13 quotes
Natural Movement is the universal workout the world has forgotten.
The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom (2019)
You need to have a mind-body-nature connection.
A. J. Jacobs (2012)
A tiger is a powerful, graceful animal simply by doing what a tiger does. This practical, real world approach is what we have lost, and what natural movement can restore.
Gregory Ripley (2016)
No jump is good if the landing is bad.
The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom (2019)
If you want to become a force of nature, you need to interact with the forces of nature.
The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom (2019)
You can never master the context where you physically and mentally operate; you can only learn to master how you will operate through it.
The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom (2019)
We're all zoo humans to some extent, even me.
Oxygen is an accident. Breath is intentional.
Do we function in sets of ten in the wilderness? How do we know how long we will have to do something?
"How would you train a panther to be fit? Not on a treadmill.
Adaptability is the holy grail of MovNat. This is what we have done throughout human history. But we have lost touch with the world that created us.
Your body will never be more connected to your mind than when something is at stake. That's how you measure the value of a movement: by its consequences. Climb a tree, throw a rock, balance on the edge of a cliff-- you lose focus for a fraction of a second, you're screwed. It takes a very affluent and indulged culture to convince itself that standing around in weird poses is exercise.
Christopher McDougall (2015)
You never see your dog running nonstop around and around in a circle for an hour. If he did, you'd think there was something wrong with him. Instead, he'll chase something, roll around, sprint, rest, mix things up. Animal play has a purpose, and it's not hard to surmise that human play should as well.
Bill Katovsky (2012)