The Joy of Movement: How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
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The Joy of Movement: How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
It is not only about the mental and emotional side either; there are biological reasons that we thrive on running in groups. We came across this concept reading Brad Stulberg’s The Practice of Groundedness. Brad discussed Kelly McGonigal’s work on the collective joy that our species is hardwired to feel when we move in synchrony with others. We kno
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