Audiobooks by Katy Bowman

Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief: The New Science of Healthy Feet

Don't just treat your foot pain—strengthen your feet to prevent it. Back with an expanded edition of her popular book Every Woman's Guide to Foot Pain Relief, biomechanist Katy Bowman has created a new version for both men and women in all walks of life. With updated material and new visuals that illustrate exactly how to strengthen and mobilize your feet, Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief will show you how to change the way you move your body to prevent pain, heal your feet, and halt damage to the rest of your body. Bowman's simple, accessible, innovative program will help you naturally address lower-leg and foot issues such as: - Hammertoes - Bunions - Plantar fasciitis - Poor posture and alignment Bowman walks you gently through exercises to strengthen your feet, what shoes you should (and should not) be wearing, and how these choices affect your overall foot—and whole-body!—health. Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief will teach you how healthy feet work optimally and help you put your best foot forward on the path toward moving with greater ease.

Katy Bowman (Author), Katy Bowman (Narrator)

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Mueve tu Adn (Move Your DNA): Recuperar la salud con el movimiento natural (Restore Your Health thro

¿Sabías que el sendentarismo que impera nuestro modo de vida actual es la máxima amenaza de nuestra salud? Katy Bowman, autora bestseller del New York Times, identifica multitud de enfermedades y dolencias relacionadas con nuestra antinatural falta de movimiento. Mueve tu ADN es un libro apasionante, escrito de forma muy personal y divertida que, entre otras cosas, explica las claves científicas de nuestra necesidad de movimiento natural, incluso a nivel celular. Se adentra en las diferencias de los movimientos típicos de nuestra especie como cazador-recolector y los de nuestro modelo de vida actual. Además muestra los problemas de utilizar el ejercicio deportivo como única fuente de movimiento

Katy Bowman (Author), Monica Steuer (Narrator)

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Grow Wild: The Whole-Child, Whole-Family, Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More

From biomechanist and best-selling author Katy Bowman comes her eagerly anticipated guide to getting kids - from babies to preteens - and their families moving more, together, and outside. Our kids are moving less than any other generation in human history; indoor time and screen time have skyrocketed. As adults and kids turn more to 'convenient' tech-based solutions, tasks that once required head-to-toe use of our muscles and bones can be done with a click and a swipe. Without realizing it, we’ve traded convenience for the movement-rich environment that our physical, mental, and environmental health depends on. But good news, while the problem feels massive, the solution is simple…and fun! Grow Wild not only breaks down the 'big ideas' behind movement as a nutrient, it also serves as a field guide on how to spot the movement opportunities we’re currently missing. Learn to “stack your life” for richer experiences that don’t take more time: - Set up your home to promote more movement, naturally - Dress for (movement) success - Add snack-tivities to your meals - Plan dynamic celebrations - Create a dynamic homework space - Bring nature into your home and play…and much more! Bowman has written Grow Wild to show where movement used to fit into the activities of daily life, and, more importantly, how it can again. The perfect companion to Bowman’s best seller Move Your DNA, Grow Wild provides practical, everyday, nature-rich ideas on how to let kids move their DNA while doing things they’ll love. Necessary listening to anyone who spends time with children. There are countless movement opportunities wherever you live. You just need to know how to spot them. PLEASE NOTE: This audiobook includes a supplemental PDF with charts, graphics, and references.

Katy Bowman (Author), Katy Bowman (Narrator)

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Movement Matters: Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement

What if we can make ourselves, our communities, and our planet healthier all at the same time by moving our bodies more?Movement Matters is a collection of essays in which biomechanist Katy Bowman continues her groundbreaking investigation of the mechanics of our sedentary culture and the profound potential of human movement. Here she widens her message and invites us to consider our personal relationship with sedentarism, privilege, and nature. Bowman explores: - How convenience often means less movement, not more time - The missing movement nutrients in our food - How to include more nature in education - The impact of adding movement to permaculture and ecological models - Our need for vitamin community and group movement Unapologetically direct, often hilarious, and always compassionate, Movement Matters demonstrates that human movement is powerful and important, and that living a movement-filled life is perhaps the most joyful and efficient way to transform your body, community, and world. Listen to Movement Matters today!

Katy Bowman (Author), Katy Bowman (Narrator)

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Whole Body Barefoot: Transitioning Well To Minimal Footwear

The shoes you put on everyday can play a bigger role in the function of your feet, ankles, knees, hips, and spine than you might realize. “By applying the principles in this book, you will be able to restore your foundation and prevent dysfunction.” ―Ray McClanahan, DPM Biomechanist and author of Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief, Katy Bowman offers walkers, runners, and health professionals alike clear, accessible lessons on how the shape of shoes can play a role in painful feet, knees, and hips―and what to do about it. When we have painful feet and weak ankles it seems like stiff, supportive shoes are the answer, but this solution can be temporary, especially if our issues stem from foot and leg weakness. In short, humans come with great “foot technology,” we just need to learn how to use it. Barefoot is natural, but research shows simply kicking off our shoes and releasing our feet into the wild can result in injury. Whole Body Barefoot will help you safely and effectively transition to minimal footwear, reaping the enormous benefits of freeing your feet without injuring yourself along the way. Whole Body Barefoot presents: - 25 exercises to create strong, supple, feel-better feet - The mechanics of bunions and pronation - How to strengthen weak ankles and arches - How to figure out your true shoe-size - The importance of walking on natural surfaces―“Vitamin Texture” With clear, science-based explanations, Bowman lays out how conventional shoes and artificial environments leave us with sedentary feet. Take the first steps to naturally restore lost foot function, and improve health, today! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

Katy Bowman (Author), Katy Bowman (Narrator)

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Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement

”Move Your DNA is a landmark in explaining biomechanics.'- Dr. Joan Vernikos former director of NASA’s Life Sciences Division and author of Sitting Kills, Moving Heals. This new expanded edition of the bestselling Move Your DNA features an exercise glossary and three-level exercise program, accessible to audiobook listeners in the FREE EXERCISE PROGRAM PDF DOWNLOAD! Accessible and fascinating, Move Your DNA is a game-changer in the world of health, fitness, and movement science. Hailed as offering a pioneering and paradigm-shifting perspective on exercise, this book: - explains how movement works right down to the cellular level - examines the differences between the movements in a typical hunter-gatherer's life and the movements in a convenience-riddled lifestyle• discusses the issues with using exercise like movement vitamins instead of addressing the deeper issue of a poor movement diet - contains a three-level movement program to help those of all strengths and fitness levels transition to a movement-rich lifestyle Move Your DNA contains corrective exercises, habit modifications, and simple lifestyle changes to free ourselves from the diseases of affluence and discover our naturally healthy, reflex-driven selves. The 'movement is not optional' argument is so convincing, this audiobook was designed to be listened to while walking - each chapter listing the mileage for that section. An average walker will complete 20 miles while listening! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your audio library along with the audio.

Katy Bowman (Author), Katy Bowman (Narrator)

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