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ANCESTRAL MOVEMENT FOR THE MODERN FAMILY

ANCESTRAL MOVEMENT FOR THE MODERN FAMILY

I love natural movement but I don’t have the same freedom as before I became a mum. There’s isn’t much time after work, daycare pick up, cooking dinner and bedtime routine. Instead I focus on the movement I can implement while still doing daily tasks and work. I rarely […]

HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR SMILE

HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR SMILE

I thought it would be a great way to start 2017 with a beautiful big smile 😀 so I’ve compiled my best tips and recipes so you to care for your smile, naturally as well as reducing waste. As a child, the health of my […]

HOW MY NECK PAIN HAS DIMINISHED (part 5)

HOW MY NECK PAIN HAS DIMINISHED (part 5)

NATURAL MOVEMENT

In the previous posts, I share how our lifestyle-changes within nourishment, toxic free home & personal care and meditation & sleep have improved our vitality and health problems including neck pains that I’ve had for years. If you haven’t read part 1, part 2part 3 or part 4 yet, I recommend that you read those first.

In this final part, I’ll talk about how natural movement has helped me reduce tensions and pain in my neck. Natural and ancestral movement is about moving as our human body has evolved to move. It’s also about being less sedentary and moving the whole body instead of isolated parts like just your fingers on the keyboard or restricting your feet and toes in traditional shoes 😉

When we as a family learned this, we started walking more either bare foot or wearing minimal footwear and carrying more; like for example our shopping and our three your old son instead of using a stroller or driving the car. We also reorganised our home, selling our couches to facilitate more movement rather than accepting a sedentary lifestyle full of furniture that creates a development-crippling environment, that inhibits our natural movement. Additionally, we’ve installed a standing desk and ditched our bed pillows when sleeping. At the time our son was very young and we asked ourselves ‘why had we become so attached to sleeping with pillows?’ Why is it that as we got older we sleep with pillows, when babies and young children do not? Just like walking bare foot and wearing minimal footwear, we chose to transition over a period of time to become accustomed to, and build up strength in under used areas of our bodies.

Movement is much much more than exercise, every movement or position that you place yourself into will impact your body shape and adaption. This is why we need a greater variety of movement and positions during our day. You should think about “movement” on a cellular level impacted by loads, squeeze, pull and push from external and internal forces. I also think “movement” when my body and vascular system contracts when I go for a dip in cold water in the winter.

Now that you’re thinking about this, you can perhaps start finding ways to organise your own home and daily activities in ways that will support moving more and in a more natural way. Think about how you move, sit, stand, sleep etc and find ways to combine or “stack” your activities. So that you can incorporate more movement when you for example, do gardening and squatting forage for food when walking in nature, play with your kids and achieve more exercise and walking while carrying groceries by leaving the car at home when you go shopping.

Below, I list my ideas how you can get more natural movement into your day.

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Natural movement

Greater variety of movement

Walking

Balancing

Squatting

Carrying

Lifting

Crawling (foot-hand, knee-hand)

Hanging in our arms

Throwing

Floor-sitting

Barefoot

Minimal footwear

Gardening

Practical work around the house

Foraging

Processing your own food

Squatty potty

Furniture/ couch free living

Standing desk

Winter bathing or cryotherapy

 

LESS/AVOID:

Sedentary

Traditional footwear

Couch-sitting

Chair-sitting

Sleeping with pillow

 

Learn more about natural movement in NUTRITIONAL STACKING FOR YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENTMAKE EVERYTHING FROM WALKING TO DANCING MORE ENJOYABLE and HOW TO MAKE SITTING MORE NUTRITIOUS

Learn more about how to reorganise your home to facilitate movement in IMPROVING OUR HEALTH BY SELLING OUR COUCHES

 

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HOW MY NECK PAIN HAS DIMINISHED (part 4)

HOW MY NECK PAIN HAS DIMINISHED (part 4)

MEDITATION & SLEEP Last week I talked about toxic free home and personal care and how it was the second lifestyle-change that my family and I made to achieve more vitality and energy. I also listed ingredients to use more of and ingredients and products to use less of (and even better […]

MINERALS, GROUNDING & VITAMIN D

MINERALS, GROUNDING & VITAMIN D

The reason that you feel so relaxed and balanced after spending time at the beach is because your body becomes replenished with vital minerals from the salt water. It’s better than a bath with Epsom salts The salt water and sand will also ground you […]

ALTERNATIVES FOR KIDS

ALTERNATIVES FOR KIDS

ALTERNATIVE FOR ICE CREAM

My son accepted a smoothie bowl instead of an ice cream.

Most smoothie bowls contain lots of sugars even though it’s natural. In particular fructose will spike your blood sugar and your body’s need to produce insulin.

However I still think this smoothie bowl is a better option than most coconut ice creams or soft serves. It might contain sugars but it won’t contain any preservatives or emulsifiers.

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GREEN SMOOTHIE & COCONUT YOGURT

Most mornings I make a green smoothie but it’s not very sweet at all so to make it a little more “child friendly”, I’ve mixed it with coconut yogurt.

There’s also no harm done in cutting up strawberries and nuts to drizzle on top

This coconut yogurt is without any added processed nor natural sugars.

 

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MY LUNCH PLATE BY HUBBY

MY LUNCH PLATE BY HUBBY

Back to Monday and making my own lunches This was Sunday’s lunch plate that hubby made me. So delicious and nourishing! Homemade potato salad, smoked trout, corned beef, sour kraut, olives, lettuce, carrot, celery, kohlrabi and paleo bread. As I’m doing most of the cooking, […]

HOW MY NECK PAIN HAS DIMINISHED (part 2)

HOW MY NECK PAIN HAS DIMINISHED (part 2)

NOURISHMENT A focus on nourishment instead of dieting was the first lifestyle change that my family and I made to achieve more vitality and energy. I also believe this step as has helped heal the neck pains I frequently experienced until recently as well as the other positive side effects […]

CAMPFIRE IN THE FOREST

CAMPFIRE IN THE FOREST

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On a beautiful Sunday morning my son and I went to our local forest with a natur playground and picnic area with facilities to make a fire.

What a beautiful morning, delicious lunch and an excited boy 🙂

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FEELING REWILDED

FEELING REWILDED

My first time winter bathing. What a view and how exhilarating! I’m the type who hates cold water. You can ask my lovely hubby and he’s going to be very surprised when I tell him that I went in the water three times. He’s in […]


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