Life, a Meditation on the Move…
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 Spanish every day – to keep my ‘ear in’!
I usually listen to a YouTube channel where people are interviewed in the street about a subject… Today, the subject was about ‘stress…’
‘What do you find stressful’? The interviewer asked person after person ( in Español!)
Every single person who was interviewed found something – or even everything – in their life stressful…
Their work, relationships, the traffic, noise, children… Something or everything…
It was portrayed as ‘normal’ for life to be stressful…
But the truth is that to be permanently under stress, as many people are, is unnatural…
And it isn’t the situation… Other people, work, relationships… Even traffic – that is actually causing the stress…
It is our response to it.
In the case of noise or traffic jams, or any ‘problem’ or puzzle – just ‘giving permission ‘ for the ‘thing’ to be there, can change our perception of it…
Or changing the narrative…
‘I’ve time to just be and reflect while I sit in this traffic…’
Even when we need to ‘get somewhere’ – the practise of letting go and being where we actually are, is life changing…
Life to be permanently stressful is not our natural state… Our natural state is relaxation, joy, easy movement and presence…
As we move from child to ‘grown up’ – this is what often happens, we just grow ‘up’ and are tall and carrying more weight and years in our being; but the child is still hurt and carrying those wounds –
and so life feels difficult….
We are all creating our own realities from the inside out, we are projecting our subconscious thoughts, feelings and patterns onto the screen of life; and we can all change the whole world, by changing our own inner world…
When we ‘look out’ wanting everything around us to change, we stay in an impossible loop…
When we want the other to be different, we disempower ourselves.
We are the change, we have within us everything to transform our lives, and the lives of others by our very presence.
When we shine with our own light, we become beacons of joy
Life becomes a meditation on the move, and we light the way for
all we encounter on the path…
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 also worked in the lives of others as a guide, counsellor, healer and teacher for over 40 years.
I lived as a nomad for 6 years with my husband Anadi, but my inner voice brought me back to the UK in May 2019 and I have been living and working and running in London since then….
Julia Chi
Teacher of Life Skills
www.JuliaChiTaylor.com
www.BodhisattvaDiary.com
+44 (0)7908 239 464
