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Katy Bowman – Alignment Matters: The First Five Years of Katy Says (Revised Edition)*** elib exclusive ***Quote:Troubleshoot your human machine and resolve the deeper alignment issues affecting your health. Through her blog, Katy Says biomechanist Katy Bowman has been educating hundreds of thousands of people about optimal alignment and natural movement since 2007. Alignment Matters contains the first five years of her short essays, in an easy-to-follow format. Starting with the feet and working all the way up to the head, Bowman’s clear, engaging text lays out a user’s manual for the human body, including stretches, habit modifications, spiritual insights, and enough belly laughs to soften even the tightest psoas. Couch potatoes, professional athletes, and everyone in between all have something to learn about their bodies. With Alignment Matters, they will be well on their way to understanding the human machine.Open for everyoneNumber of pages: 465Year of publication: 2016Url:https://www.amazon.com/Alignment-Matters-First-Five-Years/dp…Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (121 reviews)Amazon 5 star review wrote:No one has ever accused me of being an exercise junkie, but when I found the author’s blog, www.katysays.com , my paradigm shifted–not to one of exercise but to one of movement and realizing that the ways that are easiest for me to work into my life (walking, bodyweight-bearing activities, carrying, squatting) also happen to be the very best and what my body desperately needs. Once I learned that not moving is depriving parts my body of blood, lymph, and electrical flow, and that my alignment affects everything from my shoulder pain to my chances of hernia and organ prolapse, I realized I both must and CAN do this. Alignment Matters contains some blog posts that are still online, but many others that aren’t, and it’s great to have them organized by theme and highlight-able. The book does preserve the chatty nature of the blog and none of the content is edited out, but I love this because, as knowledgeable as she is, Katy always lets you know she’s working all this into a life with kids and work, like most of us. She sometimes gets sick too. She has to do laundry too. And just when you think she’s off on a total tangent, she makes you see she was on point the whole time and briliantly and hilariously brings it home. If you’re someone who needs to know not only what to do, but what’s going on in your body to get motivated–or you’re just fascinated by the ins and outs, this book is an eye-opener.Amazon 5 star review wrote:I went on a road trip and drove for 15 hours straight. I began experiencing horrible pain in my knee and could not walk without the help of a cane. It all but ruined my vacation… while sitting in the Emergency Care waiting room I read an article in one of their magazines by the author of this book. She offered an exercise for knee pain and I tried it. After two weeks of excruciating pain, the pain was gone! It was like magic, following the instructions and doing the exercise one time caused my hip and knee to align properly and the pain vanished. I bought the book and have been successful in releiving back and neck pain as well. I am still working on my shoulder and have not had much luck with it so far. This is a very well written and helpful book and I highly recommend it.Amazon 5 star review wrote:On every page, Katy Bowman conveys tremendous understanding of how our bodies are designed to function both biologically and mechanically. As in the physics of biology. She explains how our posture and movement habits create physical imbalances and symptoms. Then she explains how modifying our movement patterns can actually correct the imbalances and reduce our symptoms. She explains verbally, with diagrams, and with links to videos. She makes potentially complex subjects easy to understand. And she’s entertaining. I crack up laughing.May you find the LIFE and LOVE,Aeon