Something very positive that has come out of the coronavirus pandemic was the birth of a Zoom based meditation group I dubbed Friendfulness with a couple of my close friends, including today's guest, John Slater. John is a fellow endurance athlete and meditator, and we dive into all things meditation for athletes. I first met John a little over a year ago and we instantly became fast friends. A super strong runner and vegan athlete, doctor of physical therapy, fellow nerd on topics like consciousness and meditation practice, and generally just an incredibly incredibly compassionate and good human. John also completed a 10 day meditation retreat like mine around the same time, so we share a lot of similarities and background as you'll hear in the conversation.
We drop into the flow on how each of us became regular meditators, the parallels of lessons learned from retreat and daily practice with being an athlete, how and why athletes should start meditating more, and beyond. It's a really great conversation covering a topic so near and dear to our hearts, and a really important theme of In The Flow. Follow John on Instagram @john.slater.
I also recorded an additional short moving meditation for cyclists if you want to begin your own entry into this practice as an athlete. You can find that on the normal podcast feed. Thank you for listening!