When you are experiencing little or no progress in your exercise program, check out the VOLUME (amount) of work you are doing. Then check out what you are doing the rest of the time. So suggested Katy Bowman at her November 2018 Core & More Movement: Fix Your Diastasis – Friendly (and Helpful!) Exercise weekend…
It is said that change is good for our brains. When we take a vacation, try a different food, listen to a different type of music, our thought patterns change. Significant benefits can be realized by changing our movement habit patterns. For example, using your other hand to brush your teeth, standing on the other…
According to the Mayo Clinic, “Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a condition that causes an uncontrollable urge to move your legs, usually because of an uncomfortable sensation….[It] can begin at any age and generally worsens as you age.” Lora’s Restless Legs Syndrome Lora was 68 when she started with biomechanist Katy Bowman’s Restorative Exercise™ program…
Moving better is simple, not easy. Moving better is about learning how to get your body in alignment. Alignment is about awareness. Awareness is about staying in touch with where your body is in space as often as possible. Dynamic Aging Workshop On Sunday, October 7, 2018, I did my first three-hour Dynamic Aging Workshop…
Teaching from experience means teaching from what we have learned in our lives. This is teaching from reality as we experience it. No matter your age, you have had certain experiences that are true for you. When you share those truths with others, you share possibilities. For Shelah, Joyce, Lora and me (co-authors with Katy…
Hip Replacement Successful! Hip Hip Hooray for Lora! She had a hip replacement in August 2018 and is shouting Hooray! because it was a total success. How is it possible that she was hiking in minimal shoes all over Portugal with a backpack just last April? And how is it that she has maintained an…
Our Dynamicaging4life.com blog celebrated its first anniversary September 2018. We started the blog as a result of the popularity of our book. The purpose for the blog is to share our adventures of dynamic aging as we four co-authors traverse our 70s and 80s and…who knows how long. We have written 24 blogs this first year including this…
Okay, so it’s not really a “centerfold.” Shelah, co-author of our book and graphic artist for this blog, informs me it is not really a “centerfold” because it is not in the center of the magazine. It is a two-page “spread.” I ask you, does the title “Two-page spread at 80!” pique your interest?!? Outdoor…
Renaissance is defined as a revival of or renewed interest in something. Our blog is about renewing interest in movement as we age so we can age dynamically. Our goal is to revive interest in moving more and moving better so we can continue to do the things we love to do like walking, playing with…
What if constipation and aging were not synonymous? What if constipation could be the result of how you do and don’t move – at any age? I was chronically constipated until I was 74. Then I wasn’t. The problem was eliminated when I changed how I move my body all day long. When I began…