Our Bookshelf | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I first read Move Your DNA near the end of chiropractic school, and I'm glad I did. Katy Bowman's book had a significant influence on how I understood the human body and the principles that govern how it functions. I revisited the book in 2025 and was surprised by how simple many of its ideas seemed the second time around. By then, I'd spent years expanding my knowledge and refining my understanding through clinical experience

The premise of Easter's book is that modern life is incredibly comfortable, possibly to a fault. Since the industrial revolution and especially in the past century, massive effort has gone into removing discomfort from our daily lives. Innovations like air conditioning, industrial food production, are all taken for granted, but for most of human history struggle and discomfort haven been central to the human condition. Easter argues that by eliminating everyday discomfort, we