To be strong to be useful and no more?

To be strong to be useful like a cog in the machine?

“Be strong to be useful” said Methode Naturelle’s motto and morals. But wait a minute, do you mean “useful” like a tool is useful, a cog in the machine is useful?  Who or what should [...]

I have decided to join forces with Exuberant Animal, the health, movement and play organization my friend Frank Forencich heads.

Frank Forencich with athlete

The values of Exuberant Animal and MovNat are perfectly aligned :

_healthy people, organizations and culture
_preemptive health activism
_authentic human relationships and community
_simplicity and functionality
_personal and social responsibility
_play, creativity and innovation
_sustainability and integration with [...]

So MovNat…Methode Naturelle with just a different name?

Not at all!

It would be a very simplistic shortcut to imagine that the sole change is found in the name. Despite being inspired by Methode Naturelle, MovNat is both a philosophy and a method of its own, that remodels and renovates the former approach.

What happened?

In fact, Methode Naturelle [...]

It is true, the MovNat Natural Movement Coaching System finds its roots in “La Methode Naturelle”.  But where does Methode Naturelle comes from?

The Internet makes many people believe that everything they need to know about anything is available online in a few clicks, but this is often not the case at all.

Georges Hebert

You [...]

Wildfitness, a successful fitness company, embraces the MovNat Coaching System!

By the beginning of April I traveled all the way from Seattle to Kenya to reach a beautiful place called Watamu by the Indian Ocean.

A few days later I started the MovNat instruction especially arranged for Wildfitness, a fitness vacation company based in the UK whose [...]

To our ancestors, running after things or running away from things was an almost everyday challenge.

Does the popular saying go “Watch TV for your life”  or “Wiggle on your WiiFit for your life”?  No. It clearly says “RUN for your life“.

Even though running has turned into a pure option that sounds like torture to the [...]

Here’s a great introduction to Christopher McDougall’s newest book “Born To Run” by my friend Barefoot Ted:

Born to Run

This is a masterpiece. A work on running that will define running for a new generation of runners.

Christopher McDougall asks a simple question: Why does my foot hurt?

His answer spans the centuries and [...]