Meditative Running: How To Find Your Zen

Jesse Silkoff

Runners frequently injure themselves when they stop listening to their bodies. In fact, many runners require training to help them interpret internal signals—warning signs that they’re taxing their muscles and putting themselves at risk of injury.

Unfortunately, we live in a very results-obsessed world. In our urge to compete and our impatience to be better, faster, and stronger, it can become easy for runners to project themselves into visions of future success—rather than focusing on the everyday work of training.

Meditative or mindful running offers a counterpoint to that philosophy—and in many ways, an alternative to the stress and …read more