DAY 3 Cause a Collapse - conversations and prompts on living slow

With ritual and resources in place, you may begin to generate your own sort of antidote for urgency.

As mentioned earlier: In A Slow Way doesn’t mean moving like molasses.

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Slow is contextual. Slow is textured. Slow doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Slow can be really, really simple. Consider it an exploration of inquiry and curiosity, not only about what’s within you….but with everything and everyone that surrounds you. It’s finding a groove that’s kind.

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Now I’m deliberately using the word ‘collapse’ because it captures what I sense is happening. When I pump the brakes and pay attention to the simple and the good, even if it’s for 5 minutes—there’s a ripple effect. It’s like, if you can’t do everything you’re supposed to do (I mean let’s be real who can or is supposed to), then just do the one thing. In doing so you’re creating an opening, a loophole, where grace can (and wants) to flow.

So whether it’s the swimming, the dancing, the day-dreaming, the deep restorative rest, you [fill in the blank], that choice of action can ignite something satisfyingly grand and expansive, allowing the brittle or over-complicated fall away.

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DAY 3 PROMPTS:

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What would happen if I let things be imperfect?
How at ease do I feel in my body?
How practiced am I in the art of doing nothing? (which coincidentely may be everything your not in the ‘habit’ of doing)
What do I want to say to my internal critique regarding my desire to slow down?
What’s one ritual/practice/resource that I resonate with or have wanted to try? Experiment today.
At what time of day (or night) do I feel most creative, clear, even clairvoyant? (For me it’s often right before I drift off to sleep.)
How can I honor this particular time? (I have a little notebook and pencil or the Notes app handy so I can make a dictation or transcribe a thought.) </aside>

**Now take a deep breath. Thank your spirit team. Thank yourself. Keep going!

xox Erin**

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Auxiliary Essay: Practical magic: Bearing witness to where you are

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