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
Once again I am finishing my day sitting by the roaring fire in Buxted Park Hotel… José who works here came and sat next to me having discovered my videos on YouTube, He said he has been watching them this afternoon and that they have made him laugh…! José and I have spoken nothing but…
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Que será, será… Whatever will be, will be… The future’s not ours to see. It resonates with how I witness my path unfolding seemingly of itself… What will be will be, It also reminds me of a favourite quote of mine by Ramana. ‘Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you…
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Julia demonstrates her regime of drills to support her barefoot running and make her body stronger. 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…
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I have just returned from running some intervals along my Almunecar sandy strip of beach… I absolutely loved every minute. There is something about taking my shoes off that has rekindled in me a true desire to run… Any sense of ‘have to go running’ has left me, and I look forward to…
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I have joined a gym here in Almunecar, It’s called ‘Tropical gym’, and seems to be mainly a body building establishment; I am happy within its walls. It is only about a three minute run to get there to train, I have taken to buying a protein shake at the end of my workout before…
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‘We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time’ T. S. Eliot… My husband Anadi and I are nomads… We shed all our possessions, except those which we carry in our rucksacks and some hand baggage…
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Gozo is a beautiful little island, the pace is slow and kind… It feels a bit like going back in time, and in November life is even more quiet and slow…It is a sunny isle with turquoise blue seas and it doesn’t rain much – except for most of last week! But this week is…
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It was still dark when I woke yesterday morning… I dressed and ran down the stairs, slipping out of the front door of the hotel which slid open to reveal L’eglise St Germain across the road in front of me… I ran down Rue Bonaparte, and started to make my way over one of the bridges across the…
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I flew to Corfu on Monday. Landing on this verdant beautiful island, a sunny sparkly jewel in the Aegean Sea. As I stepped out of the plane, I felt the land familiar, embracing, delightful to my soul. And there was Anadi! We have been in different countries for the past three weeks, seeing him only…
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On Friday we dropped my client off at the airport after a lovely ‘last lunch together’ looking out across the port. We had conducted most of our sessions in a taverna looking out over the sea; the first time we arrived to work together, it seemed to be slightly to the chagrin of the waiters……
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Another sunshiny glorious day greeted us in Barbati… I had chosen to take a day off running and so Anadi and I drove to Barbati beach, immersed ourselves in the Ionian balm, which truly does feel to cleanse and rejuvenate with its magic elixir, it’s life giving energy; and then to breakfast… I made an…
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Yesterday I felt proud to be able to understand enough French to get our trapped, wet washing out of the washing machine… The door was resolutely locked. I walked 20 metres up the street – a notice on the wall advised us to do this to request we activate the dryers – I understood the…
