Blue Zones Power 9: Move Naturally

The Blue Zones Project officially kicked off in Oskaloosa on April 14, 2014. Centered around nine common denominators, The Power 9, Blue Zones promotes a lifestyle for longer, healthier, better lives. This is the first post in a nine-part series in which we'll discuss resources available at the library to help you get on track with the Blue Zones Project.

#1. Move Naturally From the Blue Zones website: "The world’s longest-lived people don’t pump iron or run marathons. Instead, their environments nudge them into moving without thinking about it." As simple as taking walking breaks at work to adopting a dog, we can increase the amount of natural movement in our lives. Here are a few titles in our collection to help get you started:

Breathwalk
Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. and Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D.

Breathwalk presents a series of easy to follow, transformational exercises that combine breathing and walking in very specific ways for specific benefits. You'll learn how to alleviate exhaustion, anxiety, sadness and other problems; heal physical, mental and spiritual conflict in your life; and enter a zone of total fitness within your own body and mind.

Walking Magazine's The Complete Guide to Walking
Mark Fenton

An interactive handbook that can make the difference for millions of Americans who struggle with weight loss, health and dietary concerns, stress and chronic fatigue. Fenton offers dozens of realistic solutions to help readers overcome their individual barriers to regular daily activity.

Active Living Every Day
Steven N. Blair, et al.

A 20-step program developed to help get you off the couch and onto your feet! Active Living Every Day is a self-paced program that uses checklists, charts, and four-color illustrations and photos to make the information clear and easy for you to use anytime, anywhere.

The Healthy Heart Walking Book
American Heart Association

Walk your way to health and well-being! Regardless of your level of fitness, you can improve your cardiovascular health, weight control, stress management, and overall well-being through a simple walking program.

Dogs for Dummies
Gina Spadafori

From mixes to purebreds, puppies to seniors, this friendly guide tells you what you need to know to choose, train and enjoy living with a dog.






If you'd like to check out any of these resources, click on the title to be taken to our online catalog. You can place a hold on the item using your library card number and your PIN.

Book descriptions borrowed from those printed on the books.