Hi friends. Welcome back to the show. It's time for us to dive into another practice centered around slowing down.

Today I wanted to do a contemplative practice where we look inside and envision for a moment how our lives might change

if we were able to slow down in the ways that we want to. And I know you have many things

that you would like to change and shift in your life.

There are areas of your life that are really stressful and overwhelming and times where you feel like there isn't enough time and where you're rushing and just trying to hold it together.

I know there are moments in your day and areas of your life where you really would

like to slow down. And so I want you to give yourself some space to imagine for a moment

that you actually did, not just thought about it or wrote about it or contemplated it, but that you actually made those changes that you want to make and that you were able to lead a slower life.

Now, for some of us that might mean longing for this complete overhaul of our lives where we quit our jobs,

we change our day to day entirely, we go into a completely different field, we move away,

we do something radically different, and we want everything about our lives to change.

And for some of us, that might mean little changes, subtle changes. We might just

want more slow present time with our partner alone. Or we want to be more present with our kids

without any distractions. Or there's a moment in our day and we just want that one moment to slow down. We want

slow mornings, like a slow beginning to the day. We want a slow working life where we can do

something that lights us up without having to feel like we're under pressure and having to rush.

Just take a moment and focus on the thing or the area that feels most important.

And imagine for yourself that you did slow down, that actually you were able to make that change.

And now this part of your life that used to feel really stressful and overwhelming is now

slow and you're able to really be there fully for all of it.

You're not feeling rushed as you move to your day to day anymore.

There's no stress in that way, but you actually have the time.

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