#211: Danny Dreyer Talks about ChiRunning and Running Meditation
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2016
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Sarah and Dimity welcome to the show Danny Dreyer, co-creator of ChiRunning and author of several books, including ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Efortless, Injury-Free Running and Chi Marathon: The Breakthrough Natural Running Program for a Pain-Free Half Marathon and Marathon. Danny tells the genesis of ChiRunning, which morphed him from a custom woodworker to an internationally renowned running instructor who helps people find a better way to move. In his soothing voice, Danny talks of the importance of alignment and relaxation in running. Find out which habit Danny thinks, “is the new smoking.” In an analogy every mother (and father!) runner can relate to, learn how listening to your body while running is like listening to a totally engrossed little child speak; gain encouragement when Danny assures Sarah and Dimity the body will always have an answer. Then Danny talks about his two tracks on a new album called Running Deep: Guided Meditations for Runners: You’ll never look at (or smell or...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah and Shay. I am delighted to be joined by Dimmity McDowell today. |
| 0:17.0 | Woo! Dimmity McDowell. |
| 0:20.0 | Yeah. Well, I think I realized that for like our first, I don't know, 200 shows or something, we never said what our last names are. |
| 0:26.0 | Yeah, but I kind of, then we're just instant friends. |
| 0:30.0 | You're Sarah and Dimmity, you know? |
| 0:32.0 | It's my, you know? It's my East Coast thing, you know, coming out. |
| 0:36.0 | All right, Connecticut. |
| 0:37.0 | I'll call you Sarah, Connecticut. |
| 0:38.0 | So, yes, so, so, Dim I don't think I've shared some exciting family news with us. |
| 0:47.0 | Which makes it sound like I'm pregnant, which is not the news. |
| 0:49.0 | That the twins are finishing on fifth grade you know that but we put into the lottery here in |
| 0:56.9 | Portland the Portland Public School lottery and the twins literally won the lottery they |
| 1:01.9 | got into Da Vinci Arts Middle School, |
| 1:04.6 | which is the Arts Middle School |
| 1:06.4 | that their sisters graduating from, |
| 1:08.2 | and it's just, it's really tough to get in |
| 1:11.0 | and it's only through lottery. And they did, because they go, did they get in to get in and it's only through lottery. |
| 1:13.0 | And they did they go, did they get in together? |
| 1:15.0 | Like is it a? |
| 1:16.0 | I made it. |
| 1:17.0 | You can, when you have multiples, you can choose to link them or not. |
| 1:20.0 | And so we chose to link them so they either would both get in or neither would get in. |
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