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Motivated by Movement - Episode 7 - Farid Herrera 'Shake up your reality to bring about peace of mind'

Farid Herrera is one of the top international Movement coaches and a big inspiration for me.
He is passioned and influenced by gymnastics, parkour, Capoeira and many more.

He has been working as a choreography consultant for some of the biggest brands in sportswear.

Both of us passionate about movement, we discuss:

- Movement as a concept
- Opportunities in London
- Move to survive / Move to thrive
- The benefits of fear, risk and embarrassing situations
- Jacky Chan & problem solving
- Gymnastics as a bridge to Parkour
- Liberty and expression in Capoeira
- Kids parkour project and the start of a coaching career
- Atomisation and 'free movement' cross-over
- Specialist or generalist
- End-result culture

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Motivated by Movement - Episode 6 - Pieter Derycke 'Movement is Life' (NL)

Pieter's levensmotto is 'Movement is life'. Bewegen is leven maar ook leven is bewegen.

Kinesist, Docent en beweeg coach.

In deze leuke babbel hebben we oa over:

  • Buiten spelen en bomen klimmen

  • Hedendaagse klachten binnen de fysiotherapie en de evolutie van de laatste 15 jaar

  • Het belang van beweging op jonge leeftijd

  • Natuurlijk bewegen, van jager-verzamelaar tot nu

  • Bewegen als vorm van expressie

  • Spiegelneuronen en andere oeroude mechanismen

  • Zoals elke aflevering sluiten we af met praktische, bruikbare tips om zo onze tijd op deze mooie aardbol een klein stukje aangenamer te maken.

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MovNat - Taking Natural Movement to Level 3

Think with your whole body, Move with your whole mind” - This is the Movnat philosophy and this is what brought me and 20 others to Hohe Wand, Austria for the Level 3 Movnat course.

The first thing I noticed was that despite the 15 nationalities, we all spoke the same language. We all spoke the language of movement! Find out more detail and check out the video to see what we really got up to : )

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Ultra Running Adventures in Austria

Adventures in Austria - find out why only 10 people crossed the finish line from over 100 starters in this ultra race in the mountains. How squats and jumps can boost your chances. And why you should always think ahead about your after-race drinks…

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“Everybody started out being able to run barefoot”

Our feet evolved over millions of years to be the best locomotion technology for our bodies. Being barefoot lets the feet use all of its complex parts. Strong, healthy feet are all we need to move effectively and efficiently. Anything that we put it in alters the foot function in one way or another. Support is unnecessary unless one is unluckily born with bad anatomy. Putting good feet in unnecessary support weakens them. The solution is simple and it’s here.

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