Reed Christy: Choosing Presence After the Unthinkable

On June 27, 2023, Reed Christy’s life changed in an instant when he was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle. The crash left him with catastrophic injuries, including the loss of his right leg above the knee, and began a long and difficult road of surgeries, rehabilitation and recovery.

But Reed’s story is ultimately less about what happened to him than about how he chose to live afterward. A longtime health, fitness and human-performance professional, Reed now speaks about resilience, gratitude and the discipline of being fully present — lessons forged not in theory, but through an experience that forced him to reconsider what truly deserves our attention.

Join the Rotary Club of Ojai on Friday, September 25, for an inspiring and deeply personal conversation about surviving sudden change, rebuilding a life and discovering how much of that life can be found simply by paying attention to the moment we’re in.