Everyone has heard that we all need exercise to prevent serious illnesses like heart disease and stroke. But even with the best of intentions it’s not easy to carve out the time for it. What if there was a different approach to staying healthy and strong than striving (and often failing) to get those recommended 30 minutes of moderate exercise three times per week?
Read MoreYour environment shapes your body as much, if not more than your movement habits do. Beds, couches, and chairs, as comfortable as they are, prevent us from making it down to the floor. They prevent us from building strength and mobility in the process of daily living. That we sit more and move less is a modern problem that requires cultural change and community support. If you want to be stronger, live longer and age well, you've got to move more of your sitting parts.
Read MoreIt's Day Two of a week-long winter storm bringing rain to the Sierra foothills (where I live) and many feet of snow to the high country. Will I get out there for my daily walk as I intend? It's no secret that sticking with habits can be hard, unless you've made them easy, obvious, satisfying and fun.
Read MoreFor my 64th birthday, I bought a Stand Up Paddle board. There’s a short, steep learning curve involved in learning to balance and paddle, even on the still water of a lake. Muscles in my feet, legs and core are constantly active, stabilizing my bones and joints as I paddle along. Perception of the body moving through space comes from position sensors in muscles and joints. You need the visual, vestibular and proprioceptive systems to be working well in the constant and continuous process we call balance.
Read MoreEverybody reading this article is aging at the same rate. Some of us are fixated on the number. Some hide it. I like to know my clients’ ages. On my intake form I ask, “Age is just a number. I’m 64. How about you?” The replies I get often start good conversations about just what is dynamic aging.
No matter your age in years, it’s never too late to create new movement habits that build more functional bodies...and brains.
Read MoreIn December 2019, Robin was seeing a doctor for foot pain, wearing orthotics, doing physical therapy and averaging more than 12,000 steps per day. Despite plenty of walking, the pain persisted through the winter into spring. When he realized that the healthcare system wasn’t designed to help in ways that he found useful, he decided to give Restorative Exercise a try.
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