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.
ByJulia Chi
Artist Athena Jane creates installations, imaginary worlds, projects and experiences inviting viewers, participants and audiences to step into a world between the real and the imagined and journey within. Her work encompasses all these realms and she loves living a creative life following her inspiration, creating artwork in many ways and working with people. Her…
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Matt shore is a performance coach, a trainer of trainers and a mountain Leader… He has a company called ‘Coaching Shore’ where his strap line ‘It’s a sure thing’, speaks of the confidence his clients have in him to help them achieve their goals… In January 2020 Matt summited Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside the…
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Ian Donnelly is a renowned level 5 performance analyst, of which there are only a small group in the world. In our podcast, Ian shares with us his journey from being a semi-professional football player to qualifying as a PE teacher, his development as a coach in the States, and his pioneering influence, bringing performance…
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Debs Atkinson has been living in France for the past eight years renovating a cottage with her partner Tom. They have just finished the project and are about to return to the UK to create a wildlife and nature reserve. Their dream is to create a space where nature, wildlife, animals, and people can live…
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I am delighted to share my conversation with Carrie Beleno. She is an intuitive Reiki Master/teacher and a spiritual life coach. Carrie shares her ever-deepening and expanding personal journey, as well as giving us very valuable advice and wisdom. Carrie has written two books: The night Yoda phoned, and Because Yoda said so. If you…
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Chloe Thomas inspires; she has a YouTube channel and an Instagram profile where she does just that! In her social media channels, Chloe shares her journey to full recovery from anorexia. She inspires, guides, and offers ideas and suggestions to recover, gain wait to live a truly healthy life. In our conversation today we explore…
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Clare is a writer amongst many other things! Here she shares with us her leap into the unknown – trusting that ‘the net will appear’ and the importance of creativity throughout her life, in particular, her passion for writing. Clare’s passion lead her to make the big decision to leave her job at the end…
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Kathy has been the chair of Friends of Sussex Hospices for the past twenty years. In our conversation, she talks about the ethos of the hospices which is to ask the dying person not ‘What is the matter with you?’, but instead ‘What matters to you?’, and about the importance of listening… Kathy tells us…
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Sue Ellam is a healer, an intuitive, and the founder of soulfully-connecting.co.uk which is a website dedicated to the health of mind, body and spirit and a space that offers people choices about their health on all these levels. Sue has recently created a new version of mystic-matters.co.uk which she shares with us in the…
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Torzi is a yoga teacher and she has her own podcast called ‘That Healing Feeling’… She shares with us her love of running, adventure, and the outdoors and how yoga and meditation have played an integral part in her journey from chronic injury and the inner despair this gave her to the peace, ease, and…
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In this episode Anadi James Taylor tells us about how he was given his name Shanti Anadi by Osho in 1991, and the significance of this in his life then and now. Podcast link I have been running all of my life – it feels I was born to run. In the running…
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I ran around on the grass this morning and my feet were as happy as can be… Every so often when they have worked hard and are a bit tender – and there is no option but for the next step to be a bare one – I feel a slight sense of vulnerability, and…
