RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS ARE SOUGHT

FOR A STUDY EXPLORING

WOMEN’S TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES WHILE DISTANCE RUNNING IN NATURE

Have you had an experience while distance running in nature that significantly deepened or expanded your awareness of, and connection to, your self, others, the world, and/or the sacred, or was transformative or spiritual for you in some other life-changing way?

Do you meet the following criteria?

· Female

· 28 years or older

· Currently in good physical health (may be experiencing illness or had recent surgery if condition is not likely to interfere with your full participation in study)

· Psychologically stable

· Able to meet the 6-8 hour time commitment of the study

· Able and willing to share personal experiences and communicate in writing via e-mail and a secure data collection website

· Willing and able to learn and use a writing approach called “embodied writing” for this study

· Have run distances of 3.1 miles or longer, at least 3 times per week, for 2 or more years, and are currently engaged in a regular practice of distance running in nature

· Willing to identify your running as a meditative or contemplative spiritual practice, or in some way central to your spiritual life

If you are interested in participating in this study,

please contact Stephanie Ludwig, M.Div., M.A. at

Stephanie.ludwig@myitp.itp.edu.

I am a doctoral student at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and am conducting a study entitled Exploring Women’s Transformative Experiences While Distance Running in Nature From the Perspectives of Embodiment and Psychospiritual Development.