The MOVEMENT Movement

Handball. Your New Favorite Sport – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 146 with Ebiye Udo-Udoma Ebiye Udo-Udoma is a national hero for American Handball, and equally an inspiration for athletes who also want to make a business impact in their respective sports. EJ is the model for how sports with an established international professional & Olympic presence can grow in the United Stat...

Vibram FiveFingers: Behind the Scenes – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 145 Tony Post. Tony Post is the Founder and CEO of Topo Athletic, a footwear brand with a unique fit and feel that encourages instinctive and natural movement.  Competitor Magazine called Topo 'a stunning modern take on minimalism.'  Topo has won many editor's choice awards from Runner's World, Outside, Women'...

Why MMA Fighter Raufeon Stots Wears Xero Shoes – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 144 with Raufeon Stots Raufeon Stots is an American mixed martial artist and graduated collegiate wrestler currently competing in the bantamweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is the current Interim Bellator Bantamweight Champion. As a wrestler, he is a two-time NCAA Division II champion. As of...

You Have the Wrong Health Goals – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 143 with Griffin Coombs Griffin Coombs is a movement, breathing, and wellness coach based in Tangier, Morocco, whose work centers around guiding all types of people to "level up" their bodies by closing gaps in some of the most overlooked areas of their wellbeing.  While it might sound like a disadvantage to grow up...

Feet and Footwear in the World's Fastest Sport – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 142 with Xinyu Cheng Xinyu Cheng, a semi-professional Chinese table tennis player, starts playing ping-pong at 7 years old. Over the past several years, he has played in the league in both China and Spain. Xinyu has a great passion for sports and fitness, he is also a table tennis coach apart from bei...

Barefoot Running Secrets and Stories with the "Barefoot O.G." Barefoot Ken Bob – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 141 Ken Bob Saxton Ken Bob Saxton is the leading instructor of barefoot running in the United States of America, featured on ABC World News (2005), NPR, Runner's World magazine, The New York Times, and many other newspapers, magazines, radio, and television appearances/...

Is Pronation Bad? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 140 with Rick Merriam Rick Merriam completed a 600-hour Massage Therapy Program at The Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy (CCMT) In 1994.From 2003 to 2009, he worked as an applied biomechanics consultant at ESPN. After a few years of serving as a consultant, his primary role at ESPN was to work with sports- and work-related i...

Proper Breathing Equals Proper Movement with Erin McGuire – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 139 with Erin McGuire Erin McGuire PT, OCS, has been a physical therapist for over 25 years.  Erin is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, creator of the core360 belt and a Prague School of Rehabilitation Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) international instructor and pr...

Confessions of a Shoe Salesman – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 138 with Joe Burnham Joe Burnham is the B2B Marketing Coordinator at Xero Shoes. There Joe cultivates abundance by rattling cages and dropping keys through deep connection and creative communication. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Joe Burnham about what it's like to be a shoe salesman. Here are...

Can You Exercise "Too Much"? Discover a Better Way… – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 137 with Jennifer Hicks Jennifer Hicks is an internationally recognized Nia movement instructor, trainer and Personal Trainer. When you find yourself getting a sweat on at one of her online Nia classes, you too will experience the profound connection between body self-awareness and recovery. Chan...

What Podiatrists DON'T Know Will Hurt You – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 136 with Alissa Kuizinas Dr. Alissa Kuizinas is a board-certified podiatrist who takes a natural approach to foot problems. Focusing on gait analysis, movement patterns, lifestyle habits, and footwear, she creates whole body treatment programs for her patients. Her membership program, Transform Your Feet,...

Get (Really) Grounded – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 135 with Emily Gooding Emily Gooding is a Movement Coach and a former Registered Nurse. She helps individuals with chronic pain, injuries, and movement dysfunction reclaim their quality of life through movement coaching, Thai massage, and environmental design. Emily's ongoing journey navigating her own chronic pain has led he...

Fix Your Calves, Fix Your Feet – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 134 with Butch Phelps Butch Phelps is founder of The Muscle Repair Shop and the Stretch n Release Technique. His mission is to help you regain the freedom of movement you once had and age more pain-free. He created the "Stretch n' Release Technique" after 15 years of studying Aging Sciences, Neuromuscular Massage, Ac...

The SIMPLE Path to Healing and Wellness – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 133 with Graham Tuttle Graham Tuttle, known as the Barefoot Sprinter, is a strength and conditioning coach who is passionate about fitness, movement, and nutrition. He focuses on training athletes to stay out of pain, be stronger, and stay active with the sport they love longer. Listen to this episode of The...

Dr. Irene Davis' Change of Heart from Orthotics to Natural Foot Movement – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 132 with Irene Davis Irene Davis is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. She is also the founding Director of the Spaulding National Running Center. Dr. Davis is a Professor Emeritus in Physical Therapy at the Univer...

The Physiology of Leadership – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 131 with Cody Wooten Cody Dakota Wooten, C.B.C. is the founder of The Leadership Guide where he helps Entrepreneurs, C-Suit Executives and Business Owners unlock their Heroic Potential, Evolve into Legendary Leaders, Forge Ahead and Flourish! He does this through his Legendary Leadership Coaching, Speaking, and on his...

Should Fitness NOT Be Your Goal? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 130 with Kyle Fincham Kyle Fincham is the creator of Infinite Play, a movement workshop that explores playfulness by reconnecting us with our creative, adaptive, and cooperative potential. Infinite Play workshops are accessible to all misfits, wildlings, and nonconformists.  Kyle also hosts Behind the Movement, a w...

Confessions of a Barefoot Podiatrist – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 129 with Paul Thompson Paul Thompson has been a podiatrist for 10 years, and despite having worn orthotics for most of his career, he kept getting aches, pains and started feeling old until he realized there was a better way. He's tired of the over-prescription and over-reliance of orthotics in the industry and...

Eat Better and Get Fit by Going Back in Time – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 128 with Jakob Roze Jakob Roze, CSCS, is the founder of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice. He began his practice in New York City as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and Wilhelmina Fitness Model.  RozeFit seeks to provide diet and movement solutions for individuals noticing age-r...

Should You Change Your Gait? Can You? – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 127 with Richard Diaz Richard "Coach" Diaz is often referred to as "the guy," simply because it's hard to encapsulate his many talents under one title. His experience and unparalleled diversity as a coach / clinician in endurance sport traces back nearly 40 years having conducted performance assessments for li...

Do Less, Be More – Exploring Franklin Method and Alexander Technique – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 126 with Greg Dyke Greg Dyke is a software engineer, a former researcher in the learning sciences, and occasional partner dance teacher. He gave up downhill ski racing after leaving university and has not been running or gone to the gym since. He somehow found his way into partne...

Strength, Agility, and Flexibility – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 125 with JujiMufu JuiMufu is an award-winning weightlifter who gained widespread recognition thanks to a viral video of him lifting 100 lbs while doing weighted chair splits. He competed on America's Got Talent season 11 where he showcased his talent on the show by lifting Heidi Klum over his head while simultane...

Why Shoes Don't Fit (And How to Get the Right Size) – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 124 Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement about finding your correct shoe size. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - How finding your shoe size isn't as simple as measuring your feet. - How there are as many as 54 different foot types that must be accoun...

Natural Movement in an UnNatural World – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 123 with Kyle Koch Kyle Koch is a former IT software technician turned nature nerd. He has been facilitating transformative experiences in nature for almost a decade: inspiring youth and adults to connect to their gifts through exploration, play, and curiosity. Kyle is always expanding his practice through th...

Steven Rants about Greenwashing – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 122 where Steven rants about greenwashing. Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement about the failures of greenwashing. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: - How the fashion industry has failed to reduce its planetary impact. - How many things you think you are recycling can en...