Q: Can meditation help my running? A:

Can Meditation Help Your Running?

Q: Can meditation help my running? A:

By Michelle Hamilton Runners try pre-race meditation at the San Francisco Marathon expo. Silence fell over the room as the meditation instructor asked the group to lower their eyes. Shoulders dropped. Breath deepened. It’s what you’d expect from a meditation session—except for the thump and buzz of music and conversation on the other side of the curtain. There, thousands of runners picked up bib numbers and browsed the booths of the San Francisco Marathon expo. Combining running and meditation is not new, but the race was the first to fold the practice into its pre-race seminar line-up. This year’s sessions followed the publication of the book Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training the Body and the Mind by Sakyong Mipham, the leader of Shambhala, a meditation approach and philosophy rooted in Buddhism. Shambhala teacher Amy Conway, who led both sessions,...

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