My answer whenever anyone asks me whether the aforementioned activities constitute mindfulness meditation is: maybe. It depends on how you do it. For instance, if you go running the way I do—spending most of the time rehearsing elaborate speeches you’d like to hurl at your boss, or listening to music and pretending you’re the drummer—it is definitely not mindfulness meditation. If, on the other hand, you’re deliberately paying attention to the sensations of your footfalls, the wind on your face, and the movement of your muscles, and then every time you get distracted, you start again—well
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