Nutritious movement with Katy Bowman - Summer Series
Hello, and welcome to our 2022 Summer Series!
Every January, Ben and I take some much-needed time away from work and try our best to walk the slow-living walk. But instead of leaving your ears lonely over the holidays, every Thursday in January we’ll be revisiting one of our favourite episodes from the past six years. So if you missed them the first time around, or are taking another listen with fresh ears, we hope you enjoy these poggies as much as we did!
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I was first introduced to Katy Bowman’s work when I started to explore the idea of barefoot bushwalking back in 2017, and have been a fan ever since. Katy writes a lot about removing the casts of modern life (shoes being just one of them) and unlocking the benefits of movement, and for me, barefoot bushwalking was the perfect introduction to that idea.
If you’ve read Care, you’ll know how transformative barefoot bushwalking has been for me - both in terms of the changes in movement it requires, but also the way it helps me to slow right down.
In this episode I speak with Katy, who is a biomechanist, movement advocate and author of many books, about the curse of convenience in modern life. We also explore the cost of that convenience: what it is costing us in terms of movement, the food we eat, our health, our relationships and the larger structure of our society in general.
We also talk about the infiltration of technology into the lives of both adults and kids, as well as some really practical ways of lessening the impact technology has on our days, and how to deal with the inevitable complaints from kids (and maybe some adults) when they’re forced outside. We also talk about the massive benefits of spending more time outdoors and why Katy is lobbying for outdoor exposure to be classified as a nutrient.
Katy shares her families journey towards minimalism and why it began with letting go of their couch, and how the root of their simplification lies in a desire for more movement rather than less stuff.
I was struck by so many things talking to Katy, but one of the biggest was her intention. There's meaning and choice and reason behind each of her actions, and for me that’s one of the biggest connections between nutritious movement and slow living - paying attention, asking why and living accordingly.
I also came away from this chat determined to add more intentional movement to our days and will be serving breakfast outside as often as I can. Enjoy!
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