Naomi combines playful, powerful movement practices with the science of habit change to make it easier for busy moms to get moving every day. She frequently writes about the intersection of mom life, feminism, diet culture, and the unrealistic standards we hold ourselves to as women. Naomi is passionate about helping moms move more freely in their bodies and feel more at home in their skin.
Movement Snacks: How to lay a strong foundation
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Hey Reader, This week I lifted the heaviest weight I've ever lifted. It's the result of working with an amazing coach (big shout out to Alison Heilig of Miles to Go Athletics) who has helped me learn how to lift heavy in a smart, efficient way. It's the result of adding strength training to my movement practice years ago when only doing yoga wasn't really helping me recover postpartum. But it's also the result of something else. This leads me to my Movement Snack this week. Movement Snack this week: For many years, particularly when my kids were younger and needed a lot more support, I had limited time to move my body -- and not for lack of trying. I just couldn't manage more than 5 or 10 minutes before someone needed a boob snack or their butt wiped or help putting clothes on. I learned how to be incredibly efficient with my time, even with strength training. Now I don't need those super short practices as much, but what they offered me was CONSISTENCY and COMMITMENT. So all of those years of doing a little bit of movement but doing it everyday, helped lay the foundation for strength now. If you are someone who is still in the thick of it -- whatever it is -- I will still always create shorter practices, like the latest on my YouTube channel, for you. This week I have an excerpt from one of my weekly MOVE classes. It's a 5 minute flow that we did at the end of the Monday strength class. It's all legs with lots of bounce to the ounce. You can watch it here: If you'd like to get in on this kind of action and have a little bit more time, join me in MOVE. We gather live every day, M-Th at 12pm ET. On M/W the classes are 30 minutes long. Want to test drive a class? Send me a message and I'll send you the link to join. SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT: I've just opened registration for my annual Winter Retreat! This retreat is the only in-person event I currently do and I love gathering at the beginning of the year to move, write, and connect with some amazing humans. This year, the retreat will be held Friday January 16-18, 2026, just outside of Harper's Ferry, MD. I've taught this retreat for a decade and it's such an incredible gathering. If you're interested and want more information, click here for details. If you know you want to attend and are ready to save your spot, click here. In the meantime, It's spooky season and I'd love to know what witchy or spooky or seasonal books you're reading (or enjoyed in the past): I'm asking because I'm doing a roundup of books that are perfect for October and spooky season reading. I'm sharing my big list of books this Tuesday on my substack, so if you give me a recommendation, I'll include it (and credit you, if you want to be named). I look forward to discovering more spooky reads! Warmly, Naomi Want to stay in touch during the week? Here are a 2 easy ways: Follow me on Bluesky, where I try to share daily movement practices as acts of resistance, connection, and strength. Follow me on substack, where I write about the intersection of movement, motherhood, and the culture that we are all moving through. Or better yet, subscribe so you have immediate access to regular essays, including my most recent substack, which is a response to a podcast episode on The Daily titled "Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic." I think the journalist and podcast host missed something really important so I wrote about because it's something that needs to be said. There are many ways to support my writing on substack, which focuses on women's health and motherhood during perimenopause through an anti-diet and pro-science lens: 😍 Become a free subscriber Also, I had an article published on Fit Bottomed Girls this week about healthism as a form of body fascism. It's a piece I feel enormously proud of and it's incredibly relevant to what's happening in the world of health, fitness, and politics lately. You can read it for free here. |
Naomi Gottlieb-Miller
Naomi combines playful, powerful movement practices with the science of habit change to make it easier for busy moms to get moving every day. She frequently writes about the intersection of mom life, feminism, diet culture, and the unrealistic standards we hold ourselves to as women. Naomi is passionate about helping moms move more freely in their bodies and feel more at home in their skin.
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