Chip Williams

Chip Williams is a Los Angeles native Chip Williams is a meditation instructor, educator, poet, Reiki practitioner, and world traveler. He has been a practitioner of Siddha Yoga for over 30 years. Chip was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1986 at the age of 25. He attributes his long-term survival to his decades-long meditation practice. Similarly, in 2013 Chip was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma. His meditation practice was essential to overcoming this disease also. As an African American yogi, Chip offers an outlook on identity, health and 'otherness' that fosters new perspectives for people of all backgrounds. Chip has lived in Brazil and Turkey and speaks Portuguese and Turkish. He has published poems in various journals, and mostly recently in The Thieving Magpie.

Participation on Humanity Rising

Day 195 - Tuesday March 2, 2021 The Intersection of Trauma, Compassion and Value Economics