December 2024 Don’t Ignore The Head and Neck – Podcast Episode #170 The “MOVE MORE ALL DAY” Holiday Gift Guide November 2024 A Dog’s Best Movement Diet – Podcast Episode #169 I Want To Do These Exercises, But… Exercise Advent 2024: Heads Up! 24 Moves For Your Head & Neck Is Sitting Aging You Faster? – Podcast Episode #168 October 2024 Things I Learned Walking 100 Miles in 6 Days – Podcast Episode #167 What Your Phone is Doing to Your Body and How to Fix It Coughing: A Surprising Measure of Whole-Body Strength – Podcast Episode #166 September 2024 Is There Really a ‘Right’ Way to Walk – Podcast Episode #165 Menopause in Motion: There is More to Menopause and Movement than you think – Podcast Episode #164 August 2024 Are The Lungs Outside the Body – Podcast Episode #163 Are Humans Natural Swimmers – Podcast #162 My Perfect Movement Plan Tutorial July 2024 Are Books Good for the Body? – Podcast episode #161 Hiking Mailbag – Podcast Episode #160 A Movement Retreat For Writers To Hiking Pole or Not To Hiking Pole – Podcast Episode #159 June 2024 Are Bunions Born or Made – Podcast Episode #158 Stay Moving on the Sidelines Movement as Regulation: Spicy Kids – Podcast Episode #157 May 2024 Your Perfect Movement Plan – Podcast Episode #156 What Is A “Movement Diet” – Podcast Episode #155 March 2024 Self-Compassion as Movement Motivation with Dr. Diana Hill – Podcast Episode #154 Book Excerpt: My Perfect Movement Plan Workbook February 2024 Sedentary Animals – Podcast Episode #153 The Ins, Outs, Ups and Downs of Breast Movement January 2024 How Did You Move? How Will You Move? – Podcast Episode #152 December 2023 Low-Tech, Movement-Rich TOYish Gift Ideas for Kids, Teens and Adults November 2023 Exercise Advent Calendar 2023: Hands Down The Best Exercise Advent Ever October 2023 How to Improve Your Grip Strength (and why it matters) – Podcast Episode #151 How I Feel About Minimal Shoes After My Foot Injury – Podcast Episode #150 September 2023 Back To School: Track Their Activities August 2023 How To Move Well While Traveling July 2023 Headphone Dents: What it Takes to Reshape a Skull – Podcast Episode #149 June 2023 Make Movement Meaningful with Kelly & Juliet Starrett – Podcast Episode #148 May 2023 Face Exercise: Why To & How To – Podcast Episode #147 A Different Take On Getting Your Body Vacation-Ready – Podcast Episode #146 April 2023 Breath is a Whole-Body Activity – Podcast Episode #145 March 2023 Eleven Feel-Good Reasons For An 11-Minute Walk – Podcast Episode #144 February 2023 Book Excerpt: Rethink Your Position Movement and the Rise of Myopia – Podcast Episode #143 January 2023 Get Stronger Doing Half of an Exercise Why Do You Want To Move More? – Podcast Episode #142 December 2022 Focus Your Movement Resolution How Did You Move in 2022? – Podcast Episode #141 November 2022 Exercise Advent Calendar 2022: A BUTT for the Holidays CELEBRATE! 11 Steps to Cozy, Joyful & Dynamic Holidays – Podcast Episode #140 October 2022 The Pumpkin Spice Workout September 2022 A Podiatrist Transitions Footwear From Cure To Cause – Podcast Episode #139 August 2022 Back to School Movement – Podcast Episode #138 Make Sure Their Clothes are Recess-Ready! An Introduction to Movement Beyond Exercise – Podcast Episode #137 July 2022 Walking Black Heritage Trails – Podcast Episode #136 Sleep MOVEZzzzz – Podcast Episode #135 June 2022 Are You A Healthy Deviant – Podcast Episode #134 You Are The Thigh Master How To Get Your People To Move More – Podcast Episode #133 TRAVEL WELL: Do This For Your Low Back Once You Arrive May 2022 How Movement Fits into Intentional Aging – Podcast Episode #132 The Authors of Dynamic Aging, Five Years Later – Podcast Episode #131 10 Exercises To Do With Your Half-Roller April 2022 It’s Both What You Walk IN & What You Walk ON – Podcast Episode #130 10 Ways to Get Kids Walking More – Podcast Episode #129 March 2022 Active Nature, Sedentary Culture – Podcast Episode #128 Thoughts on Walking While Walking With Friends – Podcast Episode #127 February 2022 State of the Kate-y – Bonus Podcast Episode Hugs Make Great Shoulder Exercises Pick One Move January 2022 53 Ways to Take A Seat The Best Walking Pace Three Ways to Move Your DNA December 2021 15 Places to Head Ramp (and Where To Post a Reminder) November 2021 Exercise Advent Calendar 2021: Take a Breather Dynamic Holidays Start Now (And Include More Joy) October 2021 Por qué y cómo elevar la pelvis Por qué decidí llevar una vida libre de muebles Cómo cargar tu bebé sin dolor Katy Bowman, Super Podcast Guest July 2021 How Do Minimal Shoes Move? 30 Ways to Move More With Kids Fix Your Downhill Knees 20 Books to Inspire a Long Walk June 2021 A Different Kind of Activity Tracker – Podcast Episode #126 Miles of Audiobooks Activities Move Your DNA March 2021 Permission To Move February 2021 About Grow Wild – Podcast Episode #125 30 Books To Connect Kids (Toddlers to Teens) To Nature Knee Love And A Low-Load Lunge Winter Exercise And Good Form November 2020 Exercise Advent Calendar 2020: WITH A TWIST Find The Program That Moves You Dynamic Celebrations October 2020 Your Questions About Walking – Podcast Episode #124 Keep Your Immune System Dynamic September 2020 Dynamic at Home: You’re the PE Teacher Now CAN BARE FEET WORK AT HOME? August 2020 Dynamic at Home: Sitting Well Dynamic at Home: Reaching and Hanging Spaces July 2020 Dynamic at Home: Work and School Spaces 5 STRETCHES TO SOOTHE PHONE-SCROLLING HANDS June 2020 Antiracism Work for Movement Teachers May 2020 Gardening Movement – Podcast Episode #123 OUR BEST “HEALTHY PELVIS” RESOURCES MY PELVIC POSITION IN 2020 Move Your DNA Cover: What’s the BIG IDEA? Menstruation is a Movement April 2020 Our Favorite Feet, Footwear, and Walking Resources Breathing Shapes – Podcast #122 Move Your Breathing Parts Better – Podcast #121 HOW TO MOVE YOUR BREATHING PARTS BETTER March 2020 KEEP MOVING IN PLACE Moving Well During Pregnancy How and Why I Walked 440 Miles for My 44th Birthday – Podcast Episode #120 HOW (AND WHY) I WALKED 440 MILES FOR MY 44th BIRTHDAY February 2020 Move Your Upper Spine DO WE REALLY NEED CARDIO? January 2020 Five Upper Body Moves Mind Your Pelvis While Pregnant December 2019 EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2019: DYNAMIC HOME ADVENT-URE November 2019 21 Books to Get You Moving and Thinking (About Movement) How to Hold Your Head Better When You’ve Got a Pain in the Tech-Neck Caretaking And Taking Care Of Your Body Your Brain on Movement October 2019 Your Core Classes (Five Core Exercises) Mooooooooove Your DNA August 2019 A Kid Explains Minimal Shoes How Long do Minimal Shoes Last? July 2019 My Books Get Around (The World) Taking Bone Mechanics By The Horns – Podcast Episode #119 June 2019 Online Time and Movement: My “Best Practices” When it Comes to Digital Time Social Media Is Shaping Your Relationships – Podcast Episode 118 Your Gear Guide to Going Furniture Free Adjust Your Swimming Alignment April 2019 Grow Your Own Movement March 2019 Spring Cleaning Your Body Why and How to Pelvic List February 2019 Nutritious Movement® Programs With Closed Captioning Notes from the Community: Our Classroom Makeover More Movement for Babies and Kids January 2019 Easy & Scaleable Mobility Tests To Try Right Now You can read and move at the same time Office Life: How to Get More Movement In A 9-5 December 2018 EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2018: GET HEAVY How Did You Move In 2018 – Podcast Episode #117 Taking a Breath(er) – Podcast Episode #116 How to Organize a Holiday Hiking Advent New at Nutritious Movement November 2018 Book Excerpt: Don’t Just Sit There Book Excerpt: Whole Body Barefoot Book Excerpt: Move Your DNA Book Excerpt: Movement Matters Ancestral Actions with Arthur Haines – Podcast Episode #115 Taking Action in the Garden – Podcast Episode #114 Alignment and Natural Human Movement Hanging and Hand Skin Upper Body “Texture” Movement Matters: 21 Ways To MOVE For Your Holiday Meal Hanging and Swinging 101 Upper Body “Terrain” October 2018 How to transition out of a mattress Pressure-deforming Movements Why I Went Furniture-Free Long Distance Actions with Dami Roelse – Podcast Episode #113 Healthy Hips in Action with Jill Miller – Podcast Episode #112 September 2018 Kids in Action – Podcast Episode #111 Foot School Does exercise require equipment? Sleep Action with Shawn Stevenson – Podcast Episode #110 August 2018 Words Matter – Podcast Episode #109 Alignment Matters: Change Your Mind, Change Your Joints – Podcast Episode #108 July 2018 Alignment Matters: Movement Motivation – Podcast Episode #107 Your Feet Through the Years – Podcast Episode #106 Things That Swing – Podcast Episode #105 June 2018 Death Moves – Podcast Episode #104 Book Excerpt: Diastasis Recti The City Moves You – Podcast Episode #103 May 2018 Being On the Land – Podcast Episode #102 Social Media is (Still) Shaping Your Body – Podcast Episode #101 April 2018 The Ultimate Movement Expert – Podcast Episode #100 Your Environment Moves You – Podcast Episode #99 March 2018 Walking the Talk – Podcast Episode #98 Nature School Moves – Podcast Episode #97 February 2018 Birth and the Shapeshifting Pelvis – Podcast Episode #96 The Maple Syrup Workout – Podcast Episode #95 January 2018 Wilderness Moves – Podcast Episode #94 The Expedition Within Each of Us – Podcast Episode #93 REFLECT on 2017 before you RESOLVE in 2018 – Podcast Episode #92 December 2017 EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2017: YOU DO KNOW SQUAT November 2017 You DO Know Squat – Podcast Episode #91 Movements matter…even the ones in public bathrooms – Podcast Episode #90 October 2017 Nature – Movement Matters – Podcast Episode #89 The Calf Stretch – Podcast Episode #88 September 2017 Diastasis Recti…it’s for anyone who has a torso! – Podcast Episode #87 DON’T JUST SIT THERE … but don’t just stand there either – Podcast Episode #86 Back to (Body) School Challenge August 2017 It Starts With Feet – Podcast Episode #85 STAY GOLDEN – PODCAST Episode #84 Under Pressure – Podcast Episode #83 July 2017 Between The Lines (Part Three) – Podcast Episode #82 Between The Lines (Part Two) – Podcast Episode #81 June 2017 Social Media is Shaping Your Body – Podcast Episode #80 Between The Lines (Part One) – Podcast Episode #79 We’ve Got Your Back – Podcast Episode #78 May 2017 Breastfeeding Ecology (Part 2) – Podcast Episode #77 Sleep – Podcast Episode #76 A Social Media Break – Podcast Episode #75 April 2017 Movement Mailbag – Podcast Episode #74 Dynamic Aging – Podcast Episode #73 February 2017 Breastfeeding Ecology (Part 1) – Podcast Episode #72 Movement is Not Medicine – Podcast Episode #71 January 2017 Alignment Matters, Still – Podcast Episode #70 Natural Movement and Variability – Podcast Episode #69 This Blog in 2017 The Books I’ve Written December 2016 Movement Matters: Children’s Books and Things How Did You Move in 2016?- Podcast Episode #68 EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: CORE STRENGTH A Nature Education – Podcast Episode #67 November 2016 Movement Matters: Movement and Eco-Friendly Clothes (and Why They’re the Same Thing, Really) The Importance of Movement in Uncertain Times – Podcast Episode #66 Transitioning to Floor Sitting – Podcast Episode #65 Movement Matters #3: Movement Ecology, a Live Audience Podcast Recording – Podcast Episode #64 October 2016 Movement Matters #2: Creating a Personal Mission Statement – Podcast Episode #63 Movement Matters #1: Dani Reads “Movement Matters” – Podcast Episode #62 September 2016 Get a Grip – Podcast Episode #61 Swingers – Podcast Episode #60 August 2016 MEGA Movement Mailbag – Podcast Episode #59 A Funeral for Foot Pain – Podcast Episode #58 July 2016 Furniture-Free Freak Goes Mainstream -Podcast Episode #57 June 2016 Simple Steps to a Tech Break – Podcast Episode #56 An Evening with Katy & Dani in Boulder – Podcast Episode #55 May 2016 Sedentary Culture in the News – Podcast Episode #54 Movement Mailbag #4 – Podcast Episode #53 Babies & Movement (Part 2), Podcast Ep. 52 April 2016 Babies & Movement (Part 1), Podcast Ep. 51 Movement, Period. Podcast Ep. 50 Special Edition Movement Mailbag, Podcast Ep. 49 March 2016 Dem Bones, Podcast Ep. 48 Food Forces, Podcast Ep. 47 Sitting is awesome Movement Mailbag #3, Podcast Ep. 46 Natural Movement and Eyes, Podcast Ep. 45 February 2016 The Skinny on Fat, Podcast Ep. 44 Movement Mailbag #2, Podcast Ep. 43 Cardio & Natural Movement, Podcast Ep. 42 January 2016 Dress Up Feet 5 Ways to Move You Closer to Better Health, Podcast Ep. 41 Movement Mailbag #1, Podcast Ep. 40 Stack Your Life for More Natural Movement, Podcast Ep. 39 December 2015 How Did You Move In 2015? Podcast Ep. 38 Moving Through the Winter, Podcast Ep. 37 EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2015: UPPER BODY Nutritious Movement, Podcast Ep. 36 November 2015 Diastasis Recti:The Book! Podcast Ep. 35 Thoughts on Incontinence, Podcast Ep. 34 October 2015 Cycling, Podcast Ep. 33 13 Ways to Make Your Walk More Nutritious 30 Things You Can Do at the Playground Enter the Gait Lab, Podcast Ep. 32 September 2015 Wassup, Katy? Podcast Ep. 31 Hypermobility (and 12 Steps to Stronger, More Stable Shoulders) Back-to-School Biomechanics – Podcast Episode #30 The Skin Show, Podcast Ep. 29 Back-to-School Minimal Shoes: A Sizing and Shopping Guide What I’ve been doing for the last 10 weeks August 2015 Movement Mailbag, Podcast Ep. 28 The Fashion Movement, Podcast Ep. 27 July 2015 Come to Outdoor School for 5 Minutes The Ben Show, Podcast Ep. 26 Keeping your body and life FIT. Headlines That Move, Podcast Ep. 25 June 2015 Skinny Jean and Compressive Garment Injury Community, Podcast Ep. 24 Dear Barbie, Nature School, Podcast Ep. 23 Cleaning Up Our Sleep May 2015 Don’t Just Sit There (With Kids) Household Movement Hacks, Podcast Ep. 22 Reading List, 2015 Is Exercise Junk Food? Podcast Ep. 21 April 2015 GUEST POST: DIY Heel Height Hack Your child might be wearing heels, right now All About the Base (Part 2), Podcast Ep. 20 Sitting (in heels) is the new smoking All About the Base (Part 1), Podcast Ep. 19 Soft Star Shoes: The Interview Whole Body Barefoot, Podcast Ep. 18 March 2015 #wholebodybarefoot Ladders=Kid Play Katy’s MovNat Vacation, Podcast Ep. 17 The Solution Show, Podcast Ep. 16 February 2015 Furniture Free Freak? The Balls Show, Podcast Ep. 15 The Boob Show, Podcast Ep. 14 January 2015 Vitamin “Flat and Level” OVERDOSE 100 Questions in 30 Minutes, Podcast Ep. 13 A list of body casts. December 2014 The 2014 Health Recap Day 6: Don’t HEAD OUT on a walk. Day 3: Gait Datahead Day 2: Articulate each “vertebrae” of your “foot spine” The Car Show, Podcast Ep. 12 EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2014: GAIT November 2014 Diastasis Recti, Podcast Ep. 11 From the Bio Beat The Core, Podcast Ep. 10 October 2014 Floor bored. Treadmills, Podcast Ep. 9 Thinking outside the (classroom) chair. Move Your DNA, Podcast Ep. 8 September 2014 Exploring Dynamic Workstations, Podcast Ep. 7 Thoughts on the Vibram Kerfuffle, Podcast Ep. 6 August 2014 Delicious Butt Function, Podcast Ep. 5 Movement Mailbag, Podcast Ep. 4 July 2014 Taking August Off Casts, Podcast Ep. 3 Natural Movement, Podcast Ep. 2 Carrying Kids and Wrist Pain June 2014 Don’t Just Stand There Let’s Talk Alignment, Podcast Ep. 1 Scissor kicks. Fun on the swings May 2014 Slug Baby Alignment is not Posture. Diseases of Captivity My thoughts on the Vibram lawsuit Screen-Free Week April 2014 How Your Period Works It’s not better, it’s just more How Flip Flops Change Your Feet Tired March 2014 SINGLE-LEGGED SQUAT Unshoes: The Interview Calculus February 2014 Stress Riser There is no iliopsoas 30-Day Recap January 2014 Family Moves December 2013 Orange Autopsy November 2013 Walk THAT Way Sit Down, Stand Up October 2013 It’s the Great Load Lesson, Charlie Brown Travel Notes Stick Your Landing September 2013 One of These Feet is Not Like the Other This Birth “Helper” is a Stretch Passive Collapse: A poem Expert Ankles Hanging, Baby Style Beyond Physical Alignment August 2013 Dream Classroom Your Pillow is an Orthotic Hanging Around July 2013 Political Science, Part 1 Kids: A Walking Scavenger Hunt Save Your Knees: A Hiking Tutorial June 2013 A Wee Problem with Crossfit Mother Thruster Bed Rest: Outdated Hamstrings. Gadget Geek Plank Makeover May 2013 Baby steps. O.A.W.T.F? Rotate it down. Mojo and the Painful Pelvis Nerdy Mother’s Day Thanks for the mammaries. Holding and Lax Joints April 2013 Ancestral Health: Motivation Matters Foam Rolling March 2013 Symmetry Stinks #AHS13 You (Still) Don’t Know Squat February 2013 Saddlebags A Moving in Nature Game Girly hips. Belated Community Valentine Plane nonsense. January 2013 When Making Music Hurts December 2012 About this blog, in 2013 KatySays: Gift Ideas Neutral Pelvis, Too Card half empty or full? Eyes (and meatus) open November 2012 UTIs What the Queef? The Morning After Squatty Potty October 2012 Urogenital Hiatus is not another term for Spring Break Notes From a Katy Stalker Shin Splints October Ramblings A Baby Story 2 September 2012 Minimal Shoes: The List Swing Low Crap What to Expect When You’re Squatting Biomechanists Wanted! A sentence and a link. August 2012 Ramblings from my pelvis. A Podiatrist on Kid Feet, Shoes, and Orthotics Men have pelves too Weight Bearing Status The Missing M(Ass) What’s in a name? Want traps with that? Forward Bend: Modified July 2012 “W” Sitting Pregnant Body Alignment Your Butt-to-Chair Ratio Advanced Foot Position Spinning Babies Tongue exercise. June 2012 Crotch Bones Get Your Butt Here “Open Toes, Open Hearts” From the alignment beat The High Cost of Gas First Hike. Finding your hip rotators. Alignment, in a sentence. May 2012 “Postural” muscles in PDX Kickin’ the tires Keep on Truckin’ Anthropowhatchamacalit? Side Effects Raise your…foot Blogging is the New Cardio. April 2012 TooTightPelvicFloor 2 March 2012 #barefoot Neutral Pelvis Alignment Haiku Maui Squat Free Fallin’ February 2012 Hypermobility My trip to UTAH Stance January 2012 (More) ABCs Katy Goes Big Pharma Walking, with kids. 10 Reasons to NOT go out in the snow Resolution Check A Note to Human Resources Cramping your (neck) style “Welcome to Costco, I love you.” Un-pimp your ride. Natural Mama December 2011 Health Recap, 2011 Pregnancy, Pain, and Posture Henry-Free Zone (More) About Katy World Osteoarthritis November 2011 Happy Foot Back Pain & Bedsharing Hidden Doubts Lectio Divina Garage Sale Props A Health Quiz October 2011 The Eyes Have It. Things I find very scary. Year of the Upper Body ROLLING OR THUNKING LIKE A BALL? Be a Biomechanic! Walking or Bouncing? About This Blog September 2011 Snapping Psoas, Hidden Tiger 5 Tips on Saving Your Knees Open your ribs, open your mind. GET OFF YOUR TAILBONE (AND MOVE YOUR PIRIFORMIS) Under Pressure Quick Questions Sunday Kind of Love Growing Pains August 2011 Anatomy Misconceptions Pain-Free Baby Holding A User’s Guide to Hamstrings Road Trip Boot Camp When In Doubt, Stick Your Butt OUT July 2011 Naturally Strong Baby Books I like. DO SECOND TOES ALWAYS LINE UP? Barefoot, not just for adults! Great Chime Puncher My Manifesto June 2011 5 things you (probably) didn’t know about osteoporosis. Pelvic Floor Party: Anniversary Special 7 (foot) Signs Summer Has Arrived Compensatory Mechanisms 5 things you didn’t know about exercise and high blood pressure. More Blood Physics May 2011 Are you STILL sitting? Alignment Check ABCs, Baby Version Ratmechanics April 2011 A Baby Story and Giveaway Results! Seeing the Signs. 15 Blogs in 60 Minutes March 2011 Aligning or Relaxin Before Pregnancy? ABCs When push comes to shove… Push em out, push em out… February 2011 Aching for an Answer The Coconut Workout She's baaaaack! November 2010 Psoas, The New Black All About Your Knees Are You a Rib Thruster? October 2010 Tail of Two Pumpkins Immunity Boost Science of Wellness 5 Simple Ways to Avoid Back Pain September 2010 Detective Alignment…At the EMMYS! Katy Says…Radio!? August 2010 Minimally Invasive Beyond Balance The Psoas, Liz, and Me, the Queen of Down Under. Feet: The Sixth Sense Caution: Kids (Not) Walking July 2010 Alignment Matters Natural Pregnancy, Natural Birth Kegel Queen If the Shoe Fits Mind Your Pelvis June 2010 Knee Bone Connected to the PF Bone. Creep. Pelvic Floor Disorder and Whole Body Movement Fix my PFD ASAP. Your Position in Life You Don’t Know Squat May 2010 A Pelvic Floor Encore! BUTT WHAT ABOUT KEGELS? Are High Heels the Cigarettes of the Future? Tight Hamstrings Sink Ships. April 2010 WHEN THE POOP HURTS The History of Biomechanics SAVE THE KNEES! March 2010 The Hunting and Gathering MAMA. It’s a gas. You are bound to be successful. The Best Abdominal Exercise You’re Not Doing January 2010 I "heart" my pelvic floor October 2009 Keeping you all abreast… September 2009 Womb Wound