Julia's Gone Running - Day 200 And 19

And I Am Stiller...

As we ran along our route in Ipsos yesterday, four dogs joined us! It was a fitting finale for our final run... The dogs we have run with.

And today running on the grassy green of Grovelands park in North London, we were joined by a little dog with a black curly coat... He seemed a very English dog, he played and jumped around and followed us down the path for awhile... The welcome party for our English visit...

Last night we ate in the Turkish restaurant we last visited in December, they greeted us warmly... This morning we ran around the park that is now far more runnable on than it was back then... Dry through the woodland part, and the lovely expanse of grass so springy and soft, rolling... So easy to run on!

Our green and pleasant land... The sun shining, the feel of England...

Our new pets for ten days, in our glorious walled garden, Octavious the 37 year old tortoise who was a birthday present for our landlady's son on his 8th birthday and Poppy the guinea pig, greeted us as we left to run; it was hard to imagine that yesterday we were living in a totally different paradigm...

We chatted earlier with Nina and Bruce who own 'The old bakery' where we are staying, and Nina said she could see the attraction of our lifestyle but that she wouldn't want to do it herself....

I said that I understood why it wouldn't be for everyone... And that it asks that we are able to adjust to change and flow with it, 'hit the ground running', because we are both working and so it is important that we are present and available whatever is going on...

I had a session with a client this morning who always prefers to work on the phone... (Anadi has a magic phone that can call England for free from many countries in the world!)... As we were saying goodbye, she said to me... 'Oh, and where are you Julia? Where am I speaking to you today ...?'

I also said that we would not be able to do it the way we do without the support of my wonderful PA Amy... 'Yes, she is very efficient...' Nina affirmed.

Part of the joy of the lifestyle for me, is the variety and I also welcome finding out where I am not still and relaxed... If I am thrown in any way, I take it as demonstrating a place within me, of lack of trust and connection... My personal 'rule / practice' is I am available and present with others at all times... And my belief is that to truly engage with one another takes a deep connection to ourselves; and it is only when we feel stressed or tense that we see where that connection is not there... Because if we are stressed or tense, then we are certainly not available to others...

And so I welcome challenging myself, to discover where there is work to be done, clearing of the old patterns and restrictions...

Tiredness, lack of routine and changes in climate and hormonal shifts, to name but a few, are all things that can mean the 'control' is lifted from us and our 'unresolved stuff' is revealed...

If we can remain calm, at ease and connected to the still place within us, regardless of what is going on on the outer realms, then we can fully live...

Anadi and I have just had lunch in 'The Larder'; a wonderful deli / cafe... As we sat enjoying delicious French onion soup, tuna salad and avocado and tomato on granary bread - we were chatting about how each of us has found that an aspect of the other has 'rubbed off'....

Anadi was saying, that he has noticed he properly engages with people, in a way he might not have done before, he says he was always friendly but more superficial; he commented that being with me has changed that...

And I am stiller...

Anadi is the most still person I have ever met; when I am in a room with him, and we are occupied with our own thing, I sometimes have to look to check he is there... It is like I am alone in the room...