The Joy of Movement
How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
Kelly McGonigal
- The
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Willpower
- Instinct
- introduces
- a
- surprising
- science-based
- book
- that
- doesn't
- tell
- us
- why
- we
- should
- exercise
- but
- instead
- shows
- us
- how
- to
- fall
- in
- love
- with
- movement.Exercise
- is
- health-enhancing
- and
- life-extending,
- yet
- many
- of
- us
- feel
- it's
- a
- chore.
- But,
- as
- Kelly
- McGonigal
- reveals,
- it
- doesn't
- have
- to
- be.
- Movement
- can
- and
- should
- be
- a
- source
- of
- joy.Through
- her
- trademark
- blend
- of
- science
- and
- storytelling,
- McGonigal
- draws
- on
- insights
- from
- neuroscience,
- psychology,
- anthropology,
- and
- evolutionary
- biology,
- as
- well
- as
- memoirs,
- ethnographies,
- and
- philosophers.
- She
- shows
- how
- movement
- is
- intertwined
- with
- some
- of
- the
- most
- basic
- human
- joys,
- including
- self-expression,
- social
- connection,
- and
- mastery--and
- why
- it
- is
- a
- powerful
- antidote
- to
- the
- modern
- epidemics
- of
- depression,
- anxiety,
- and
- loneliness.McGonigal
- tells
- the
- stories
- of
- people
- who
- have
- found
- fulfillment
- and
- belonging
- through
- running,
- walking,
- dancing,
- swimming,
- weightlifting,
- and
- more,
- with
- examples
- that
- span
- the
- globe,
- from
- Tanzania,
- where
- one
- of
- the
- last
- hunter-gatherer
- tribes
- on
- the
- planet
- live,
- to
- a
- dance
- class
- at
- Juilliard
- for
- people
- with
- Parkinson's
- disease,
- to
- the
- streets
- of
- London,
- where
- volunteers
- combine
- fitness
- and
- community
- service,
- to
- races
- in
- the
- remote
- wilderness,
- where
- athletes
- push
- the
- limits
- of
- what
- a
- human
- can
- endure.
- Along
- the
- way,
- McGonigal
- paints
- a
- portrait
- of
- human
- nature
- that
- highlights
- our
- capacity
- for
- hope,
- cooperation,
- and
- self-transcendence.The
- result
- is
- a
- revolutionary
- narrative
- that
- goes
- beyond
- familiar
- arguments
- in
- favor
- of
- exercise,
- to
- illustrate
- why
- movement
- is
- integral
- to
- both
- our
- happiness
- and
- our
- humanity.
- Readers
- will
- learn
- what
- they
- can
- do
- in
- their
- own
- lives
- and
- communities
- to
- harness
- the
- power
- of
- movement
- to
- create
- happiness,
- meaning,
- and connection.
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