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2/2/2010	Hi My name is Don. I live on the big island of Hawaii. Having had a five way heart bypass in 2004 and being a uncontrolled diabetic off and on for 15 years, about 6 months ago I decided enough is enough--time to improve the quality of my life. I decided among watching my diet I would start running, I used to love to do it 20 years ago. At age 52 I [ Read More ]
1/30/2010	Dear Danny, When I first came across your book on ChiRunning in early 2007, I threw away the book after reading, thinking what kind of strange technique is he preaching? I went on to prepare for my marathon training the usual "No pain, No gain" way. I got myself injured often. I realized I have to run injury-free to enjoy running. I searched the net and bookstores [ Read More ]
1/29/2010	To the ChiRunning Team, I want to tell you about a fun running accomplishment from 2009 that is fully attributable to my ChiRunning technique continuing to get better as I get older. :-) San Jose, CA held a running competition called the "Hat Trick," which I ended up winning. This involved combining the total time over three separate races of: 10k, [ Read More ]
1/21/2010	Hello, I just wanted to give some feedback after only beginning ChiRunning on January 4th. I read the book, and am currently re-reading it while waiting for my DVD that was just shipped. First I must say, I have never been so excited to run in my life. I have been running for more than 20 yrs, and have completed two marathons, the last of which was the LA [ Read More ]
1/17/2010	Dear ChiRunning/ChiLiving team, I recently took a private class with Steve Mackel who, in my humble opinion, has to be one of your best instructors. I wanted you to know how much I enjoyed my ChiRunning class with Steve. As with learning something new, I was a little bit nervous at first but his calm and relaxed ways quickly made me feel at ease, which I am sure, made it easier for [ Read More ]
1/14/2010	Danny, A friend of mine gave me your book in 2008. I was busy. It collected dust. I ran 5 marathons without it, including living through several injuries. All of the injuries led to me slow down. I lost about a minute a mile from 2008-2009. I was looking at the results of a Half that I ran in November and I saw that my friend [ Read More ]
1/3/2010	I have been referring patients for years to ChiRunning to correct their running biomechanics and return to the sport injury free. ChiRunning has been a great complement to my sports medicine business. Thanks, Danny and Katherine, throughout the years for your support and invaluable product! Sincerely, Jessica L. Greaux, DC, ART www.innersport.com
12/29/2009	"In July 2008 I decided to quit running, my Achilles tendon pain, a chronic injury, was killing me. In addition I was found to have moderate arthrosis in both hips, hip pain was also bothering me. A friend (who is a medical doctor) pointed to me a medical article on ChiRunning. The article stated that runners that adopted the technique are a lot less injury prone. I was intrigued. [ Read More ]*
12/14/2009	I just ran the Honolulu marathon yesterday and finally broke through to a good PR. My first year there I had hope to crack 6 hours but didn't. I was 6:20 plus. Last year I had intestinal issues and missed that 6 hour mark by 9 minutes. Yesterday I ran a new marathon best of 5:28:55. I actually surprised myself. My previous best was 5:53 in March of this [ Read More ]
12/10/2009	Dear Mr. Dreyer, I would like to thank you for making a big difference in our life. It all started when my daughter said that she was going to run a half-marathon in June 2009. Without even a moment of hesitation I decided then and there I was going to run too. The last time I ran was when I was [ Read More ]
12/9/2009	Dear Aracely [Areas, Certified Instructor], Thank you for your outstanding clinic in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii. I had been practicing ChiRunning from reading the book and watching the DVD for 3 months prior to participating in your Honolulu Clinic. I had no idea how incorrect I was, on my pelvic tilt, which you spotted as over engaged. I was spilling chi out behind me and firing [ Read More ]
12/7/2009	My first marathon took me 6 hours. My second took me 6 hours and 3 minutes. My third only lasted 19 miles. And then someone on the bus told me about ChiRunning. I read the book. I watched the DVD. I relaxed my legs, straightened my posture, leaned forward, let my arms and legs swing behind me, and finished my fourth marathon in [ Read More ]
11/22/2009	Mary [Lindahl], I will confide in you that ChiRunning is saving my life by bringing my sense of self back. The last two years of running a construction business in this economy has left me with no life, or doing anything for me. I've let things go and feel much better. Even the grounding stance, and feeling the energy from the top of my head to ground has renewed my sense of being. [ Read More ]
11/22/2009	Hi everyone!!!! In this moment, I am very excited!!! I live in Valencia and this morning I have ran the Half Marathon (21.097 km) of my city. It has been the first of my life and my objective was make it in 2 hours. Using your fantastic technique and running the half of the race with a slow rhythm to warm up (the same that D. [ Read More ]
11/18/2009	Hi Amy [Peacock], I wanted to drop you a quick note of update and thanks for your invaluable lessons in ChiRunning. I ran the Urbanathlon in Chicago a couple weeks ago--12 mile obstacle course--and finished stronger than I could have dreamed. The friends I thought would have to wait for me, well, I was practically dragging them the whole last hour. Mile 10 was done on the stairs at the Bears football stadium and while others [ Read More ]
11/16/2009	I just completed the Kona Ironman Championships, my first ever Ironman distance race. I am 61. Three years ago when I decided to make Kona my goal, I did not run (or swim). I had done some jogging in my thirties but never more than 2 mile jogs. I discovered ChiRunning, took a couple of courses from instructor Kelly Ryan here on the Big Island of Hawaii [ Read More ]
11/11/2009	Dear Danny, I bought your book ChiRunning about a month ago. I am 55, a so-so runner, with what I considered to be chronic shin and ankle pain whenever I neared the 1 mile mark. It would take me 30 minutes of painful running to get "warmed-up" to where I could enjoy running without pain. I have finished reading the first 100 or so pages of your [ Read More ]
11/10/2009	I started reading the ChiRunning book recently an am about page 50 at this point. I couldn't wait to try it out. I went out for my 8 mile run this morning and for the life of me couldn't figure out when I was going to get tired. I glanced down at my Garmin at one point and saw the pace at 7:06 with no effort at all. You have to understand that's pretty close [ Read More ]
11/7/2009	I will be 43 in February. I had stopped running for almost 18 years. Whenever I ran I would break down from lateral compartment syndrome, my shins would go into spasm and I never thought I would be able to run again. After a brief run on Lake Michigan during a semester at Kellogg School of Business in summer 2006 - which ended in my legs going into spasm - I thought [ Read More ]
10/26/2009	I started running in 1973 and will be 51 next week. I was naturally a forefoot runner, and was drawn to ChiRunning when I leafed through the book a few years ago. I became a devotee this past July, when I bought the new edition of the book and the DVD, and just took the workshop in NYC with Danny. I have already noticed that my uphill running, which [ Read More ]
10/24/2009	I want to thank Danny and all of the ChiRunning instructors who ran the great ChiRunning workshop at Kripalu - in Spring 2008. I am a lifelong runner who long ago resigned myself to running in pain. I have suffered through 3 tibial stress fractures, 2 metatarsal stress fractures, torn menisci, bilateral chondromalacia patallae, intractable R-sided piriformis pain, etc....I have had my gait video-analyzed and corrected with expensive prescription orthotics. I have worked through various [ Read More ]
10/24/2009	I'm a 48 male, who on October 18th, 2009 ran his first marathon (Detroit Free Press). Not only did I finish, I qualified for Boston in a time of 3:29:24. I was an avid runner in my 20's but got away from racing once I started a career, got married and started a family. I got back into running about seven years ago but had no interest in competing. Two things [ Read More ]
10/19/2009	Hi Danny, I'm a neurosurgeon with a crazy schedule. I've never been terribly athletic and certainly don't consider myself a runner but I started at the age of 30. I could barely run 3 miles 6 months ago without stopping. I attended the ChiRunning seminar in Denver this past August and started to implement some of the basic concepts. I ran my first half marathon yesterday and was amazed that I was able [ Read More ]
10/19/2009	I had read about ChiWalking through an Internet search for training for a walking 1/2 marathon. I met Danny at the Expo for the 2009 Disney Marathon weekend and and bought the book. I did not complete the 1/2 as my pace was too slow. When I got home, I faithfully read my ChiWalking book and then attended the workshop at Kripalu in May with Katherine. Everything clicked and [ Read More ]
10/18/2009	Dear [Certified Instructor] Kari, I wanted to thank you for coming to teach our group your running techniques. The group that took the class with me has had the same experiences as I have. There were quite a few people that hated running because it hurt so much. Now people tell me how they actually look forward to running now because the pain they used to have from running is gone. The biggest [ Read More ]

ChiWalking Success Stories		Page 1
10/4/2009	I haven't been running for very long - I only started jogging on a treadmill in February 2009 and only at 9 kph for short intervals. I covered my first 5 km course in March and I've been steadily enjoying running further and faster since then. My story is that in November 2008 I weighed 133 kilos and I had a 50 inch waist. Since the [ Read More ]
8/31/2009	I want to thank you for your book "ChiWalking" !!!!! A stroke left me with limited balance and some weakness in my right side. I spent about three years depending on a cane and walker. People now say that they have never seen me look better. I am walking about 2 miles twice a day at 40 strides per min. That may seem a little slow but I feel it is OK for [ Read More ]
8/21/2009	I just want to thank you Katherine for the life-changing course you taught at Kripalu in May. Both you and Ryan (Miller) gave me the motivation to start a walking program. I am proud to say that this is my 13th week and I have doubled the time I was walking and increased both speed and distance. But the best part is that I have been consistent. I have never stayed with an exercise program [ Read More ]
5/12/2009	I just wanted to tell you that I am still working on perfecting my technique in ChiWalking, and am going great. I had my first outdoor dog agility trial of the season last weekend, and ran strongly and without pain! Wow! I am so thrilled. Right now I have just a hint of under-foot (plantar fascia) sensitivity and tightness (probably after the extra weekend running, and in the excitement of the moment, forgetting my [ Read More ]
5/22/2008	Danny, I am just discovering ChiWalking and I am amazed. I started reading your book yesterday and for my walk today I tried aligning myself and body sensing. I couldn’t believe with just that small bit of change the great walk I had. I walked 50 minutes and it felt like 30 or less and no pain. I have a herniated disk and it felt great. all I can say is wow. I [ Read More ]
5/16/2008	Danny, I met you in person at the 2007 Marine Corps Marathon Expo, and you helped me with a pulled hip flexor--I wasn't successfully following the ChiRunning like I thought I was. Anyways, I kept practicing what you told me and just ran my fastest marathon time beating the time I set for myself 12 years ago, when I was 30, and I was faster by over 5 minutes, and not sore after [ Read More ]
5/9/2008	Dear Katherine and Danny, I am 59 years old and 230#, and I have spent the last 30 years trying to run--even small amounts. But I inevitably (usually quickly) re-injured my calf muscles (you probably already know what's coming). Then I would have to lay off for quite awhile. Then I'd go back and do the same thing. I tried M.D.s, D.C.s, exercises, stretching, everything I could think of. I gave up and [ Read More ]
2/28/2008	Wow, what a weekend! Cindy and I went to San Antonio for a ChiWalking Workshop with Ken Runner, a ChiWalking/Running coach. We learned so much and he helped us to figure out what we needed to work on. The whole thing was lots of fun and really valuable to our whole goal of walking 60 miles in 3 days for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. He showed us what a difference it can make to use [ Read More ]
9/24/2007	I have read many, many books in my life and this is the first time I have ever felt compelled to contact the author, but I just had to thank you. I am 39 years old and I am over weight. I have back pain and sciatica. My son is 9 years old and I want so badly to do more with him but these ailments have limited my activity. I was almost ready [ Read More ]
9/22/2007	ChiWalking is a walking technique that places much less stress than conventional walking on the joints and supporting structures in the legs and back. I have recommended the technique to many patients who suffer from arthritis in the legs and/or back, but would like to continue to walk regularly for exercise. Using ChiWalking, my arthritis patients are able to walk farther, more frequently, and [ Read More ]
8/9/2007	I saw a patient last week whom I have followed for many years, with, among other problems, severe knee arthritis that limited his walking. I put him onto Chi Walking 3 months ago. He is now Chi walking at all times, and states that by eliminating the heel strike in his step, his knee pain is about gone, and he has been able to take up exercise walking again. [ Read More ]
5/15/2007	I just thought I would touch base while I had a chance while I am recuperating a bit in Kathmandu. Wow. Talk about an opportunity to put ChiWalking to work in a very real way. After walking about 150 miles or so (as best we can guess) up and down mountain trails in the Himalayas up to Everest Base Camp (at over 5300 meters/around 17,500 feet in altitude) and back, I can honestly tell you [ Read More ]
4/25/2007	I've got the book and I love it. It's inspiring and very well written. Already my calf muscles are no longer stiff when I run. I'll get the DVD and continue to practice. Think I might get my boyfriend to try the ChiWalking! Thank you, Sue
4/23/2007	I gave birth to our first child, Mae Louise, two weeks ago. I was able to do ChiWalking the last two trimesters of my pregnancy. I had to make a few small changes in stride length and postural alignment, but still felt the generation of well-being energy and avoided back/pelvic pain!
12/8/2006	Hi Danny, I'm sure by now you have taught many workshops, and taught many people...some you've helped and heard from .... and some you've helped and never heard back from. I attended the workshop in Houston in October 2005, and wanted to let you know what a difference you have made in my life....SINCERELY! I experienced a terrible stress fracture April 26th, 2005. My doctor recommended your book, which I picked up and couldn't put [ Read More ]
10/1/2006	The ChiWalking workbook is the best over-all constructed exercise book I have read to date, and I have lots of them, because it addresses the beginnger to expert in a engaging a walking fitness program. The pre-work out check lists are indispensable, along with the instructions for what to do during the activity, and most of all what to do in the after activity [ Read More ]
6/28/2006	I've read the ChiWalking book 2 times now. What a "Masterpiece". I have my wife and mother-n-law doing the ChiWalking. They love it. Thanks for the Newsletter. Hope you guys have gotten all settled in your new home in Ashville, NC.
2/15/2006	"ChiWalking is a truly holistic guide to complete living. Who would guess that the simple act of walking could change your life? I will strongly recommend this book to my clients, most of whom are practicing a variety of life improving exercises, but have been left guessing how to integrate them into a whole life perspective. Thank you for the clarity."
2/11/2006	I have begun implementing some of the techniques of ChiRunning to my walking, and found it extremely beneficial. I have studied taiji and qigong on and off for years, particularly the Zhan Zhuang and Da Cheng Chuan styles. I could never progress far due to the pain and numbness in my feet. The suggestion about loosening your shoes (which was the first time I had ever heard it, often having been told they weren't tight [ Read More ]
1/31/2006	"As physicians we recommend increasing activity to almost every patient, and the simplest form is walking and running. Yet we have never had a reference for techniques to make this easier and more injury free. ChiWalking and ChiRunning provide sound biomechanical principles to make movement more efficient. There is a "how to" on technique for every activity on the planet, yet we assume walking and running are skills which need no refining. I use the [ Read More ]
1/21/2006	I happened to review your notes before going on the 3 mile hike and wow - what a difference it made!!! I guess I hadn't focused enough on some of the specifics you taught us in class (or I misunderstood them). But, today, armed with this new information, was a transforming experience for me as I hiked up the hill! I leaned from the ankle not the hip bone and I used my ankles appropriately. [ Read More ]
1/17/2006	I just returned from a week with the Colombian Police locating and destroying cocaine labs. These labs are hidden deep in the jungle ravines. The typical operation begins with a helicopter landing on a mountain ridgeline, followed by a steep descent to the lab. The lab is destroyed, and then the fun part begins with the ascent back up to the helicopter landing zone. Some of these ascents [ Read More ]
12/16/2005	Hi Danny, My wife has recently lost 10 lbs (I'm not supposed to tell anyone), and a big part of that is walking your way. After my session with you last month, I showed her the basics. She began walking by lifting and leaning. Now, she walks everyday, loves it, goes for an hour or so, her heart rate is lower and she's not pounding hard. The women's fitness magazines have walking all wrong, [ Read More ]
5/2/2005	Hey Danny, I met you a the Big Sur Marathon expo late on Saturday. I'm the one who couldn't train for her 21-mile power walk due to a sprained ankle. Thanks for showing me the basics of chi walking. I incorporated your advice as much as possible. Not only did I finish the event with no trouble at all, I also knocked off about 5 minutes from my previous times in which I had been [ Read More ]

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