7 Slow Wellbeing Practices
“Happiness is not how many things you do, but how well you do them. More is not better. Happiness is not experiencing something else; it’s continually experiencing what you already have in new and different ways.”
Brianna Wiest
Slow Wellbeing is the heart and pulse of what we practice and teach at The Well Studio. It’s tending to all parts of you, inviting them all in and showing up to life open-hearted, open-minded, and deeply present.
Last year I recognized how our fast-paced, consumerism culture, driven by an intense outward desire to achieve was tugging on my energy and my heart.
It didn’t feel good.
And I knew I had to make radical change in order to get back to who I was. I had to fight the good fight, because no one else was going to do it for me. And after all, I’m the co-creator of this beautiful journey we call life. The changes I’ve made have been deeply personal to me, but they are accessible to anyone who is ready to step back into a life full of presence, harmony, and inner peace.
The truth is that we will never find our happiness in seeking external validation or playing a constant game of keep up.
“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.” B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga in this context is the communion of you with you. It’s remembering who you are. Aligning your current reality with your highest Self.
When we allow ourselves to feel the pulse of our highest Self, we can quite easily tap into our needs, desires, and truth.
From there, the answers come, the questioning lessens, our desires get turned on and eventually we never look back.
It is a process, but one I have ventured on myself & now feel deeply called to share with you too.
4 slow wellbeing practices ~
[1] Slow mornings
Watch the sunrise. Don’t check your phone. Get an alarm clock. Wait to sip your coffee until you’ve taken in your surroundings. Step outside. Feel your feet on the earth. Drink a glass of water. Repeat internally three things you’re grateful for. Don’t plan. Feel. Meditate. Crawl back into bed. Go for a walk.
Choose one. Do something different. Then begin your day.
[2] Unplug
Choose a specific time of day that you’ll unplug. Have a sacred space to place your phone each time. You can even put a crystal next to your phone. Let the crystal drain the energy from your phone’s connections. See what you actually want to do when your phone isn’t a crutch. Stay unplugged for at least one hour. Everything will be waiting for you when you get back. It will wait.
Because you’re that important.
[3] Do nothing
Make a weekend plan to do nothing. Cancel plans. Say no until it feels like a yes. Create space in your schedule. Fill it moment by moment with what you actually want. Learn what this vibration feels like.
You are the powerful co-creator of your life, start acting like it.
[4] Find a plant ally
Spend time in nature. Find a tree you love. Choose an herb to drink daily. Create a friendship with nature. Ask this plant to support you when you feel grind culture creeping back in. Notice how this plant moves in the world.
What if you moved to your own rhythm too?
