Bestselling author, speaker, and a leader of the Movement movement, biomechanist Katy Bowman, M.S. is changing the way we move and think about our need for movement. Her 10 books, including the groundbreaking Move Your DNA, have been translated into more than 16 languages worldwide.

Bowman teaches movement globally and speaks about sedentarism and movement ecology to academic and scientific audiences such as the Ancestral Health Summit and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Her work has been featured in diverse media such as the Today Show, CBC Radio One, the Seattle Times, NPR, the Joe Rogan Experience, and Good Housekeeping.

One of Maria Shriver’s "Architects of Change" and an America Walks "Woman of the Walking Movement," Bowman consults on educational and living space design to encourage movement-rich habitats. She has worked with Patagonia, Nike, and Google as well as a wide range of non-profits and other communities to create greater access to her move more, move more body parts, move more for what you need message.

Her movement education company, Nutritious Movement, is based in Washington State, where she lives with her family.

Introductions

Chapter 1: Your Feet Are Your Foundation

Chapter 2: Balance,Stability, and Getting Over the Fear of Falling

Chapter 3: Super-Strong Hips and Single-Legged Balance

Chapter 4: Walking

Chapter 5: Reaching, Carrying, Lifting, and Other Functional Movements

Chapter 6: Fit to Drive

Chapter 7: Movement Is Part of Life

Get Moving

All-Day Alignment Checks

Tips for Moving More in Daily Life

Whole-Body Mobility Flow

Exercise Glossary

Appendix: Exercise Equipment and Additional Sources of Information

References

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Authors