About ChiRunning

ChiRunning combines modern physics with the concepts of T’ai Chi to create an easy-to-learn running form that makes your running easier, more efficient and less stressful to the body

Among the benefits of ChiRunning:

Reduce soreness and injuries
ChiRunning emphasizes efficient biomechanical running form to reduce the use of muscles, as well as the pain and pounding the body often takes during a recreational jog or competitive run.

Sixty-five percent of runners will be injured at some point during the year and will have to take time off. It’s statistics like this that have branded running as a high-injury sport, but the simple truth is running itself isn’t the problem – it’s the way we run that causes injuries. ChiRunning shows you how to reduce or eliminate the risk of common injuries and how to relax your body while running to reduce muscle use and in turn dramatically reduce muscle soreness.

Improved running efficiency
Golf and tennis lessons are as common as tee times and court reservations, but most runners are self-taught and have never really even considered there was a better way. As a result, many runners have dramatic inefficiencies that lead to fatigue, slowing them down and causing a rash of running injuries

With ChiRunning you won’t just be using your legs to propel your body but engaging the entire body in collaboration with the forces of nature (specifically gravity).You’ll learn how to run from your core and engage gravity to propel you forward while relaxing your arms and legs. The result is a highly efficient running form that requires much less overall effort, reduces pounding on the body and significantly reduces recovery time

Mind/body connection
The ChiRunning technique is more than just a running form. It’s an activity that works to build a strong link between your mind and body. With ChiRunning, running is no longer just a fitness sport but more a holistic practice like T'ai Chi or pilates or yoga.

ChiRunning uses a process called "body sensing" to teach you how to connect your awareness and attention with your body sensations to really listen to what your body is saying and interpret what it needs. Body sensing will tell you when you’re working too hard or not enough. Body sensing is not a thinking process but a sensing process. There’s no judgment with body sensing; it’s more like collecting data. So watch out for phrases such as “I can’t” or “I’m not” or “I have to.”

Body sensing will tell you when you’re running with correct form because your running form will no longer feel like work; it will take on a new sense of effortlessness.