In my last post we discussed how meditation can reduce habitation in general, but in particular in the context of “stuff”, the things we covet, buy and own; how we can reduce the neurological process whereby you get bored with what you have and start to yearn for more. In this post I wanted to [...] Read more »
Simple Ways to Slow Down Daily
Slowing down shouldn’t be a chore, it should be simple, easy, fun and rewarding. If it is a hassle, you are doing it wrong. If it is a hassle, you won’t stick to it. So here are a few simple ways that you can slow down in a day. You don’t need to do all [...] Read more »
How to Develop Slow Speech
Here are just a few ways you can practice slow speech, become less critical and more positive in what you say. This will have an affect that more people will like you and want to hang out with you. Which is nice… Be grateful – the happier you are with your life the less likely [...] Read more »
The Story So Far
(For an audio version of this blog click here, or here to listen via iTunes) This blog is just over two years old, so I thought for my first post of 2011 I would write a brief(ish) “story so far”, hopefully this will act as a catch up for new readers and review for older [...] Read more »
The 3 Keys to a Slow and Happy Life
One of the reasons I stopped blogging so regularly was because, well, I was running out of things to say. You see, the Slow life is the simple life is the easy life. And, so in my quest to become slower, unflustered, uncomplicated and uncluttered, I often found that I was practicing the same things [...] Read more »
Getting Rid of Want 4: What Wouldn’t You Change?
In this final part of “getting rid of want” I just want to discuss one final idea to help you deal with cravings. To be honest, I really should have talked about this in the first blog entry of this series when I was discussing Gratitude, but I forgot all about it! So, it is [...] Read more »