What moves you

Please enjoy this monthly round up of the books I’ve read, the music I’ve listened to, the podcasts I’ve binged, and a few other things I’m loving. As always, this monthly offering is free. I love sharing the things I love, especially books. However, if you value what I share here on What Moves You, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Financial support makes it possible for me to do this work. For those who are already paid subscribers: thank you so much. I am so grateful for you.

Hi! If you’re new here, I’m Naomi. I’ve been teaching movement for 21 years and writing about all things movement, fitness, wellness, and health for nearly as long. It is getting harder and harder to make a living as a fitness professional. I actually make less now than I did in my very first year of teaching, in 2005. The same thing is true of writing — I have 30% fewer paid subscribers today than I did 1 year ago.

Hi! If you’re new here, I’m Naomi. I’ve been teaching movement for 21 years and writing about all things movement, fitness, wellness, and health for nearly as long. It is getting harder and harder to make a living as a fitness professional. I actually make less now than I did in my very first year of teaching, in 2005. The same thing is true of writing — I have 30% fewer paid subscribers today than I did 1 year ago.

Please enjoy this monthly round up of the books I’ve read, the music I’ve listened to, the podcasts I’ve binged, and a few other things I’m loving. As always, this monthly offering is free. I love sharing the things I love, especially books. However, if you value what I share here on What Moves You, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Financial support makes it possible for me to do this work. For those who are already paid subscribers: thank you so much. I am so grateful for you.

Sadly, you can't actually build strength just by squeezing a block between your legs really really hard. Hi! If you’re new here, I’m Naomi. I’ve been teaching movement for 21 years and writing about all things movement, fitness, wellness, and health for nearly as long. It is getting harder and harder to make a living as a fitness professional. I actually make less now than I did in my very first year of teaching, in 2005.

An interview with Carolyn McConnell about the myth of autonomy and how our most prized American values are leading to the devaluation of care work Hi! If you’re new here, I’m Naomi. I’ve been teaching movement for 21 years and writing about all things movement, fitness, wellness, and women’s health for nearly as long. It is getting harder and harder to make a living as a fitness professional. I actually make less now than I did in my very first year of teaching, in 2005.

Hi! If you’re new here, I’m Naomi. I’ve been teaching movement for 21 years and writing about all things movement, fitness, wellness, and women’s health for nearly as long. It is getting harder and harder to make a living as a fitness professional. I actually make less now than I did in my very first year of teaching, in 2005. The same thing is true of writing.

Please enjoy this monthly round up of the books I’ve read, the music I’ve listened to, the podcasts I’ve binged, and a few other things I’m loving. As always, this monthly offering is free. I love sharing the things I love, especially books. However, if you value what I share here on What Moves You, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Financial support makes it possible for me to do this work. For those who are already paid subscribers: thank you so much. I am so grateful for you.

I had this idea to write about what it means to me to be a body neutral fitness professional, in part because I was building an app for women in midlife and I removed every possible reference to weight loss or body composition that was automatically built-in when I started. I wanted to explain why this felt so important to me and why it fell into the category of body neutrality in the fitness world.

This one is a little messy. It’s more motherhood than perimenopause, so it’s a bit raw. And it also felt important to write. I think that for those of us who are moms and also going through perimenopause, this is when (I’ve noticed) we start to get really invested in the idea of our own needs and desires in a more concrete way than how we might have felt in early motherhood. Or maybe I just have awesome friends and this is just the experience in our circle. And it’s not limited to moms, by the way.