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
Today I woke to a new life, the day stretching ahead, endless days stretching ahead… As I write these words, I am reminded of the Kirsty MacColl song ‘Thank you for the days’ I love that song… Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I’m thinking of the…
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Today I walked on the beach, feeling the lovely wet sand under my slightly sore feet… I left Anadi stretching on the shore, and walked further along the expansive terrain… After watching the surfers warming up and paddling a bit, I joined him to chant ‘Nam Myoho Renge Kyo’ 108 times in the shelter of…
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I am sitting on the roof top of our apartment, it’s a sunshiny blowy day, the blustery games of the wind make it feel cooler than it is… Famara beach is just across the road from me and I can hear the music of the waves in a rhythm of still movement – the tide is…
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A new day dawning on a new landscape… Twelve days in the UK have passed in a mixture of London’s lively vibe, misty rainy beauty of the South Downs, watery sun rising over the English Channel, daffodil yellow spring popping up along the paths in the Park at Buxted and a bright sunny morning with…
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Soon I am to head off on the next leg of my journey… In May I am going a vlogging jogging snogging ( mainly with Anadi ! ) and blogging… Not necessarily in that order, around the globe… I am already doing this of course, but from May I will have more time to dedicate…
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The sun is setting in glorious fashion, streaky pink purple orange, on another beautiful Spanish sunny mountain day. Anadi and I sat outside in the village of Bubion drinking café con leche earlier today, enjoying as always the still silent sound of mountain life. It is evident that most of the young people run helter…
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Since returning from Lanzarote, after my magical week with my sister Rosy, I have not found a blogging moment… My days have been spent engaged with Kathy and Haze on their retreats here in Spain, and my other clients on Skype too… But today my day is stretching ahead with no sessions until 5 pm….
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We are currently half way between Lanzarote and Gatwick, five miles high. When we arrive Rosy will head back to Dorset, and I will stay one night at Gatwick, before flying to the peninsula of Spain tomorrow morning. Rosy and I have had a wonderful week together, each evening we made a plan for the…
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Yesterday morning I woke and ran through a rainy grey day to the beach. My last day in Eastbourne and I had a yen to run barefoot on the beach… I arrived here the Saturday before last and began to write then… This is a record at the beginning and end of a wonderful week…
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‘A rose between two thorns’ he announced, ‘we’ll see’, the lady sitting next to him in the aisle seat laughed… I laughed too… The yang to the ying always present in this paradigm; I am a thorn, with the rose beside me. I usually choose an aisle seat so that I don’t have to disturb…
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Today is a grey, washed blue day in Almuñécar… A very different view from the window I am sitting by, as I haven’t seen many clouds since I have been here… But it is beautiful and very still… And I enjoyed my morning run. I was wearing shorts and a T shirt, and as usual…
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The sun is shining brightly and Angela and I have spent a day outside. We met as the sun was rising above the sea at 8.15 am, and then walked along the beach and up the dry river bed which apparently goes all the way to Granada, and which was very wet in patches at…
