 | | Running well and feeling good |  walk | Editors note
Running is good for us, but in the youtube clip I talk about more observations about walking as our first priority. Walk A LOT, practice balancing on one leg, super useful and we are balancing animals, we evolved to stand, balance and walk ALOT! :) Running is also a basic human movement as well, the gait is inside all of us, I am not talking about winning anything, competing anything, medals for anything, just outside and follow your breath. Folks who visit me for a session, we sometimes run a mile trail that goes through some woods, next to a stream, we run/walk in silence, following our breath, the question at the end is simple 'anything to report, what did you notice?' the killer question...enjoy the edition folks. | The hallmark of practice is wholeness, wholeheartedness, not being in conflict.......it is not about pushing through the pain or overcoming pain, no pain no gain. If you are having to be brave and courageous in order to stoically withstand excessive intensity you are pushing too hard, you are fighting. Never fight yourself. Intensify when appropriate. Practice skillfully. The optimum degree of intensity is the amount that elicits your fullest attention.’ Erich Schiffman | Not the same as feeling trapped into a regime, stuck in a rut, lost your mojo or repeatedly getting injured because you feel you HAVE to go out and run. The two messages below are from very different folk, but the common feature is feeling good, being more aware of the benefits running can give us all. You honestly do not HAVE to run marathons, or ultra's you only need to run/jog 3 to 4 times a week around 5K. Add some little speed/different terrain routes and you are there. Horizons move out from your centre. Find your horizon and run to it:) In this edition
* Great running observation of an Olympic runner
* Yoga for Runners workshops, final one before Summer break.
* Lendrick Lodge 2020 update:- April 2020 FULLY BOOKED
* Digital Detox retreat November 8-10th, only a few spaces left. | Rest up. one thing I have had to make sure I do is REST. a few weeks ago I counted up my hours of activity with three yoga classes, 3 hour workshop, 4 sessions of running and yoga practice in one week added up 15 hours of activity/training in a week(on top of work) I suddenly felt very tired! Duh!! Of course, so if you are very active rest up and I do mean rest, not active rest (whats that!!). |  FINAL ONE BEFORE SUMMER HOLIDAYS:) | | ‘ I really do enjoy running. I’m slow and I don’t care. What I care about is what goes on in my head when I do it. I’ve learned not to beat myself up about not always getting out the door (though I do that more consistently these days) and to enjoy all those moments of pleasure when you’re aligned with the outdoors. There’s a violet, or a bee, or a deer. That step felt good. Lengthen....ah yes, I know that place in my self...I’ve been here before. So many things I say in my head came from you. A favourite is ‘needle and cotton’ as I’m feeling the wind passing round me (I don’t hear you using that recently but it stuck with me! And taking smaller steps to go uphill...
Thanks Nick for what you gave me. ‘ and another from a runner who can run a half marathon in around 1h 20mins “I’ve loved my running and training since our lessons and that’s far more rewarding than an arbitrary time" |  run down lines | A few years ago I posted this here but no-one clicked on the link:) Here we have an Olympic runner jogging around a field in barefeet with a coach offering some observations. I like the coach by the way, he studies , you can tell, there is that dull thud of analysis and reflection in his voice. Note the fact that the 'feet have it always' My best advice I can give you is to find a safe (poo free) patch of grass and tippy tap around in your tootsies for a few minutes. Your body, running posture and contact time with the ground need you and your body the signals your feet provide. Contact time with the ground changes (shorter time), posture improves, you run taller but these things take time, so please be patient:) add some yoga into the mix and BOOM, away you go:) | Check in with your breathing, a little mudra to try while running, walking, meditating. Mudra's are hand positions, very old and some are very modern:) However here is one I like, I use it while meditating but then I found myself repeating the gestures while running. Give it a go and see how you feel.
Link is HERE | Yoga sessions for Running clubs in the local area I enjoy doing these, don't forget the 'rider' is simply a space that is hired out, folks can bring a blanket and yoga mat (cheap as chips) and that's it. You can hire out a fitness club which will have rooms with mats etc, not a problem at all. I come along, we enjoy the movement session and repeat. A good model would be having the regular running session in between the yoga sessions, hence members can begin to feel the difference, they will:) ▪ week 1 Yoga intro
▪ week 2 Running session with club
▪ week 3 Yoga, balance and movement
▪ week 4 Running session with club
▪ week 5 spine, breath and feet
▪ week 6 Running session with club
▪ week 7 Yoga, own practice and moving forward
| ▪ | week 2 Running session with club | | ▪ | week 3 Yoga, balance and movement | | ▪ | week 4 Running session with club | | ▪ | week 5 spine, breath and feet | | ▪ | week 6 Running session with club | | ▪ | week 7 Yoga, own practice and moving forward | Yoga for Runners THE WORKSHOP If you cannot commit to weekly sessions then these three hour blocks are ideal. The next workshops before Summer are on:-
8th June
12 midday to 3pm all at the Yoga Station, Whitley Bay BOOK HERE, discount code in info. Running Workshops, the model going forward will be a reduced amount of workshops in Scotland with the venues at Hamilton, Edinburgh (1 only) and Haddington for 2020, clubs and groups can email me to organise sessions this is not a problem, this coach can travel. Scottish Workshop update EDINBURGH 15TH JUNE FULLY BOOKED
INVERNESS 23RD JUNE FULLY BOOKED
HADDINGTON 1ST SEPTEMBER 1 PLACE LEFT
HAMILTON 15TH SEPTEMBER PLACES YOGA AND RUNNING DAY, WITH MARK AND NICK, 'IN THE MOMENT' GLASGOW OCTOBER 20TH 9AM TO 4PM, FOOD SKILLFULLY PREPARED BY THE YOGA KITCHEN. SPACES, THESE WILL GO:) LINK
For the local area to the NE of England please email me to organise clubs,1-2-1 and paired sessions. | | Washington Running Running club, taster session | Great session hosted by the club. Big thanks to Chris for organising the run leaders. We did a LOT. tasters are not free but if you hire out the space, bring a mat and blanket, we are good to go. These are not the same as workshops with the same level of individual feedback and video observation. Just a taster! | SCOTTISH RETREATS:-April and October 2020 LENDRICK LODGE Retreats update on rooming April availability ▪ FULLY BOOKED
October availability ▪ 2 twin en-suite ONLY
| Hosted by Mark Russell:- Digital Detox Weekend at Lendrick Lodge, November 8-10th 2019 This will be great, I am going to this retreat, not organising it not doing anything but letting go:) email Mark at markallanrussell@gmail.com for details and available rooms. Lendrick has limited single en-suite, twin ensuite and triples.
LIMITED PLACES ONLY | Final call for the Edinburgh Run and Become taster session June 14th 6:30pm to 8pm The link to book or pass on via club pages is HERE | | Here is one to make you smile, made me anyway. | all the best, see you around, and nice to see folk at the Salomon trail running festival last week
Nick | | |
