They were busy playing tag and chasing balls and just doing what kids do best - running around.

It was a warm, late-spring day, and the kids were out on recess. Not long ago, I was running past a grade school. Introduction: Running Lessons from a T'ai Chi Master Transform your running with the ten-step ChiRunning training program. Make it a Mindful Practice: Maintain high performance and make running a mindful, enjoyable life-long practice. Add relaxation to your running: Learn to focus your mind and relax your body to increase speed and distance. Engage your core: Shift the workload from your leg muscles to your core muscles, for efficiency and speed. Get aligned: Develop great posture and reduce your potential for injury while running, and make knee pain and shin splints a thing of the past. ChiRunning employs the deep power reserves in the core muscles, an approach found in disciplines such as yoga, Pilates, and T’ai Chi.ĬhiRunning enables you to develop a personalized exercise program by blending running with the powerful mind-body principles of T’ai Chi:

In ChiRunning, Danny and Katherine Dreyer, well-known walking and running coaches, provide powerful insight that transforms running from a high-injury sport to a body-friendly, injury-free fitness phenomenon. The revised edition of the bestselling ChiRunning, a groundbreaking program from ultra-marathoner and nationally-known coach Danny Dreyer, that teaches you how to run faster and farther with less effort, and to prevent and heal injuries for runners of any age or fitness level.

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