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Move : how the new science of body movement can set your mind free / Caroline Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2021Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781335914040
  • 1335914048
Other title:
  • How the new science of body movement can set your mind free
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Why we move -- The joy of steps -- Fighting fit -- Slave to the rhythm -- Core benefits -- Stretch -- Breathless -- And... stop -- Summary: Move, think, feel -- And finally: A movement manifesto.
Summary: A veteran science journalist explores the latest research on the relationship between brain health and physical activity and discusses how the simplest movements can reactivate our bodies and help relieve anxiety and depression and improve memory and creativity.Summary: For our earliest ancestors who hunted and gathered, movement meant survival. Our brains evolved to reward physical activity. What happens when we stop moving? Today, on average, we spend around 70 percent of our lives sitting or lying completely still. Our sedentary lifestyle is not only bad for our bodies, it can also result in anxiety, depression, and a lower overall IQ. Williams explores the research behind brain health and physical activity. She shares the good news: even the simplest movements can reactive our bodies and reframe our relationship to movement. She reveals easy tricks that offer a more stimulating and productive way of freeing our caged minds to live our best life. -- adapted from jacket
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 612.044 W722 Available 33111010791958
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

*Shortlisted for Sunday Times Book of the Year*

*A Greater Good Science Center Best Book of 2022*



An eye-opening journey into the power of human movement and how we can harness it to optimize our brain health, boost our mood and improve every aspect of our lives



For our earliest ancestors who hunted and gathered, movement meant survival. Our brains evolved to reward physical activity. Moving, thinking and feeling have always been inextricably linked.



Yet what happens when we stop moving? Today, on average, we spend around 70 percent of our lives sitting or lying completely still. Our sedentary lifestyle--desk jobs, long commutes and lots of screen time--is not only bad for our bodies. It can also result in anxiety, depression and a lower overall IQ.



But there's good news. Even the simplest movements can reactivate our bodies and open up a hotline to our minds, improving our overall well-being and longevity. And we don't have to spend countless hours in the gym. In fact, exercise as we understand it misses the point.



Veteran science journalist Caroline Williams explores the cutting-edge research behind brain health and physical activity, interviewing scientists from around the world to completely reframe our relationship to movement. Along the way she reveals easy tricks that we could all use to improve our memory, maximize our creativity, strengthen our emotional literacy and more. A welcome counterpoint to the current mindfulness craze, Move offers a more stimulating and productive way of freeing our caged minds to live our best lives.

"First published as Move!: The New Science of Body Over Mind in 2021 by Profile Books Ltd." -- Verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index.

Introduction -- Why we move -- The joy of steps -- Fighting fit -- Slave to the rhythm -- Core benefits -- Stretch -- Breathless -- And... stop -- Summary: Move, think, feel -- And finally: A movement manifesto.

A veteran science journalist explores the latest research on the relationship between brain health and physical activity and discusses how the simplest movements can reactivate our bodies and help relieve anxiety and depression and improve memory and creativity.

For our earliest ancestors who hunted and gathered, movement meant survival. Our brains evolved to reward physical activity. What happens when we stop moving? Today, on average, we spend around 70 percent of our lives sitting or lying completely still. Our sedentary lifestyle is not only bad for our bodies, it can also result in anxiety, depression, and a lower overall IQ. Williams explores the research behind brain health and physical activity. She shares the good news: even the simplest movements can reactive our bodies and reframe our relationship to movement. She reveals easy tricks that offer a more stimulating and productive way of freeing our caged minds to live our best life. -- adapted from jacket

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