Hey, this is Ari. Welcome back to the Energy Blueprint podcast. With me today is Danny Dreher,

who is the founder and author of Qi running, which is an approach to running technique based

on the movement principles of Tai Chi. He and his wife, Catherine, have authored

three seminal books on mindful movement, Qi running, Chi walking, and Chi Marathon, all published

with Simon & Schuster. Chi running is now printed in 15 different languages and taught by over

200 certified instructors in 23 countries around the world.

Chi running elevates running beyond a sport or a fitness regimen,

turning it into a mindful practice, akin to yoga, Pilates, or Tai Chi,

allowing your whole body and mind to participate in the act of running.

In fact, Danny says that the most difficult

part of learning to run well is changing your mindset, learning to accomplish more speed or distance

with less effort, less recovery, and fewer injuries by focusing your mind, relaxing your body,

and doing less. This is a very, very interesting conversation that even if you're not a runner and you're not into running or interested in running,

I still think you're going to get a lot of value from.

And as you'll hear as we discuss this, many of the principles that he speaks about with regards to chi running are things that can be applied even to just the simple act of walking, which of course we all do.

And as well as having a translation into many other aspects of our life. So I think if you see beyond the sort of surface level discussion of chi running as a specific practice that applies only in the context of running as a form of exercise, but you start to see these principles in action within all of the movement that you're doing and even the simple act of locomotion of walking.

I think you'll get a lot of value from this. I think there's a lot of insight to be gleaned from

this methodology, even as a as a philosophy, as a way of being in the world and as a way of

seeing things, certainly in the literal sense of our movement practices.

So enjoy this very insightful conversation with Danny Dreher.

Welcome to the show, Danny. Such a pleasure to have you.

Yeah, great to be on here, Ari. Thanks.

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