Håkan Nilsson has a Ph.D in Social Science, a Licentiate degree in Religious Studies, M.Th., M.Ed., MSS and MB. He have a longstanding practice of meditation, yoga, Qi-gong and budo, and has published more than a dozen of article that deals with mindfulness. He holds a position as a Senior Lecture in Psychology/HRM at Department of Social and Behavioral Science, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden.
摘要
Long-distance running is an intra-subjective activity that orients the individual towards his/her own experiences and struggle for achievement within both the narrow context of training and competition and the broader context of life itself. This article takes a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to the obstacles and opportunities entailed in running; within this framework, mindfulness training will be prominently featured. These practices have been shown to strengthen the mind–body connection, increase situational awareness and enhance psychophysical well-being. The aim here is to examine the experiential aspect of long-distance running, aided by various understandings gleaned from mindfulness, phenomenology, Buddhism and sports, with a special emphasis on the memoir What I Talk about When I Talk about Running, by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.
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ABSTRACT Methodology Marathon monks of the Tendai school The embodied temporality of runners and mindfulness Cultivating mindful running Mindful presence in running: the intentional mindfulness model Mindful or mindless running Walking meditation for the mindful runner Mindfulness yoga for the runner Conclusion Disclosure statement Additional information Footnotes References
