Written by Katherine Dreyer on Wed Aug 3rd, 2011
If you’re seeking quick relief from stress, anxiety or mild to moderate depression, take a walk. Walking has been proven to help alleviate these conditions faster than most medications and with more beneficial outcomes in the long term.
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Written by Katherine Dreyer on Mon Nov 1st, 2010
If you love to run, and depend on it to keep healthy, fit and maintain a positive attitude, getting injured can be devastating. If your running injury was not an obvious accident, like twisting your ankle in a ditch, it is most likely your running form that is the culprit. No matter what the cause, ...
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Written by Super Admin on Mon Oct 18th, 2010
For many years, my preferred way to unwind and recharge was to run. I never used to take walking that seriously. If I went out to exercise, it was always to run. I even had a somewhat negative view of walking. During my runs, stopping to walk was almost considered as “taboo.” If I was ...
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Written by Katherine Dreyer on Mon Aug 10th, 2009
I'd like to introduce a principle of T'ai Chi that is not mentioned in either the ChiRunning or ChiWalking books. The principle is called Gathering and Issuing. This principle, or "law," provides the underpinnings of energy management which is different from energy efficiency, because it governs how you manage your expenditure of energy when you're ...
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Written by Danny Dreyer on Thu Mar 27th, 2008
Discomfort and pain are your body's ways of telling you that something in your body is not moving correctly. Whether or not you remain in pain is, most times, up to you. It might sound funny, but pain is a good thing…at least when it can forewarn you of potential damage. I suggest you practice ...
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Written by Katherine Dreyer on Tue Apr 3rd, 2007
Exactly two years after the launch of the ChiRunning book we launched ChiWalking. If we had it to do over, it may have been reversed. ChiWalking is now a part of how we teach ChiRunning because we have found that many of the movements that we teach in ChiRunning are more quickly learned in ChiWalking.Danny ...
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