Julia Chi

Julia Chi

 

       

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.

Bodhisattva Conversations with… Joshua Marable

Joshua Marable has always had an interest in energy healing, wellness and creating the space for creativity, performance and healing whether in music, body work, sports and movement or business. He began his career in the music industry in audio engineering, which lead into energy body work and has naturally developed into his current role…

Julia’s Podcast series Bodhisattva Conversations with….. Gill Butchard

Gill Butchard cared for her husband Rob during his long journey through dementia, until his death in June 2019. She shares with us her experience of caring for him, and losing her partner and best friend, even before his death. She also tells us of her own journey since his death into her new life…

Julia’s Podcast series Bodhisattva Conversations with….. Katie Carew-Robinson

Katie Carew-Robinson has a Health Focused Career. She works as a nutritionist, a running coach, a personal trainer and delivers training in life skills . In 2018 she became the leader in Portsmouth of Good Gym Katie has been a runner since she was fourteen years old, and she shares with us how her passion…

Julia’s Podcast series Bodhisattva Conversations with….. Angela Rigby

Angela Rigby works in the field of physical emotional and mental health, using a complementary therapy  called Pranic Healing She tells us how she discovered Pranic healing and shares her journey to becoming a Pranic healing practitioner. Angela talks about the value of meditation and of her healing work in all aspects of life, including…

Julia’s Podcast series Bodhisattva Conversations with….. Mayyah Blair

Mayyah Blair is operations manager at the Commando Temple  – a multi discipline strength and movement facility in Deptford London… She is a strength coach, and she describes herself as a ‘hybrid athlete’. But she says that her full time role at the moment is Mother to baby Flo who arrived on June 15th 2020….

Julia’s Podcast series Bodhisattva Conversations with….. Dr Jim Wallis

Dr Jim Wallis is a principal lecturer in Sport Coaching and Exercise Science at the University of Brighton. He has a PhD in Emotions and Learning and talks to us about finding limits…. And much more. Jim and I first met in 2003 when he came to listen to a talk I was giving at…

Julia’s Podcast series Bodhisattva Conversations with….. Cathy Howells

Cathy Howells is a writer and a runner… She talks to us here about both of these passions and her recent running challenge to celebrate turning 60 years young! She writes a popular blog called Turning 60 She also shares with us how at the end of her Mother’s life she was able to heal…