Move Your DNA

The bestselling, award-winning Move Your DNA is the foremost book in the Movement movement. It has shaken up the health and wellness world, spreading the message that this culture's sedentarism has become pervasive, exercise is no longer a viable solution: movement is. Hailed as offering a 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 begin transitioning readers of all strengths and fitness levels to a movement-rich life

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.

From couch potatoes to professional athletes, new parents to seniors, readers love Katy's humorous, passionate, and science-based guide to restoring your body through natural movement.

"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. From couch potatoes to professional athletes, new parents to seniors, readers love Katy's humorous, passionate, and above all science-based guide to restoring your body through natural movement." -- Page [4] cover.

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 eight books, including the groundbreaking Move Your DNA, have been translated into more than a dozen 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 is regularly featured in diverse media such as the Today Show, CBC Radio One, the Seattle Times, 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 companies like 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.