In Born To Run by Christopher McDougall, Chapter 28 is a very interesting read about the how and why humans might be ‘runners’; and how ‘African hunters chase antelope … and Tarahumara Indians would race after a deer’ (page 227) in what may be called a Persistence Hunt.

Below is a great video showing Persistence Hunting by the San people of Africa’s Kalahari Desert.  Note the running technique used for

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The way we stand and move are habits formed over time from our life experiences. Making adjustments to your posture and motion will take time; but with consistent focus and practice, not nearly as much time in which those habits were formed.

In a previous post ‘A Journey of a Thousand Miles‘, the principle of Gradual Progress was introduced. This is a key principle for any change, not just your posture or your running/walking technique. It is a key principle of nature itself. Everything in nature transitions from state to state incrementally. When something in nature attempts to skip a step; and is inefficient or out of balance for too long, it is usually

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Recently there has been a lot of focus on the concept of running barefoot.  Some purists suggest we should all be running barefoot, period.  Personally, I don’t care for the word ‘should’.  It implies someone else telling me what to do or be, when we all have to decide that for ourselves.

But can we just go run barefoot?  To help answer this, consider how long it has been since you ran barefoot.  20 years, 40 years, 60 years?; most of us have not run barefoot since

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As with most ancient teachings, a simple principle applies to all aspects of our lives.  This one has been coming up a lot lately in a number of ways:

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu

And I am sure we have all heard that “it’s the journey, not the destination”.  So we might consider that the quality of our journey has more to do with the quality of each step than on where we end up.  A personal development mentor of mine, Jim Rohn, suggests that “wherever you are … be there.”  Simple, yet powerful idea to be present and fully experience each

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