Day 2: Ear Wax

Today I’m going to talk about the physics of ear wax.
I SAID WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT EAR WAX!
Clean those things out, geez.
Ear wax, an oily secretion from the tiny hair follicles inside the outer ear, has many theoretical purposes ranging from collecting dust particles to trapping bugs before they get down into the ear.  [...]

Written by Katy on March 10, 2010

Day 1: Your Hair

When I was three I drew a picture of my great-grandmother Nana Kathe in pre-school.  I proudly brought it home to show her.  She asked in her thick German accent “Vas ist das?” as she pointed to tiny black dots I had drawn on the lower half of her crayoned face.  Well, I didn’t know [...]

Written by Katy on March 9, 2010

The long-awaited and long-overdue 30-day manual to the human machine

I get PhD-fever every few months.  I love biomechanics, anatomy, and physiology so much and there is SO MUCH to learn, that I feel like I am wasting time when I am not studying.  Yet I have so many work obligations to the Institute, to the Aligned and Well program, and to my media schedule [...]

Written by Katy on March 9, 2010

Four Fast Foot Solutions

Today’s ABC segment featured some exercises from my new Aligned and Well Foot DVD.  I can’t believe how much helpful information they packed into two minutes!  Watch and learn the calf stretch, toe spreading solutions, tennis ball massage, and exercises for the little muscles of the toes.  Foot pain is fixable, but you have to [...]

Written by Katy on February 24, 2010

UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU…to be a farmer!

Ka-ty Bow-Man had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
The government is offering money to those willing to change careers to farming.  GET YOUR GOVERNMENT GRANT MONEY HERE!
I found this very interesting and continuing in the theme of last week’s blog.  My grandparents were farmers and I will be looking for a little plot of land to start a [...]

Written by Katy on February 19, 2010

An Omnivore’s Decision

I love food.  Not just any food, but really fine-quality ingredients.  And I love health.  Some people (my mom) would even say that I am a health expert.  And because I speak and write regularly on topics of human science, I always seem to get the question:
“What should I be eating?”
And, I say this.  The [...]

Written by Katy on February 11, 2010

Don’t Become a Number: Get Current on Women’s Health

(Reprinted from my Gaiam blog)
I love the section some magazines have where they list interesting and fun statistics, like… 48: Number of bugs eaten per year in your sleep. 3,154: Number of texts sent by the average teenager (per month). 14: Number of states visited in an average lifetime.
I have [...]

Written by Katy on January 29, 2010

Foot Care in Daily Health News

Feet are everywhere, so why wouldn’t they be in the news!  This just out in today’s Daily Health News this morning – a little article that I was interviewed for gives some tips on foot care.  Enjoy!
And for those of you calling and emailing the Institute that would like to know where you can get [...]

Written by Katy on January 25, 2010

Take a stand against sitting!

The Restorative Exercise Institute is a facility dedicated to the paradigm that movement,  and specific types of movement at that, are required in order to achieve optimal well being.  We do not subscribe to the fitness paradigm, but rather instruct that aligned, whole-body movement done throughout the day provides the required circulatory benefits, neurological stimulation, [...]

Written by Katy on January 21, 2010

Swimming in the Rain!

I love watching Southern California weather segments.  There are lots of weather warnings and STORM WATCHES.  It’s raining here in Ventura, in case you didn’t know.  We’re not sure how many people will survive, but keep checking the news.  So far there are thousands of worm deaths across the local soccer fields.  It’s just horrible.  [...]

Written by Katy on January 19, 2010