The NliveN Movement is a running and movement crew that is all about “holistic and meaningful running and movement!”
We use an integral approach, meaning that we engage the whole person (mind, body, heart, spirit, imagination, identity) and whole earth-experience
(nature, community, systems) to make our movement and running come alive as it takes on new meaning, new goals, new relationships, and new heights!
We’ll incorporate mindfulness, mental health, play, rest, challenge, friendship, creativity, and so much nature adventure -
and you’ll have the space to feel the transformation and experience your most enlivened running and living!
Shorter, swifter, stronger workouts that open with connection around a theme, then integrate the theme into a fun, challenging run/workout to create bodily strength, mental gains, and wholehearted meaning, and end with a group celebration. You can also view these workouts as your weekly speed work, just with a little something extra. There will probably be music, and there will definitely be lots of sweat, whooping, and high fives!
These are longer runs with a party vibe! Each week, these runs will offer a creative connection to the week’s theme, with playful, super fun,
and definitely wild runs to celebrate all the ways each of us have shown up to the challenge and invitation of the week!
Many Saturdays will also end with a celebration and connection of some form. Anything from a community breakfast, polar plunge,
and other wonderful and wacky activities.
Adventure calls us in the summer and fall seasons! We’ll offer an extra run for the wild hearts who want all that new life in nature! We will explore the trails
in the Santa Cruz and Aptos areas to see all the wonderful things that come with the changing seasons.
We don’t just run - we get strong in all the ways! We’ll offer strength training sessions, outdoor yoga, breathwork classes, meditation and visualization
opportunities, workshops, retreats, quarterly Prediction Races, parties, and more!
Winter: December 1st - February 29th (3 months)
Spring: March 1st - May 31st (3 months)
Summer: June 1st - August 31st (3 months)
Fall: September 1st - November 30th (3 months)
CONNECT: 20-30 minutes
Time to introduce the theme, contemplate our connection to it, share with each other, and connect with one another in meaningful and joyful ways!
CREATE: 45-60 minutes
Workout time!!!
CELEBRATE: 10 minutes
Closing celebration with sharing about what we’re proud of or witnessed, group photo, and a Bead Ceremony (come find out what this is! It’s super fun!)
CONNECT: 10-15 minutes
Time to introduce the focus/vibe of the run, to get details about the route, to connect with each other, and to stretch/warm up!
CREATE: 60+ minutes
Workout time!!!
CELEBRATE: 10+ minutes
Closing celebration with a PARTY THEME! This may look like a community breakfast, Polar Plunge, meaningful ritual, beach party, or something else wacky, wild,
and wonderful! Always an invitation and not an expectation that people participate.