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    Did you know – belonging to a sport or exercise group can help protect people against depression. That’s according to new research published in Social…

    Peter Lovatt August 25, 2021
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    Peter Lovatt April 18, 2021
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    How does movement help people learn?

    In their book, “Brain-based Learning – Teaching the Way Students Really Learn”, Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie describe research which shows a link between physical…

    Peter Lovatt April 16, 2021
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    Four books you should read about movement and learning

    We have an old-fashioned relationship with movement and learning. We rarely allow them to happen at the same time. In schools and universities around the…

    Peter Lovatt April 16, 2021
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    Five books you should read about human movement

    People have understood the importance of human movement for centuries – it’s great for our mind, our body and our social relationships. Yet we live…

    Peter Lovatt April 15, 2021
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    A Movement Manifesto by Caroline Williams

    In her 2021 book MOVE! The New Science of Body Over Mind – Caroline Williams puts forward a Movement Manifesto. Caroline’s Movement Manifesto recognises that…

    Peter Lovatt April 15, 2021
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      Move by Caroline Williams

      In her 2021 book MOVE! The New Science of Body Over Mind – Caroline Williams puts forward a Movement Manifesto.

      Caroline’s Movement Manifesto recognises that while there is ample scientific evidence and general knowledge about the benefits of movement, the practice of movement is seriously lacking in our society – and this is having a significant detrimental effect on those who don’t move.

      In other words, lack of movement is having a detrimental effect on our whole society.

      The Movement Manifesto is divided in to four parts: 1. Start ‘em Young, 2. Body-based Therapy, 3. Choose Movement and 4, Elderly Action.

      Start ‘em Young

      Caroline Williams explains how movement in schools, from the provision of physical education to the length of break times, has been reduced and cut over the years. This is having a detrimental impact on children’s health and well-being and it might also be contributing to reduced concentration and learning too.

      The Movement Manifesto says: “…moving more is good for kids – not just emotionally and physically, but academically too. We need to turn this around, and the sooner the better.”.

      Body-based Therapy

      We need to get out of our heads and into our bodies. Caroline Williams suggests that movement needs to be given equal weighting to medication, meditation and talking therapies and prescribed in just the same way too.

      The Movement Manifesto says: “It’s time for the medical profession – and those who fund it – to stop treating movement as an optional extra and put some serious money behind movement-based treatments and therapies.”

      Choose Movement

      Choosing movement as you move through middle-age and beyond is an important element of staying fit and healthy.

      Caroline points out that as a society we need a variety of different movement activities to keep us all engaged and active.

      The Movement Manifesto says: “The only thing that we all need to do the same is to realise that making time for movement in your life is not a luxury, and it’s not self-indulgent: it’s a necessity.”

      Elderly Action

      Caroline quotes data suggesting that older people can spend up to 80% of their time being sedentary. As in young people, this can lead to detrimental effects on their physical and mental well-being.

      Older people are more likely to suffer degenerative conditions, such as Parkinson’s and dementia and they are likely to become physically weaker too. Movement, appropriate to people’s functional ability, has been shown to improve the lives of people living with such conditions.

      The Movement Manifesto advocates for movement saying: “…it can bring comfort, familiarity, and a sense of community to people who might otherwise feel lost and alone”.

      Move! The New Science of Body Over Mind was published by Profile Books in April 2021.

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