Playful Nature Podcast by WildStrong
A Podcast that explores connection through movement, nature & community, with Gill Erskine & Andrew Telfer from WildStrong.A mix of discussions on questions that come up a lot during our movement courses and classes and some long form chats with people we admire.Music by our…
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#54. Dr Rachael Kent. Who gets to define healthy? (opens the original)
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Health technologies can measure our steps, sleep, heart rate, food and exercise. But what happens when those measurements begin to feel more authoritative than our own experience? Dr Rachael Kent is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy and Society at King’s College London, Co-Director of the Centre for Technology and the Body, and author of The Digital Health Self: Wellness, Tracking and Social Media . Rachael tells Andrew about the experience that led to her research: becoming critically ill af
#53. Lydia Durkin George. Pelvic Floor Health Across Your Lifetime (opens the original)
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Lydia Durkin George is a physiotherapist, researcher and former international kickboxer. She represented Great Britain for more than a decade and has since worked across the NHS, private practice and elite sport. She is also the founder of Form.at.Physio, an online physiotherapy practice supporting people across the UK. We wanted to have this conversation because pelvic health comes up regularly among women taking part in Strong for Life. People often assume that leaking, prolapse or other pelvi
#52. Gill & Andrew. What makes exercise stick? (opens the original)
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How do you actually keep going? Last week we ran our webinar “What can you do in 20 minutes?” We covered what the research tells us about strength and impact for bone density, what an effective strength programme might actually look like, three movements we’d choose as a starting point, and how to add or take away challenge depending on where you are. Beforehand, we’d sent out a questionnaire asking what gets in the way. And well over half the answers came back to the same thing: consistency. Ho
#51 Beth Kelley- Who Decided Adults Should Stop Playing? (opens the original)
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At what age does playing outside start to feel embarrassing? Beth Kelley is a play researcher and anthropologist whose early research explored parkour as a form of free-form adult play. She has spent nearly 20 years thinking about how and why we play - and what happens when the environments and cultures around us make play increasingly difficult. We talk about risky play and parenting, why teenagers and adults can feel conspicuous playing in public, and how different cultures have created spaces
#50 Dr Katie Fitton Davies. Rethinking how we teach movement in childhood (opens the original)
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Dr Katie Fitton Davies joins Andrew Telfer to explore how nonlinear pedagogy and gamification can make movement more meaningful for children and adults. Katie explains how coaches, teachers and parents can create playful environments that encourage people to experiment, adapt and discover their own movement solutions - instead of prescribing a single “correct” technique. Together they explore: The principles of nonlinear pedagogy Representative learning design and perception-action coupling Usin
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