My name is Julia Chi…
I have been running all of my life – it feels I was born to run.
In the running step I experienced freedom and my true expression.
I came to see that I needed to ‘get out of the way of myself’ and let my energy flow through the running step; allow it to express itself in the dance and the motion of running.
I have lived from a belief that all that is required is that I know myself, and that I am true to myself, and seek to become the master of my body and my mind… That from this place I allow my true nature to shine and reflect in my creative endeavours and within my relationships.
An ongoing journey…!
I knew from when I was young that all I needed to do was to ‘run free’. To let the running take me where it wanted to. To stay in the step. To be in the moment and so to experience running as a meditation on the move.
I ran for England and GB for some years. My first international was in 1979, a three mile cross country race; and I continued to run at international level until 1993. Two of my best results were first place in the Dublin City Marathon in 1985 and 7th place woman, 3rd British woman in the 1986 London Marathon in a time of 2.36.31, which gained me selection for the Commonwealth Games.
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In this podcast Julia Chi has a conversation with her husband Anadi James Taylor about presence, and how they experience this in their lives. They also explore the process of clearing through being aware and present in every moment. Podcast link I have been running all of my life – it feels I was born…
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Running in the sun again, certainly feels easier to me, than running in the cold, and the wet! My preference is warm – the air balmy, only a need for a pair of shorts and singlet – and then – like this morning – a dip in the ocean immediately afterwards… With not a stitch…
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Pru Dawes is an event rider competing at 3 star level; she also show jumps up to 1 meter 35. Pru owns her own horse who she competes with, and she also owns Flash Cooley riden by Gemma Stevens. Flash Cooley is a 4 star event horse and he is aiming for 5 star which…
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I ran in the Sussex Road relay championships at the weekend… My race was three x two mile legs…I ran leg three and loved every exhausting moment! I am finding it joyous, and such fun, to still be striving to run fast in my sixties! Winning is an attitude, and the nineteen year old is…
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Jamie Jeffery is a an acrobatic gymnast. With his partner Aden, they achieved a silver medal when competing for Great Britain in the European Games in 2019. In 2021 Jamie ruptured his achilles tendon and although he made a full recovery, in this podcast he shares how his life and career changed direction following this…
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Presence In the step The zone In the moment A meditation on the move Now These words and phrases all describe a state of flow when performing an activity – often sport… But ultimately life…. A meditation on the move When life is a meditation on the move then everything flows… I listen to some…
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Tim Crook, AKA Tim B’Vard is the founder of the Bavard Bar, which is described as‘A delightful blend of TED, comedy and Radio 4 – sort of’! The Bavard Bar opened its doors in March 2017 and has grown in popularity exponentially. It ‘happens’ in the Towner gallery in Eastbourne on the 2nd Wednesday of each month;…
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I like the word transcendence… I like its form and its sound… ‘Transcendence’ – to go beyond…. The body, the mind, limitations – to go beyond… To realise our true nature… Our true nature, which is always there… It can express through the body and the mind and all that we are; but awareness is…
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Katie and Julia created a podcast together recently where they talked about Katie’s art… This is the link to that podcast During the podcast they discovered they had both lost a parent when they were young. In this podcast they talk about their loss and the effects of this they have seen in their adult lives…
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Wu Wei, is a term familiar to anyone who has studied Taoism, the Chinese philosophy connected with Lao Tzu… It is the principle of non action, but rather than this necessarily meaning ‘doing nothing’, it is more about stillness and presence within action. It is about being at ease and silent within movement, of not…
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In this podcast Julia has a conversation with her husband Anadi about being conscious in relating, with the bedrock of this being Intentional Dialogue. Intentional Dialogue which was created by Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt to help couples relate consciously. Intentional dialogue keeps the space clean and clear between anyone in a conversationWe often don’t…
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I love meeting up with my Parkrun Pal, my little sister Rosy. As is often the way with rituals and rhythms, I am not quite sure how our regular Parkrun journeying began. But it did! And it has continued now for well over a year… ‘Where to now’? We say, after the run is done……
