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Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Diabetes and Exercise: How Exactly Muscle Movement Manages Blood SugarDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesIn this episode, Katy Bowman and Jeannette Loram dive into the fascinating relationship between blood sugar, diet, and movement. They unpack how the body regulates blood sugar, what happens when this process breaks down in Type I and Type II diabetes, and why different kinds of activity play such a big role in prevention and management.Katy and Jeannette explain how contracting muscles can pull glucose directly into working cells during exercise—a powerful but site-specific ef...

2025-08-201h 16

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Can Exercise Fix Aging Eyes?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesIn this episode, Katy Bowman and Jeannette Loram have a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with neuro-optometrist Dr. Bryce Appelbaum.Dr. Appelbaum breaks down the crucial difference between eyesight—what you can see—and vision—how your brain interprets what you see and turns it into action. Together, they explore the striking parallels between physical and visual health, highlighting how prolonged screen time and visual inactivity can stiffen our eye muscles just like sedentary habits stiffen our joints...

2025-08-061h 01

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman What to Do When Rucking Or Carrying Heavy Loads HurtsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesBiomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram talk about rucking—walking with weight on your back—and other modes of carrying. They touch on the evolutionary history of carrying, carrying in modern Hunter Gatherer populations, rucking in the military and the benefits of fitness rucking. Jeannette and Katy focus on the challenges associated with rucking particularly pain and discomfort. They explain how different body adjustments—like leaning forward, arching the back, or shifting the hip...

2025-07-2357 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Dynamic Wardrobes: How Clothes Can Restrict, Encourage or Stabilize MovementDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesBiomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram get into a nuanced discussion about clothing, specifically the idea that how you get dressed might be impacting the way that you move or the movement choices you are able to make. Katy and Jeannette highlight how stiff or excessively baggy clothing might be ‘casting’ movement. On the flip side ‘stabilizing’ wear like well-designed bras and compressive garments can make movement more comfortable for certain activities. Katy offe...

2025-07-091h 03

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman All About Eccentric Exercise: Get Stronger Doing Half Of An ExerciseDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesIf you have heard about eccentric exercise but are unsure of the benefits, what it is or how to do it, this episode is your primer! Eccentric muscle contractions generate more force with less energy than other types of muscle contraction and are therefore one of the best ways to get stronger. The mechanism of eccentric contraction within the muscle is a little complicated but Katy offers a simple analogy involving two hair c...

2025-06-251h 18

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Where Exactly Is Muscle Memory? And Other 'Movement In The News" HeadlinesDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesBiomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram take a deeper look into three recent headlines in the body-nerd world.First up, recent research has shown that our skeletal muscles remember training at the protein level - no brain required! This is exciting research and Katy and Jeannette discuss the implications for exercise over the lifespan. Second, they dig into a recent study of uphill walking; the research suggests it is cheaper to take...

2025-06-1153 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman What You Need To Know About Bone 2: It's Not The Mode It's The LoadDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesBiomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram continue their discussion about the skeleton. In this episode, they break down the best approach to taking care of your bones using a government framework: Strong, Steady and Straight. They use this framework to discuss exercise and bone loading at three life-stages: a growing skeleton, a mature skeleton and a vulnerable skeleton. Listen to this episode to design a movement plan for your bones.Also in this episode, Katy...

2025-05-281h 38

The Ready State Podcast Katy Bowman & Dr. Diana Hill: Recognizing and Eliminating Barriers to MovementView This Week's Show NotesStart Your 7-Day Trial to Mobility CoachJoin Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The AmbushMost people don’t struggle with movement — they struggle with the mindset around movement.In this episode, psychologist Diana Hill and biomechanist Katy Bowman break down the real reasons so many of us stay stuck in sedentary loops. It’s not laziness. It’s not time. It’s our mental patterns:“If I can’t do a full 45-minute workou...

2025-05-151h 07

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman EP 180 What You Need To Know About Bone 1: Your Skeleton Is An AutobiographyDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesKaty’s Virtual Studio - Try it Free for 7 Days!This is the first of two episodes on bone. There is lots of discussion in the media about bone health and in this first episode biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram place bone tissue health into a wider context; what really matters is how well the entire skeleton is working—as a system—to support our bodies and our movement. Katy and Jea...

2025-05-0758 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 179: Is The Concept of Exercise Helpful or Harmful?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesKaty’s Virtual Studio - Try it Free for 7 Days!Inspired by a listener's letter, biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram talk about exercise and sport and how these relate to natural movement. They discuss how Katy’s message has sometimes been reduced to exercise is ‘bad’ and natural movement is ‘better’.Katy explains that this has never been her position; rather her aim has been to challenge the assumption that the only way to move our...

2025-04-231h 26

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 178: Are Humans Born To Walk?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesKaty’s Virtual Studio - Try it Free for 7 Days!Katy Bowman and Jeannette Loram kick this episode off with a conversation about British walking idioms and nature-based language. They are then joined by Mark Sisson, author, former distance runner and founder of the minimal shoe company Peluva. Mark, Katy and Jeannette talk about human evolutionary history, walking, health and Mark’s latest book Born to Walk. They discuss how running has become the iconic fitness activity but...

2025-04-091h 24

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 177: Hypermobility, Proprioception And Building Up A Bendy BodyDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesKaty’s Virtual Studio - Try it Free for 7 Days!Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram discuss movement for the bendy body with their guest Dr Libby Hinsley, a doctor of physical therapy specializing in the treatment of hypermobility syndromes and chronic pain. Libby shares her personal and professional journey with hypermobility explaining what hypermobility is and the associated symptoms. Libby, Katy and Jeannette discuss the paradox that bendy bodies have large ranges of motion yet te...

2025-03-261h 26

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 176: Do We Really Lose Muscle As We Get Older?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025This Episode's Show Notes Join Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesKaty’s Virtual Studio - Try it Free for 7 Days! Are you confused by all the social media messaging about muscle mass and strength training? Join us for this beefy episode all about muscle! Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram discuss the clinical term sarcopenia– age-related muscle decline–and distinguish it from muscle atrophy due to disuse and sedentary lifestyles. Katy and Jeannette tease apart the different elements of muscle decline; mass, s...

2025-03-121h 21

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 175 I Know I Should Exercise But....Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025View This Episode's Show NotesJoin Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesKaty’s Virtual StudioThis is a special episode with two features and several guests! In the first feature, biomechanist Katy Bowman is joined by psychologists Dr Diana Hill and Dr Kelly McGonigal. Katy and Diana have co-written a new book I know I should Exercise But… 44 Reasons We Don’t Move and How to Get Over Them and they came together with Kelly, author of the The Joy of Movement, to talk...

2025-02-261h 20

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 174: Matters of the HeartDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025View This Episode's Show Notes Join Our Newsletter: Movement Colored GlassesKaty’s Virtual Studio Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram discuss Matters of the Heart. They cover the anatomy, tissues and function of the cardiovascular system, highlighting key concepts of heart health that are underappreciated. They discuss the importance of the flexibility of red blood cells, arterial walls and the heart muscle itself. They also explain the vital role of skeletal muscle contraction in healthy circulation. Muscle contraction during exercise not only assists the return of...

2025-02-121h 28

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 173: Is Posture a Thing?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025View This Episode’s Show Notes Join Our Newsletter: Movement Colored Glasses Katy’s Virtual Studio In recent years there has been significant backlash against the idea that posture is related to good health. Join biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram for a philosophical, historical and biological journey into the controversies around posture. Katy and Jeannette discuss whether posture is really a thing; is ‘good’ posture important or does your body work just fine regardless of how you hold it? Hav...

2025-01-2957 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 172: Is Standing the New Smoking?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram, discusses a recent study on sitting time, standing time and circulatory risk. They cut through the media hype and explain what the study shows and why any prolonged static position might have health consequences. Katy and Jeannette contrast our cultural norm of being in the same position for many hours a day with the diverse resting positions of the Hadza, a hunter-gatherer group with low cardiovascular risk but also a large amount of rest time. Katy explains how repetitive p...

2025-01-1554 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 171 HOW DID YOU MOVE HOW WILL YOU MOVE 2024Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025On this episode Katy and Jeannette continue the Move Your DNA annual tradition of reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next. Through a series of questions Katy and Jeannette reflect on 2024, discuss movement goals for 2025, and invite you to play along. They explore moving through injury, menopause and how to keep progressing with age. They share their plans for 2025 and Katy provides novel strategies to help us all MOVE towards the goals we have for ourselves and our families.

2024-12-301h 22

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 170: Don’t Ignore the Head and NeckDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman talks to biologist Jeannette Loram about the importance of head and neck movement. This year, Katy’s annual exercise advent offers 24 moves for the head and neck and Katy explains her personal and professional reasons for choosing this theme. Jeannette and Katy discuss the head and neck as a hub for our sensory, nervous, immune, digestive and vestibular systems, all of which require movement to support their functions. They discuss common issues of the head and neck region, as well as how repetitive hea...

2024-12-111h 15

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 169: A Dog's Best Movement DietDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman talks to biologist Jeannette Loram about dog movement. This discussion stemmed from witnessing a balance ball therapy session for dogs. Just like modern humans, modern dogs now require physical therapy. In this episode, Katy and Jeannette discuss how to use Katy’s ‘movement nutrition’ framework and apply it to your furry friends. Katy and Jeannette discuss the evolution of dogs and the difference in movement experience between free-ranging ancestral dogs compared with today’s urban canines. They discuss how human-chosen pacing is not necessarily the most comfortab...

2024-11-2756 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 168: Is Sitting Aging You Faster?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman talks to biologist Jeannette Loram about a recent New York Times article “ Why Sitting All Day May Shorten Your Life”. Katy was a source for this article and she talks with Jeannette about the journalistic process, and why the short-form might be letting us down.Katy and Jeannette talk about the benefits of sitting as well as the risks associated with uninterrupted hours in a chair. They discuss sitting as a two-part issue; first the inactivity and second the fixed body geometry. Katy and Jeannette discuss rece...

2024-11-201h 02

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 167: Things I Learned Walking 100 Miles in 6 DaysDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman talks to biologist Jeannette Loram about her recent multi-day hike across England. Katy, with her sister Mary, walked from east coast to west coast along the length of Hadrian’s Wall. Katy and Jeannette talk about Katy’s physical preparation for the walk; the (four pairs!) of shoes Katy selected and when she used them; the changing terrain and gait patterns she adopted and how she felt over the course of the trip. Finally Katy shares her physical and philosophical insights after many days of walking.

2024-10-301h 13

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 166: Coughing, A Surprising Measure of Whole-Body StrengthDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram talk about coughing. Katy and Jeannette discuss coughing as a life-saving movement; both in the immediate, to prevent choking, and also in the longer term for adequate clearance of the lungs and the health of our airways. They discuss the anatomy and mechanics of a cough, explaining how the mobility, strength and coordination of our core muscles affects the strength of our cough. They discuss postural presentations such as hyperkyphosis and anterior pelvic tilt that can lead to a weaker co...

2024-10-0958 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 165: Is There Really a 'Right' Way to Walk?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram discuss gait and question whether there is a ‘right’ way to walk. They explain the mechanics of walking gait, outlining the phases and shapes that each leg and foot should move through during the gait cycle. They propose that an ‘abnormal’ gait would be one that is missing one of these phases or shapes. They also suggest a framework for assessing walking based on efficiency, symmetry and balance. They talk about gait deficits such as shuffling and waddling and what is missing in those...

2024-09-251h 14

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 164: Menopause in Motion - There is More to Menopause & Movement Than You ThinkDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In this episode, biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram talk about menopause and movement. They discuss menopause as a natural developmental phase that humans share with only a few other highly social marine mammals. They explain the evolution of menopause in relation to the role of grandmothers within human—and whale—societies and also explore the movement diet of postmenopausal women within hunter-gatherer tribes.Katy and Jeannette discuss health concerns that arise around menopause: bone osteoporosis, muscle loss and cardiovascular issues and how movement is key to maintaining thos...

2024-09-111h 08

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 163: Are Lungs Outside the Body?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman talks with biologist Jeannette Loram about lung movement.Katy and Jeannette debate whether the lung surfaces are actually outside the body, similar to the tubes of the gut, and discuss how lung movement is not only important for breathing but also for immunity. They discuss the anatomy of our lungs and the mechanics of lung movement and explain how our lungs, just like our hips, have a range of motion that they need to be moved through on a regular basis.They discuss humans...

2024-08-281h 03

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 162: Are Humans Natural Swimmers?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram talk all about swimming. They discuss the history of human swimming; whether humans are natural-born swimmers, evidence for swimming in the past and physiological adaptations found in swimming and diving cultures.They discuss the four classic swimming strokes as well as other ways to move in the water and explore the movement macro-and micro-nutrients found in swimming. They talk about joint and bone support and the trade-offs of exercising in buoyant water. They also offer tips for avoiding swimming-related neck and back...

2024-08-141h 00

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 161: Are Books Good for the Body?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram talk with English professor Vybarr Cregan-Reid about books and the body. Katy, Jeannette and Vybarr discuss being ‘rescued’ by books, the value of fiction in developing empathy, reading as a workout for the brain, how literacy may have changed our brain and the current denigration of fiction within education. They debate ideas about the evolution of storytelling and its role within different cultures, whether reading is a high-tech version of storytelling and how oral story differs from written story. They also touch on how writi...

2024-07-311h 11

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 160: Hiking MailbagDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Following on from our Hiking Poles episode, biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram answer all your other questions about hiking. Katy and Jeannette discuss how to prepare for hiking, walking with a backpack, hiking gear and clothing and how to manage fatigue or pain. They flesh out the functional movements involved in hiking, why downhill can be so hard on the knees and calves and how a backpack changes the loads to your body. Katy also provides a weekly plan of exercises to support hiking and explains how swimming and...

2024-07-171h 02

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 159: To Hiking Pole or Not to Hiking PoleDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025To Hiking pole, or not to hiking pole, is the question that biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram address in this episode.The use of poles has become a hotly debated topic among hikers and Katy and Jeannette dive in to help explore the issue. They discuss how poles are used in fitness and hiking scenarios, as well as their potential advantages and disadvantages. They specifically get into how the arms and upper body can be used during hiking and explain the mechanics of walking uphill and downhill...

2024-07-0346 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 158: Are Bunions Born or Made?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram discuss bunions; what they are, how they are created and what to do about them. Inspired by a recent article in National Geographic, they unpack the idea that bunions are a failure of evolution. Rather than being due to a poorly engineered toe, Katy and Jeannette show how bunions are actually created by forces of habit: restrictive footwear and certain walking patterns create forces that push and pull on our big toe and foot with every step we take. Find out how you need...

2024-06-1950 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 157: Movement as Regulation: Spicy KidsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and Parent Coach Mary Van Geffen talk about “Movement As Regulation” for spicy kids. Independent, non-conformist, neurodivergent and sensitive kids can be particularly thrown off kilter by social and movement restrictions. Mary and Katy discuss the need for these kids to express their feelings in a physical way. They unpack different types of movement, focussing particularly on outdoor play, big-body movement, combative play and controlled destruction, all of which can defuse the intensity of feeling and foster a sense of autonomy.Learn how as a parent, the...

2024-06-0551 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 156: Your Perfect Movement PlanDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram dig deeper into the concept of movement as nutrition in Katy’s new book “ My Perfect Movement Plan: The Move Your DNA All Day Workbook”. They discuss how the book will help you understand your current movement diet and show you how to create a more balanced movement diet going forward. They introduce tools from the book such as the S.L.O.T.H time budget model, as well as explore how to make the plan align with the reasons you want to move w...

2024-05-1443 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 155: What is a "Movement Diet"?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biologist Jeannette Loram and Biomechanist Katy Bowman discuss movement “as nutrition”. Using familiar dietary terms, Katy and Jeannette unpack the concept of movement macronutrients, micronutrients and calories. They discuss how simply getting enough physical activity, or "movement calories", does not guarantee you are nourishing your whole body; we also need to consider the general shape you take when moving - the macronutrients- and which parts of you are moving - the micronutrients. They discuss the movement patterns of heart-healthy hunter-gatherer tribes and how Katy has used these to create a ‘movement pyramid...

2024-05-1454 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 154: Self-Compassion as Movement Motivation with Dr. Diana HillDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Clinical psychologist Dr. Diana Hill joins biomechanist Katy Bowman for an enlightening episode about the delicate balance between setting high expectations and practicing self-compassion, particularly in the realms of movement and mindfulness. Discover how recognizing the constant movements in our lives can lead to intentional responses and holistic well-being. From debunking misconceptions to exploring practical exercises, Katy and Diana offer valuable insights into embracing self-compassion in movement and daily life.

2024-03-2746 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 151: How to Improve Your Grip Strength (and why it matters)Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Biomechanist Katy Bowman and her occasional co-host, Dani Alexander (an occupational therapist), explore the importance of grip strength for people of all ages. They discuss therapeutic interventions, such as weighted pencils and play-dough, to improve hand strength and sensory input. They also touch on the impact of weak grip strength on daily tasks and emphasize the need to incorporate grip-strengthening activities into everyday routines. Join Katy and Dani as they delve into the connection between grip strength, overall well-being, and maximizing our physical abilities.Episode Overview:0:00:01 Introduction and...

2023-10-2549 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 150: How I Feel About Minimal Shoes After My Foot InjuryBiomechanist, Katy Bowman and her husband Michael discuss foot injuries as a natural part of life. Sharing their own experiences, they emphasize the need for adjustments in movement patterns and highlight the importance of staying active as we age. They also address the psychological aspects of injury and provide strategies for avoiding future injuries. Overall, the message is to embrace change, prioritize healing, and always listen to your body.Episode Overview:0:00:01 Welcome to the Move Your DNA podcast0:00:26 Introduction: Focus on Foot Injuries0:03:05 Injury as an Adjustment Period in Life Stages0:10:35 Injury during...

2023-10-1146 min

The Ready State Podcast Katy Bowman: Expanding Your Movement Diet and Making Movement Meaningful Beyond FitnessBestselling author, speaker, and a leader of the Movement movement, biomechanist Katy Bowman is changing the way we move and think about our need for movement. Bowman teaches movement globally and has written 9 previous books on the importance of a diverse movement diet, including Move Your DNA, Dynamic Aging, and Grow Wild. Her latest book, Rethink Your Position, is a much-needed guide to how our bodies move, why we need to move more, and the intentional steps anyone can take to feel, move, and even think better--one part at a time.Rethink Your Position...

2023-06-291h 18

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman EP 148: Making Movement Meaningful with Kelly and Juliet StarrettDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman talks with Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett about their paths to becoming leaders in physical health to share their ideas on how to make movement more joyful and relevant to you, the mover. Not just in the distant future but here and now.

2023-06-281h 17

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 132: How Movement Fits into Intentional AgingDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025For some context, this was how Katy's talk was written up by the presenters at the library: Biomechanist, author, and movement expert, Katy Bowman, M.S., will provide an engaging and interactive presentation on how to age dynamically. Katy will cover the difference between movement and exercise, why both the whole body and each body part needs its own dose of movement, and how to fit more movement throughout each day. Katy’s books, including Dynamic Aging, can be found in print and eBook at the library.

2022-05-2533 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 127: Thoughts on Walking While Walking with FriendsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy loves walking in groups. Both small and large groups, because she gets to know people. There are very few interruptions during a long walk and fewer transitions. You’re on a walk, all day, and there’s time for everyone to get their stories out and to share some of their personal point of view. In this episode, Katy is sharing a bit of what some of her walking partners had to say about the importance of walking or moving outside has for them, personally. So, join in, if y...

2022-03-1637 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 126: A Different Kind of Activity TrackerDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025There 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 become better aware of how your activities are moving not only your whole body, but how they move each part of it.Download the tracker at nutritiousmovement.com.

2021-06-2353 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 125: Introducing Grow WildDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In this show, biomechanist and author, Katy Bowman introduces her new book on kid and family movement, Grow Wild, with some publishing industry dialogue on what makes a coffee table book. Katy also answers an important gait question while on foot.Pre-order your copy of Grow Wild at www.growwildbook.com.As always, you can find the transcript and supporting links under PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS at NutritiousMovement.com.

2021-02-2333 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 123: Gardening MovementDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025We're used to thinking we need to exercise off our food, but what if we thought differently -- that food was where movement comes from? Did you know you can grow your own movement? Are COVID gardens a thing? Katy Bowman talks with Victory Garden historian Dr. Rose Hayden-Smith about the rising gardening movement and how these times compare and contrast with WW1 and 2-era gardening, as well as offers ways to cross-train in the garden! Find episode transcript and links under PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS at NutritiousMovement.com.

2020-05-261h 05

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 122: Breathing ShapesDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025On today’s show, biomechanist and author, Katy Bowman talks about a movement on the minds of many folks, and that is breathing. If you haven’t listened to Episode 121: Move Your Breathing Parts Better, or if you haven’t read the article by the same name, you can start with that first. This episode teases out this main idea: Breathing is the most important movement, but the movement of your whole body is what sets the potential for your breathing movement.As always, you can find the tr...

2020-04-1536 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 121: Move Your Breathing Parts BetterDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In this episode of Move Your DNA, biomechanist and author Katy Bowman starts off with a lesson on breathing mechanics. Then she walks you through some exercises that you can do as you listen.If you like what you hear and would like to see photos and videos of everything she describes, you can find them linked in the transcript for this podcast, and in the original post on the blog at NutritiousMovement.comTo help you keep moving, Nutritious Movement has dropped the price of their...

2020-04-1539 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 120: How (and Why) I Walked 440 Miles for My 44th BirthdayDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In this episode of the Move Your DNA podcast, Katy Bowman reads through her recent blog post, How & Why I Walked 440 Miles for My 44th Birthday. She invites you to grab your walking shoes and follow along!

2020-03-1029 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 119: Taking Bone Mechanics by the HornsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Get ready for a deep dive on scientific studies and how to read and understand them. This episode of Move Your DNA will accompany you through a five-mile walk at a 3mph pace, and along the way, you’ll hear biomechanist and author Katy Bowman and biologist Jeannette Loram offer their perspective on a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports and its coverage. You know the one—the Washington Post headlined its story: “Horns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests...

2019-07-231h 39

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 118: Social Media is Shaping Your RelationshipsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In this special edition of the Move Your DNA podcast, Katy Bowman writes a Dear John letter to social media—and revisits her past social media breaks, with lots of advice for your own time-out, if you’re planning one.

2019-06-251h 04

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 117: How Did You Move in 2018?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In her annual end-of-year “how did we move” podcast Katy Bowman hosts myriad guests to share their stories as a way to celebrates more than three million downloads of Move Your DNA. We’re talking health goals at this party—what were they in 2018, how well did you meet your goals, what did you learn, and what do you want to take forward into 2019. Special guests at this party include some Move Your DNA listeners, along with Dani Hemmat and Stephanie Domet. Plus, Katy has a little more information for you o...

2018-12-181h 06

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 116: Taking a Breath(er)Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman answers every question she’s ever received on how to breathe. Plus, she issues an invitation to a PODCAST PARTY—one that’s focused on health and movement, and that celebrates THREE MILLION DOWNLOADS! Plus, Pack Matthews of Soul Seat drops by to talk about how he came to develop his transitional seating product, and what difference it’s making to kids in schools who are trying it out. And, an important update on how Move Your DNA will move into 2019 and beyond.Learn more about Soul Seat: https...

2018-12-0453 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 115: Ancestral Actions with Arthur HainesDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy and Arthur Haines talk about re-wilding, and ancestral actions that have largely fallen by the wayside in a sedentary culture, with tips you can use right now to revive some for your health and fitness. Plus, Katy answers a listener question on her cold plunge practice. And Eva Nemcik of Happy Feet blows Katy’s mind with an alternative use for her alignment socks.Katy’s Instagram for a rockin’ advent: https://www.instagram.com/nutritiousmovement/Find Arthur Haines: www.arthurhaines.comhttps://www.facebook.com/arthur.haines.5https...

2018-11-201h 19

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 114: Taking Action in the Garden with Rose Hayden-SmithDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Gardening is more than just a fun pastime. In this episode, Katy Bowman and Rose Hayden-Smith talk about historical victory gardens circa World War II and what they still have to teach us. Rose provides three tips to those who want to start gardening right now, and Katy supplements with three movement-based tips to help you on your way. Turns out the garden is the perfect place to put your movement rich lifestyle to the test. If you loved Movement Matters, you’ll love this episode—and if you love...

2018-11-061h 08

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 113: Long distance actions with Dami RoelseDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Lose Your Age on the Trail author Dami Roelse drops by to talk long distance walking and how to prepare for it. Katy reminds listeners that long distance is a relative term—three miles might be your version of long distance right now, and that’s okay. Walkers seasoned and brand new will find lots of tips for moving well. Plus, Katy answers a listener question on back bends, and whether they’re likely found in nature. Plus, Mike Dally from Earth Runners drops by to talk about how he star...

2018-10-231h 05

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 112: Healthy Hips in Action with Jill MillerDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and Jill Miller (The Roll Model®, Yoga Tune Up®) talk about hips and how to keep them healthy. Katy and Jill share tons of tips and moves for those with hip pain, and for those who want to keep their hips—and all their joints—strong and mobile. Some advice for pre- and post-operative hip replacement patients as well. Plus, Katy talks with Tyler Benner at Venn Design about his company’s products and philosophy, and how changing his body led to changing his mind, as well.

2018-10-0958 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 111: Kids in Action with Angela HanscomDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025It's not just adults who need to move their DNA, kids do too. Katy Bowman welcomes Timbernook's Angela Hanscom to the podcast to talk about what parents can do right now to help kids also have a movement-rich life—and why it matters to their development. Plus, Katy answers questions on massage and hair loss and growth, and Suzanne Solsona of MyMayu talks about why her company makes minimal boots for kids, why its expanding to making boots for adults, too—and what MyMayu means!

2018-09-2558 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 110: Sleep Action with Shawn StevensonDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Sleep expert Shawn Stevenson helps kick off a new season of Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman, delivering three great tips you can use to improve your sleep life. Katy offers three tips of her own for better sleep. And Tricia Salcido of Dynamic Collective member Soft Star Shoes shares a little of the minimal shoe company’s history and current mission.

2018-09-1154 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 109: Alignment Matters: Words MatterDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Words Matter: In which Katy Bowman reads three more of the essays that appear in Alignment Matters— Science of Wellness, Immunity Boost, and Correcting Anatomy Misconceptions. Through these three essays, Katy examines why definitions matter—and how tough it is to communicate ideas with language instead of math, equations, and physical relativity. You’ll hear lots of updates in these essays of Katy’s current thinking about these matters, and you’ll find out that you have TMJ and carpal tunnel… and, spoiler alert, that the Adams’s Apple is… not an apple.

2018-08-2830 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 108: Alignment Matters: Change Your Mind, Change Your JointsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman reads three more essays from her book Alignment Matters: Your Position in Life, Varus and Valgus, and Hidden Doubts, and riffs on the connections among them. Essentially, change your mind, and your body will follow. Plus, get a free audiobook when you sign up for a 30-day free trial with Audible—and find out what’s next for the Move Your DNA podcast.

2018-08-1442 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 107: Alignment Matters: Movement MotivationDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025With three essays from her book Alignment Matters, Katy Bowman delivers some movement motivation that’s as close as the floor, as thrilling to reach for as a mountain top, and as incrementally awesome as a walk with a bunch of kids. Plus! Katy’s kids deliver a little motivation of their own, with some hiking tips for kids their age.

2018-07-3134 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 105: Things That SwingDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Find out what boobs, balls, and arms have in common. In the first of this special summer series, Katy Bowman reads three of her favorite essays from her book Alignment Matters, and notes the connections among them. Plus! Announcing Wilderness Moves: Hiking Awareness with Katy Bowman and Doniga Markegard in Chimacum, WA in September 2018.

2018-07-0329 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 104: Death MovesDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and guests talk about the ways in which movement can be an intrinsic part of grieving, and how we could look at our experience of grief as grief in a sedentary culture. Don Morris talks about the movements involved in deathcare, body preparation, home funerals and burial, and Breanna Trygg of Wild Grief talks about how natural movement, and especially moving in nature, helps teens process bereavement. Plus, Katy answers listener questions on walking well after a shattered patella, and alignment during pregnancy. Don Morris: www.homefuneralpracticum.comBreanna T...

2018-06-191h 11

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 103: The city moves youDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025We talk a lot about walkability on this podcast, but what does it really mean? And how does urban design and the built environment shape the way we move, or don’t? Katy Bowman talks walkability with urban planner Samantha Thomas. Plus, we explore the idea of mobility justice with Multicultural Communities for Mobility’s Maria Sipin. And Katy answers listener questions on stretching and preparing for twenty mile walks.

2018-06-051h 31

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 102: Being on the landDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and Philip Brass, who is a member of the Peepeekisis First Nation in the Treaty Four Territory of Canada, discuss Indigenous food sovereignty, and how moving for food can be the spine of culture. Plus, Katy answers listener questions on swimming as movement, and feet and shoe size.

2018-05-221h 10

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 99: Your Environment Moves YouDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and Dr. Ihi Heke talk about movement and indigenous approaches to health, including Heke's Maori framework--that our relationship with where we’re born and where we live has implications for our health. This wide-ranging and fascinating conversation also explores non-person-centric approaches to health, and the idea that exercise depends on a cultural context. Dr. Heke explains what it means to be a river person, and how that has shaped how he lives. Plus, Katy answers listener questions on running, minimal shoes, and plantar fasciitis, and swim...

2018-04-101h 07

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 98: Walking the talkDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and Ben Pobjoy on how moving your body can also move your community. @BenPobjoy on Instagram@DemocraticExercise on InstagramDemocraticExercise.comKaty’s live events: https://nutritiousmovement.pike13.com/categories/64332The vocal coach Katy mentions: http://www.sarahwhitten.com/

2018-03-2749 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 97: NATURE SCHOOL MOVESDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and two teachers from Olympic Nature Experience talk about how to get more nature—and more wonder—into your life.Raven and Crow is from the Wilderbeats album “Live in Concert,” available at wilderbeats.com. The song is by Ashley Moffat, who now performs solo. Her website is http://ashleymoffat.com instagram.com/lilmissmoffat/The Tamarack Song is by Joyce Saunders from the Wilderbeats album “Live in Concert,” available at http://www.wilderbeats.com/home/You can also find Joyce on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/g...

2018-03-131h 24

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 96: Birth and the Shapeshifting PelvisDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and Gail Tully on why a baby moving through a pelvis has almost nothing in common with a couch moving through a stairwell, a watermelon moving through a nostril, or a basketball moving through a hoop.Find more Katy Bowman at https://nutritiousmovement.comFind more about the Dynamic Collective at https://nutritiousmovement.com/podcasts/#podcast-sponsorsFind more about Gail Tully at https://spinningbabies.comIn this episode’s mailbag: Is walking “falling forward”? Does it have to be? And should I train for a long hike using poles, or not? Podcas...

2018-02-271h 00

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 95: The Maple Syrup WorkoutDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Wild food forager Sam Thayer talks with Katy Bowman about how he began foraging out of necessity, but now his body craves the nutrition—and nutritious movement—he only gets from foraging. Plus, he runs us through the physical work involved in making maple syrup and harvesting wild rice. Mileage for those who want to listen on the go: This podcast clocks in at around 75 minutes… so head out for a six-miler and let Katy and Sam keep you company.Sam Thayer: https://www.foragersharvest.comBilly Joe Tatum’s cookbook: https...

2018-02-131h 16

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 94: WILDERNESS MOVESDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman and Doniga Markegard, author of Dawn Again, talk wilderness, movement, and moving in and with nature.Katy’s Unshoes post on Instagram.Doniga Markegard: https://www.donigamarkegard.comDawn Again: http://propriometricspress.com/dawn-again/ShiftCon: https://shiftconmedia.com/sc_speaker/doniga-markegard/Dynamic Aging retreat: https://nutritiousmovement.pike13.com/courses/156115

2018-01-301h 05

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 93: The expedition within each of usDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman interviews Jason Lewis, author of The Expedition Trilogy, about his self- powered circumnavigation of the globe, and how each of us has our own expedition within us—an expedition made of a series of small steps, no matter what the scope.Find Jason Lewis online at http://jasonexplorer.com and on Twitter @explorerjasonFor more information about his books: http://www.billyfishbooks.com/Books.htmlLearn about the Out of Eden Walk here: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of- eden-walk/Find more about Katy Bowman and the ideas expressed in th...

2018-01-161h 05

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 91: Between the Lines 11 - You do know squat!Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In which Katy Bowman tells Stephanie Domet that honestly, she’s not surprised she had a felt advent calendar instead of one with chocolates. KB’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutritiousmovement/

2017-11-2119 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 90: Between the Lines 10 - Movements matter...even the ones in public bathroomsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Welcome to the Katy Says podcast… This is the tenth in a series of special episodes we’re calling Between the Lines, where Katy Bowman and Stephanie Domet explore the deeper messages in and connections between Katy’s books.

2017-11-0750 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 89: Between the Lines 9 - Movement Matters so much, we’re devoting the next couple episodes to it!Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Welcome to the Katy Says podcast… This is the ninth in a series of special episodes we’re calling Between the Lines, where Katy Bowman and Stephanie Domet explore the deeper messages in and connections between Katy’s books.Movement Matters: https://nutritiousmovement.com/product/movement-matters-essays-on-movement-science-movement-ecology-and-the-nature-of-movement/

2017-10-2442 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 88: Between the Lines 8 - Calf StretchDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Welcome to the Katy Says podcast… This is the eighth in a series of special episodes we’re calling Between the Lines, where Katy Bowman and Stephanie Domet explore the deeper messages in and connections between Katy’s books.

2017-10-1024 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 87: Between the Lines 7 - Diastasis Recti…it’s for anyone who has a torso!Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025In which Katy Bowman tells Stephanie Domet why Diastasis Recti is the perfect title for this book, despite what some contest judges may think.Diastasis Recti: https://nutritiousmovement.com/product/diastasis-recti- the- whole-body- solution-to- abdominal-weakness- and-separation/ Movement

2017-09-2646 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 86: Between the Lines - Don’t Just Sit There…but don’t just stand there, either.Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman tells Stephanie Domet that the way we work now is probably killing us, and we might want to maybe move a little.Don’t Just Sit There: https://nutritiousmovement.com/product/dont-just- sit-there/Mark’s Daily Apple: http://marksdailyapple.comThe Bhagavad Gita: http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/index- english.htmlFidget spinners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidget_spinner

2017-09-1250 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 85: Between the Lines - It Starts With FeetDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman tells Stephanie Domet why she’s written two books about feet, and why she could easily write a bunch more.Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief: https://nutritiousmovement.com/product/every-womans-guide-to-foot-pain-relief/Whole Body Barefoot: https://nutritiousmovement.com/product/whole-body-barefoot/Minimal shoes of all kinds: https://nutritiousmovement.com/shoes-the-list/

2017-08-2952 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 84: Between the Lines - Stay GoldenDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman tells Stephanie Domet about Dynamic Aging, the sassy septuagenarians with whom she wrote it, and why it’s really a book for anyone who has a body. Meet the Goldeners who co-wrote Dynamic Aging with Katy Bowman.

2017-08-1556 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 82: Between the Lines, And That's What Move Your DNA is All About!Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Stephanie Domet leads Katy Bowman into a deep discussion of Katy's book Move Your DNA.Find details on Katy's other comings and goings here: nutritiousmovement.com/live-events/

2017-07-181h 14

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 81: Between the Lines - Alignment Matters, and so does MovementDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Alignment Matters and Movement Matters, in which Katy Bowman tells Stephanie Domet why most of her readers lean either Alignment Matters or Movement Matters, what Nietzsche has to do with it, and leaves us with a move to chew on.More about Friedrich Nietzsche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_NietzscheSign up for Katy's newsletter: https://nutritiousmovement.com

2017-07-0455 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 79: Between the Lines, Part OneDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Stephanie Domet asks Katy Bowman why she writes books, why she writes so MANY books, and why she wants to spend some podcast time talking about them. Plus, a special lightning round word association quiz!Find that blog post on dynamic reading and writing Katy mentioned: http://propriometricspress.com/2017/04/24/move-your-dna-dynamic-reading-and-writing/Sign up for Katy's newsletter here: https://nutritiousmovement.com

2017-06-2033 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 73: Dynamic AgingDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman’s latest book, while written with and for the older population in mind, is truly for every body at every age. This episode combines a one-on- one recording with Katy and Dani, and the Ventura, California live-audience book release party at The Alignment B.E.A.C.H. featuring Katy’s four septugenarian co-authors. The five authors answer audience questions and share how the book came about, their personal stories, and why this book can help anyone move with more function.

2017-03-211h 14

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 70: Alignment Matters, StillDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025After 9 years, Katy has put her eponymous blog, Katy Says, to bed. Katy shares why now, and what the blog has meant not only to her, but to so many of us. She also discusses why her book, Alignment Matters, is still a must read for any person interested in alignment of both the physical and personal kind.

2017-01-2447 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 64 - Movement Ecology: Live Audience Podcast RecordingDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Originally recorded in March 2016, this is a live audience podcast recorded at the Nutritious Movement Center in Sequim, Washington. It is a companion podcast to the book “Movement Matters” by Katy Bowman.

2016-11-011h 00

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 63 - Movement Matters #2: Personal Mission StatementDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025The second part of a 3-episode companion series is intended as a sort of study guide for Katy’s upcoming book, Movement Matters, in which Katy discusses using a personal mission statement as a new alignment tool.

2016-10-1857 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 58 - A Funeral for Foot PainDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy and Dani hold a festive wake for Katy’s first book, Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief, and celebrate its reincarnation.

2016-08-1635 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 55 - An Evening with Katy & Dani in BoulderDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy and Dani recorded a live-audience podcast at the historic Boulder Bookstore and share thoughts on their whirlwind day of food, fun, family and friends. We wish you could’ve been there with us, but this is the next best thing.

2016-06-071h 05

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 52 - Babies and Movement, Part 2Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy and Dani deliver Part 2 of the Babies and Movement episode, and isn’t it a cutie? Katy follows up on some listener questions conceived during Part 1, and then discusses breastfeeding and baby ‘exercises’. Oh, and Did you know you are probably W.E.I.R.D. ? It’s okay…we are, too.

2016-05-0352 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 35 - Diastasis Recti—The Book!Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy Bowman’s 6th book is out—and looks like it might be the biggest yet. Why? Because so many people deal with diastasis recti but have little success with traditional methods. Katy talks about why her book: Diastasis Recti-The Whole-Body Solution To Abdominal Weakness And Separation is going to make a difference.

2015-11-1752 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 31 - Wassup, Katy?Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025One of the awesome things about Katy Bowman is how much useful content she produces for our human bodies—and this past summer she was crazy busy writing and releasing books for her Whole Body series, filming DVDs and finishing up the new Nutritious Movement Center Northwest. Following her on Facebook and Instagram is fun, but it’s nice to hear from Katy about all the projects she’s been working on.

2015-09-2950 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 29 - The Skin ShowDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy’s Got Skin in the GameYou squat, you hang, you climb, and you threw your couch to the curb—all for the sake of more natural movement. But are your arrector pili getting their movement nutrients? Wait, what ARE your arrector pili? Katy scratches the surface of that oft-neglected but serious player in your whole body health—your skin! Of course, this vast subject needs more than one episode, but this is a good start on a fascinating topic.

2015-09-0843 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 17 - Katy Bowman’s MovNat VacationDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Ever wondered how Katy Bowman—hard-working biomechanist, writer, teacher and problem-solver—takes a break? Here’s a hint: it contains some seriously rugged natural movement, no screens and Erwan LeCorre. Sounds like fun to us! Join us as Katy shares her take on what makes for a good retreat and why scratchy, rough knees are worth your consideration.

2015-03-2349 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 16 - The Solution ShowDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025No Time? Got Toddlers? Work in a Cubicle? No Moolah for Barefoot Shoes? Katy Bowman, Biomechanist & Problem-Solver Extraordinaire, spends a nice long time helping you clear the hurdles that you may think prevent you from getting more natural movement in your life. Whatever you pitch at her, she’ll probably hit it out of the park. Listen carefully and with an open mind, and you’ll probably find the solution is simpler than you think.

2015-03-0955 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 13 - 100 Questions in 30 MinutesDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Have you ever wondered what it be like if you could corner Katy Bowman at a party and ask her everything you've ever wanted to know? Here's as close as you'll probably get: Katy answers 95 of your questions and 5 of mine (hey, I had to get a few in there!) in the amazingly short time frame of 30 minutes. Appease your curiosity and listen in!

2015-01-1532 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 9 - TreadmillsDynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy answers "Is there a difference between treadmill walking and overground walking?". Everything you've ever wanted to know about the loads you place on your body when you use a treadmill. And pirates who forget their words. Arrrrgggh you ready?? Aye, aye, Captain!Chicago Tribune article about treadmills, featuring KatyKaty Says: Junk Food Walking blog post

2014-10-2137 min

Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman Ep 4 - Mail Bag 1Dynamic Aging Retreat Oct 3-5 2025Katy's on the road! Her mini-world tour/book promotion tour/vacation is keeping her plenty busy. As a special treat, you get to listen to this early recording of the Katy Says podcast. Not the greatest sound quality--hey, we didn't have fancy equipment!--but filled with fun as Katy answers your questions from the mail bag. To read Katy's blog on pillow usage (referenced in this podcast): Your Pillow is an Orthotic

2014-08-0132 min