5 Ways Slow Living Brings You Back to Yourself

Before reading this post, take a deep breath, drop your shoulders and let yourself relax. Which of these two questions is easiest to answer in this moment? ...

(1) Who are you today?

(2) What do you still need to do today?

For me, it's the first one, but don't think that means I don't have the other answer at the ready, too!

If you answered the latter, I totally get it, because the answer to that question is easier to measure, easier to focus on and seemingly more important in the day-to-day moments of our lives.

​Slow living will give you time to pay closer attention to the grander question, which I believe is sometimes the more important of the two.
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Slow down, you move too fast. You've got to make the morning last. Just kicking down the cobblestones. Looking for fun and feeling groovy.
-Simon and Garfunkel, 59th Street Bridge Song, Feeling Groovy

A Second Look at Slow Living

Before we explore how slow living can broaden our view & clarify our vision, let's get clear on what slow living is. I think Simon and Garfunkel were onto something there, though they wouldn't have thought they were defining a movement.

Slow living is about getting more out of life by slowing down your pace a bit (how much is up to you), so that you don't miss anything.

It's about making sure the life you want doesn't pass you by while you're busy doing something else. And it's about being fully present to the you that lives on the inside and making sure you don't so fast that she doesn't get heard.

It's not about being less active, but it is about focusing less on doing and focusing more on being. To learn more, download my free slow living eBook.

5 Ways that Slow Living
Brings You ​Back to Yourself

5 ways that slow living can bring you back to yourself...

(1) By helping you slow down long enough to be anchored and centered in the present moment.

(2) By empowering you to act and choose based on what matters most to you, rather than what is calling your name the loudest.

(3) By making it possible for you to connect with all of who you are, not just the part of you who can do, perform and accomplish.

(4) By giving you moments where you can pause, relax and reflect. Take stock and see what floats to the surface of your awareness.

(5) By helping you gain perspective, so that it's easier to see and to remember that life is about being and connecting, too. It's so easy to lose sight of that wisdom.

Which of these 5 benefits resonates most with you?

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine
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