers that measure your steps, mileage, or jolts of your entire body, but is this good enough? Biomechanist Katy Bowman weighs in on a new non-digital, non-analog activity tracker—a chart!—that helps you…
Activities Move Your DNA
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…