Caroline Williams - Her Book Move! - The New Science of Body Over Mind, Phosphorescence in Arisaig, The Wey Navigation + Watching Otters

I am thrilled to welcome Caroline Williams to The Joy of SUP Podcast today.

I first discovered Caroline whilst reading and listening to her book Move! The New Science of Body over Mind and I was fascinated by the research she shared. It seemed to explain why we love to paddleboard and the science behind why it makes us feel so good. When I saw that she enjoyed SUP I was very excited to ask her onto the podcast!

A little bit about Caroline:

Caroline originally planned to be a PE teacher but got sidetracked by science. The author of Move! she is also a science writer, editor and consultant and writer for New Scientist. She has also written for The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph and the BBC amongst others. She is passionate about the potential of movement to transform the way we think and feel and aims to bring the research behind it to as wide an audience as possible. She gets her movement kicks through yoga, paddleboarding and cycling. And when she's not doing that, she's usually walking the dog. 

In this episode we talk about:

• Caroline's Book - Move - The New Science of Body over Mind
• A ‘power pose' on our paddleboards 
• How moving forward can make us feel more hopeful and reduce stress
• Why working on your core can help reduce stress - yoga, SUP, Pilates 
• Moving in nature 
• How seeing nature can restore your focus 
• A study showing how strength training can improve self esteem and feeling capable and how weight training helped teenage girls feel good about life and able to deal with stressful situations 
• Movement and anxiety + depression 
• Sea squirts! 
• Paddleboarding, camping and phosphorescence in Arisaig, Scotland 
• The Wey navigation + paddling to the pub
• Being SUP safety on the Bantham swoosh 
• Dancing + synchronisity - the neuroscience of the groove 
• Moving to enjoy your body 
• Our bodies want to move 
• Finding ways to build movement into our day 
• Moving to feel good, not punish ourselves 
• Watching sea otters in Scotland 
• Why looking up can make you feel connected to the world 

And so much more! 

You can find Caroline here:

Instagram: @carolinewilliams_science
Twitter: @sciencecaroline
Website: www.carolinewilliams.net

I hope you find this episode as fascinating as I did  and want to read her book too.

I would love to hear if you can relate to things she tells us about!

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Wishing you sunshine, thank you for listening, Jo x 

This episode was recorded in 2021 therefore we discuss the stresses of Covid. Please also be aware of the responsibilities and implications of organising or attending a SUP social. 

Please always put safety first +  get the right advice for your training + body.