Mindful Thoughts for Runners
Freedom on the trail
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
“Designed to coach us to see running as a spiritually enriching activity that connects us to our breath, body and the natural world.” - Healthy - Holland & Barrett magazine
“In this beautifully illustrated book, author Tessa Wardley meditates on the holistic nature of running through 25 focused reflections offering meaningful insights that every runner will value and remember” - Your Healthy Living
“An inspiring guide to cheer you on through the ups and downs of running.” - Fit & Well
Mindful Thoughts for Runners explores the ways in which running offers us an opportunity to deepen our levels of awareness, lifting our souls as well as our endorphin levels!
Part of the Mindful Thoughts series, this beautifully illustrated little book meditates on all aspects of running, including:Running ritualsThe running communityRunning for charityDealing with injuryThe power of breathListening to the body. . . and much moreRunning can be a spiritually enriching activity, as well as a physical one—reconnecting us to our breath, our bodies, and the natural world around us with every steady step. Author and environmentalist Tessa Wardley meditates on the holistic nature of running, through 25 focused reflections offering meaningful insights that every runner from barefoot to track will value and remember.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wardley (The Mindful Art of Wild Swimming) combines mindfulness and running in this intuitive but slight work. In these 25 essays, Wardley proposes many ways to enliven and deepen one's running routine, such as running "creatively" (by mentally "releasing the flow" of sensations as one runs), running "free" (for pleasure, without measurements or goals), and running as "ritual" (to build confidence or start a new routine). A compendium of pithy reflections usher runners through ways to more mindfully enjoy the outdoors regardless of the weather, and also how to better deal with injuries. Wardley never gets too deep with any of these ruminations, which is a bit of a blessing and curse; while the brief musings are digestible and simple to consider, they sometimes skim the surface of rich topics including the rituals of running, embracing pain, and the connection between running and wilderness. Despite this, anyone interested in making exercise more intentional and meaningful will benefit from Wardley's compact collection of reflections.
