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“Dynamic Aging”
By Katy Bowman
Propriometrics Press
262 pp
$16.95
Changing how you move
can change how you feel
Let’s face it: Technolog-
ical advances have led most
of us into a more sedentary
lifestyle. With the world at
our fi ngertips (and on the
screen in front of us), why
bother going to the grocery
store, the library or museum
when we can just type in our
desires? The other day I saw
an ad for a multipurpose,
voice-activated gadget; now
you don’t even need to lift
a fi nger, because you can
simply tell a robot to do just
about everything for you.
I fear that “WALL-E,”
that 2008 Pixar movie, may
have gotten it right when it
envisioned a future in which
humankind has evolved into
super-obese blobs.
But that scenario isn’t
going to happen if Katy
Bowman has her way. In fact,
the Sequim-based biome-
chanist and entrepreneur is
a dynamo when it comes to
encouraging folks to get off
their duffs and get moving.
Her Nutritious Movement
enterprise has gone global,
and it includes movement
classes, workshops, podcasts
and retreats.
Meanwhile, her Proprio-
metrics Press is publishing
best-selling and award-win-
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ning books on movement and
healthy lifestyle choices.
For this column, I’ll focus
on Bowman’s latest book,
“Dynamic Aging,” which she
wrote in conjunction with
four of her clients who reside
farther down the coast, in
southern California.
These four ladies — Bow-
NW
word
nerd
By RYAN HUME
FOR COAST WEEKEND
Dock
[dɒk]
noun
1. a jetty or pier or wharf,
often wooden, that projects
out over a body of water and
is used for the landing and
moorage of boats and the
loading and unloading of ma-
terials. Docks can be either
permanent or impermanent
and can be fastened to the sea
bed or the bottom of a lake,
river or bay by pilings. They
can also be constructed to
fl oat by utilizing fl oatation
devices, such as barrels, in
combination with some type
of anchorage
2. the open waterway be-
PHOTO BY JOHN MAHER
“Dock and Clouds, Astoria, Oregon”
tween two constructed piers
used to receive boats
3. any platform or entrance
used exclusively for the load-
ing or unloading of goods
4. a hub used to connect
a mobile device, such as a
laptop or smartphone, for
charging, connectivity and
access to networked devices,
such as additional printers
and monitors; a docking
station
verb
5. to moor a ship
6. to attach two objects,
such as mobile device to a
desktop computer or to join
two spacecrafts in outer
space
7. to penalize through
deduction of either points,
money or time
Origin:
The noun referring to a
physical structure erected for
the mooring of ships enters
English in 1552 from the
Middle Dutch or Middle Low
German docke. The original
meaning, fi rst recorded in
1513, referred to the hollow
or impression left by a ship
man calls them “the Golden-
ers” — all are older than 75.
Joan Virginia Allen, Shelah
M. Wilgus, Lora Woods and
Joyce Faber give this book
impressive credibility. Each
of them originally came to
Bowman with an assortment
of complaints — a torn
meniscus, back pain, chronic
constipation and restless
leg syndrome among them.
Since enrolling in Bowman’s
program, all of them have
moved signifi cantly be-
yond those problems, even
managing to avoid what
once seemed to be inevitable
surgery.
run aground. Use as a verb
followed shortly in the de-
cade of the 1510s and much
later evolved into computer
and space program jargon.
Its history as a verb meaning
“deduction” relates back to
the Middle English verb and
noun dok, which referred
to the act of lobbing off an
animal’s tail as well as to the
tail itself.
“The fi rst ever ‘Shop the
Dock’ tours in Clatsop Coun-
ty highlighted Warrenton’s
seafood offerings.
Despite the area’s long
history of fi shing and seafood
processing — and even
though the Columbia River
and the Pacifi c Ocean are
right there — how to actually
lay hands on freshly caught
seafood can be a mystery for
many residents without ties
to the commercial fi shing
industry.”
— Katie Frankowicz,
“Shop the Dock debuts in
Warrenton,” The Daily Asto-
Now these Goldeners are
featured on the cover of this
book, exuding health and
confi dence as they stride
together up a trail. On the
pages inside, they share their
inspirational stories and the
exercises that helped them
overcome the problems that
seem to bedevil so many
people as they age.
Although “Dynamic
Aging” is aimed at readers
ages 50 and above, it can be
helpful to anyone who wish-
es to improve their balance
and mobility. Bowman, too,
believes that technology has
reduced our need to move
and says, “It’s very likely that
the instability you are feeling
is not due to your age, but to
how long you haven’t been
challenging your balance.”
From feet to fi ngertips, the
exercises she provides don’t
require any fancy equip-
ment, although Bowman
does advocate for shoes
with minimal heels, fl exible
soles and a wide toe box. In
fact, she encourages people
to go barefoot when they
can, noting that many kinds
of footwear prevent people
from using all the muscles in
their feet.
There is no magic wand
here — effort is required
— but Bowman and the
Goldeners demonstrate how
to incorporate these exercises
into your everyday life.
What a gift to be able
to restore movement you
thought you had lost for
good!
The Bookmonger is Bar-
bara Lloyd McMichael, who
writes this weekly column fo-
cusing on the books, authors
and publishers of the Pacifi c
Northwest. Contact her at
bkmonger@nwlink.com.
rian, July 17, 2017
“Warrenton Police are
searching for a man who al-
legedly stole a boat Wednes-
day morning that was docked
at the Skipanon Marina.”
— Jack Heffernan, “War-
renton Police search for boat
thief,” The Daily Astorian,
July 14, 2017 CW
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