About ChiRunning and ChiWalking:

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During this retreat, you’ll learn to use your core muscles to create whole-body movement, reducing the stress and strain on your hips, legs, knees and feet. You’ll still look like a regular runner or walker but you’ll be improving your posture and balance, strengthening your core, and experiencing how less effort is really better for your whole body. Managing your energy and the flow of your Chi offers you lifelong skills for health and vitality. Sound biomechanics combined with deep listening to your body creates fluid, gentle movement that nourishes body, mind and spirit.

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Learning ChiRunning and ChiWalking is an active way to be kind and thoughtful to your body and being. You’ll practice:

• Body Sensing: Listening to your body and responding to its needs

• Mindful Movement: Offering your mind and body sound information about healthy movement

• Resting as needed (and eating Well Being’s amazing food!)

• The enjoyment of moving freely and joyously

 

We’ll start every session with the Chi Body Looseners to ease away stress and tightness. Then we’ll practice the optimal way to run or walk using your whole body: arms, legs, head and torso. Even your eyes are important in ChiRunning and ChiWalking!

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“All in all, ChiWalking has become our science and our art – a magical way to walk – leading to a more mindful and healthy way to live. We recommend it to everyone whether or not they ever want to walk a marathon – ChiWalking works!” - Jim & Sue Mehrwein, Springfield, Oregon

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This workshop is for all levels of fitness, beginners to long-distance runners or walkers. It is not recommended if you have any long-term difficulties walking, such as needing a cane or have other walking or running disabilities. Mild injuries are fine as long you can stand and walk or run. Injury prevention is the first premise of ChiRunning and ChiWalking so minor knee, hip or back pain should not be a deterrent to joining the workshop. 

 

IMPORTANT: The terrain of Well Being Retreat is mostly dirt and gravel roads and trails. Good shoes are a must. We will practice hill techniques, but running and walking mostly on gentle hills and flat, gravel terrain. Every aspect of the workshop is optional.

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Reading our ChiRunning or ChiWalking book is recommended but not required.