Running in the Sun
Running in the sun again, certainly feels easier to me, than running in the cold, and the wet!
My preference is warm – the air balmy, only a need for a pair of shorts and singlet – and then – like this morning – a dip in the ocean immediately afterwards…
With not a stitch on too…!
But of course, the secret is to be fully wherever we are!
In the sunny climes or the wet and windy ones and appreciate that we are alive, experiencing this human journey…
This gift of life on earth….
Anadi and I arrived here in Port de Pollenca yesterday afternoon…
And then after a great night’s sleep in a gigantic bed! – We rose early this morning and set off along the promenade – the sun a fiery ball of orange over the sea…
The roads were very quiet – except for cyclists and some runners, and there were swimmers swimming across the bay, looking like some strange sea creature with many tentacles rising out of the water…
As we approached ‘home’ the sea called out to us…
‘There’s no one around, you can skinny dip here…’
And so we did…!
We whipped off our kit and plunged straight into its welcoming embrace…
What a glorious feeling, the healing balm of the morning mediterranean
Ease and joy is our natural state; it is always there for us if we are willing to stay present and dive through the patterns and programmes that often create suffering while we are here…
We can rid ourselves of our worldly suffering – right now – in this moment.
In every moment
It can take lifetimes
But it happens now, in letting go of our attachment to pain, to identification with the stress of the human journey – the ‘I’ who is attached to forgetting who we truly are…
Who we are cannot be thought, we the source of all thought with no beginning or end… The paradox is that as we clear the painful emotions, investigate and let go of the adaptations we have created – we discover that we are free, and that we have always been free…
And that this life is here for us to create in every moment…
In this very moment we can heal our past and create an entirely different future
We can dive into the balmy sea of joy.
We can let go and live
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
