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Inspiration 12/9/14 monkey inspiration
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Inspiration 12/9/14 monkey inspiration

From a phylogenetic standpoint a human is type of monkey, while no current monkey is our ancestor and modern monkeys have continued to evolve just as we have, still they often share features that our ancestors once had, or reflect the original purpose for which a feature we have still have original evolved. Thus for those interested in how to be a better human mover monkeys are a fascinating study.

Improve your capacity to move like a monkey and you might just be revealing some of the most basic aspects of your human movement capacity, what Simon Thakur calls your inner monkey.

Here is some awesome monkey inspiration to try and reflect in your movement play, the climbing, balance and jumps in trees are awesome of course, but I find myself especially inspired by the freedom in the way they can roughhouse while climbing.

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