Move Your DNA 2nd ed: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement Paperback – Illustrated, May 1, 2017

This book was an eye opener and it helped me to get on a path to better overall health. Full of good science and explanations to understand some of the issues with modern day life. The exercise portion is a little disjointed in the Kindle version of the book, as have to switch back and forth from the descriptions to the pictures to get the gist of proper form, but the book is interesting and incredibly informative.

The media could not be loaded. “Move Your DNA presents a new paradigm of movement. Because DNA can be expressed differently depending upon how external factors impinge upon the cells within which the DNA resides, and because movement is one of these factors, the way we move has a direct bearing upon how our bodies are shaped—for good and ill. It is not enough for me to tell you just to ‘move more.’ You also need to ‘move better’ if you are to enjoy a more sustainable state of well-being. …Most people have very little idea about how movement works in our bodies, or how much movement is required for natural biological function. It is not my intention to make you freak out about your health, although I’m aware that I might. My highlighting the essentialness of movement should be used to create opportunity for healing (a positive response) rather than fear of illness (a negative response). Many people are shocked when they realize just how easy it is to move more (note: I said move, and not exercise) and how radically better they feel by making tiny skeletal adjustments throughout the day. Are you ready? Let’s do this!”~ Katy Bowman from Move Your DNAThis is our second Note on Katy Bowman’s work.Katy is one of the world’s leading biomechanists—helping us integrate proper body movement to optimize our well-being. She has a great podcast + blog you might enjoy as well.This book is packed with a ton of exercises and plenty of info on the science of biomechanics to help us pay more attention to the loads we’re putting on our bodies throughout the day so we can get in harmony with how our bodies were designed to move.Here are some of my favorite Big Ideas:1. Move Your DNA - The missing link is epigentics.2. Movement vs. Exercise - M >E.3. Walking - The secret sauce. (Do it often.)4. Doing Less Physically - But almost never doing nothing.5. Forest-Baths - Taken one lately?And, let’s make sure moving our DNA is an essential part of that process! :)More goodness— including PhilosophersNotes on 300+ books in our ​*OPTIMIZE*​ membership program. Find out more at brianjohnson . me.

Katy Bowman... The information Katy Bowman delivers has changed the way I live my life. I follow Katy's work through various media types- videos, podcasts, movement lessons, facebook etc. This book is the pinnacle of all of the information she has delivered to this point and it can be either a starting point for people just learning about her concepts for the first time, or is also great for people with more understanding of these concepts. I have read the book and listened to the audio version after that. I will probably read it several more times over the next year or so. There is such a wealth of information, and yet it is so easy to read and flows magically.I believe these concepts are so overlooked in our cultures, yet so incredibly important to our health, yet so incredibly obvious and simple once you hear it. I want to share it with the world (sorry that sounds super cheesy) and I ordered 5 copies so that I could give them as gifts to people that I think might like the material, or to lend/give to people that seem interested through everyday conversations I have (I try to bring up various movement topics frequently throughout my days).Read it. Give it some time and read it again. I also Highly recommend searching Katy Bowman in the podcast app and listening to them whilst walking. (her own show is great but my favourites are the ones she is a guest speaker on, and there a fair few of them) Incredibly interesting stuff and they are free so thats always good...Although I am a fan of digital books in general, in my opinion this one is best read from a physical book as there will be times when you want to flip back and forward to look at diagrams or re-check a term, something like that.A brilliant book from a brilliant mind. 10 stars out of 5.The end.