Reclaiming Movement Opportunities

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

There's no way around it: more stuff means more sedentarism. Products of convenience move on our behalf, and our kids are moving their bodies less than any other generation in human history. Our culture–and the items the market produces to support our ways of life—dissuade self-sufficiency, and so creating a movement-rich life for our health and for the planet's may often feel like an uphill battle. This week I speak with author and biomechanist Katy Bowman. Katy offers tangible ways to reclaim the movement opportunities that have been lost to the conveniences associated with modern living. Here's a preview: [7:30] The relationship between carbon footprints, pleasure, and movement lost [16:00] How to become more tolerant of movement in the house [19:15] Ways to engage kids who don't consider themselves "outdoorsy" [22:45] Multitasking versus stacking: What's the difference (and why does it matter?) [25:20] 2 steps listeners can take right now to reclaim movement opportunities that have been lost to convenience Resources mentioned: Grow Wild: The Whole-Child, Whole-Family, Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More Katy on Instagram Save The Earth book series Watch the extended version of this interview on Youtube * Join our (free!) community here. * Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Pinterest.

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0:00.0	Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to
0:05.3	episode 223 of the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.
0:15.0	On today's show we are discussing why movement matters.
0:20.0	These days our kids are moving less than any other generation in human history,
0:26.0	and indoor time and screen time have skyrocketed.
0:30.0	This week I'm speaking with author and biomechanist Katie Bowman.
0:35.0	In her new book titled Grow Wild, The Whole Child, Whole Family Nature Rich Guide to Moving More,
0:42.0	Katie argues that, and I quote,
0:45.0	movement is currently counterculture.
0:48.8	Oh my goodness, I can't wait to talk to her all about that.
0:51.8	So today we are discussing why movement matters as well as
0:54.7	those tangible ways both ourselves and our children can reclaim movement
0:59.8	opportunities that have been lost to the conveniences associated with modern living.
1:06.0	Katie, I'm really thrilled to talk to you today. How are you?
1:10.0	I'm good. Thanks for having me.
1:11.0	Well, thanks for coming on. Why don't we start by you
1:14.7	introducing yourself? Who are you? What do you do? And how did you find yourself
1:20.2	so interested in reclaiming movement opportunities for ourselves and our children.
1:25.0	My name is Katie Bowman. I am a biomechanist and just for those I don't know it's it's a field of science that
1:32.0	usually sits within kinesiology, the study of human movement, so biomechanists study the physical forces of living systems. What's the impact of physical forces on living systems? So in the
1:45.9	human movement world it would be what is it about the way that we move and the
1:51.8	physical environment that affects our physiology, our health.
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