Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01EK5P2H6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 509 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Even though both activities can be complicated, the lessons here are simple and designed to show how the melding of internal practice with physical movement can be used by anyone - regardless of age, spiritual background, or ability - to benefit body and mind.. He's been trained in horsemanship and martial arts but has a special love for running. As a Tibetan lama and leader of Shambhala (an international community of 165 meditation centers), Sakyong Mipham has found physical activity to be essential for spiritual well-being. Here, he incorporates his spiritual practice with running, presenting basic meditation instruction and fundamental principles he has developed
Read this and lose your MP3 player Tony Schwalm I've been running consistently (that is, more than three times per week and for at least twenty miles total) for over thirty years and have completed marathons, ultras, and Ironman triathlon distance races. Until I read this book, I wanted to have inspirational music plugged into my head and constantly searched for new play lists when the current. "Great book for runners and those who are interested in meditation" according to MJA. After reading Born to Run and Scott Jurek's book Eat and Run, I decided to give Running with the Mind of Meditation a try. This is definitely a unique perspective on running, and Sakyong Mipham devotes an equal amount of the book outlining his technique for achieving "marathon" levels of meditation. I was honestly expecting the book to focus more. A Unique Perspective on Running G. S. Lefebvre Excellent book that applies tibetan buddhist meditation principles to running. It is very well written and the lessons and principles Sakyong shares resonated with me. It is no wonder why he runs over 200 meditation centers across the globe. I truly enjoyed that the book wasn't self-indulgent while being an excellent perspective on one unique per