Comments on: Learning to Slow Down http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2007/08/29/learning-to-slow-down/ A conversation about liberal spirituality in the 21st century Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Michael http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2007/08/29/learning-to-slow-down/#comment-22 Michael Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:23:09 +0000 http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2007/08/29/learning-to-slow-down/#comment-22 This is a good article :) I wish I hadn't had to slow down over the last two years and even at 66 I am yearning to get into the political establishment I have supposedly retired from (don't believe all you read in the newspapers, folks!). But perhaps God brought me this time to set aside to really catch up with myself and my "clarity" of mind; allowing me to find true love as well has been great! Meltem - Pilates is great, I am not sure whether you are a woman or man but it is more designed for women...If you are a bloke, I suggest you change to something like t'ai chi - same effect, different set of physical rules which would suit your body better. You are right - our society places too much importance on youth, fitness and "high impact" everything. Time to slow down and enjoy life more! This is a good article :) I wish I hadn’t had to slow down over the last two years and even at 66 I am yearning to get into the political establishment I have supposedly retired from (don’t believe all you read in the newspapers, folks!). But perhaps God brought me this time to set aside to really catch up with myself and my “clarity” of mind; allowing me to find true love as well has been great!

Meltem - Pilates is great, I am not sure whether you are a woman or man but it is more designed for women…If you are a bloke, I suggest you change to something like t’ai chi - same effect, different set of physical rules which would suit your body better. You are right - our society places too much importance on youth, fitness and “high impact” everything. Time to slow down and enjoy life more!

]]> By: Meltem http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2007/08/29/learning-to-slow-down/#comment-16 Meltem Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:28:45 +0000 http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2007/08/29/learning-to-slow-down/#comment-16 I am one of those who have been learning to slow down for the last 3 years to be successful at my job without burning out. 3 years ago I joined the gym with the intention of keeping fit and toned. I liked going to classes rather than doing exercises with the machines. I liked high impact exercises such as aerobic and body combat. I am an IT professional, life goes very fast at work. Everything is urgent. I liked the body combat classes because I relieved my stress gained from the type of work I have done. Later on Pilates classes were offered. Since they were on a lunch time I decided to do Pilates. I hated it. Every movement was so slow that I almost fell asleep. No action at all. So boring. But I continued because of doing just something at lunch time not because I liked it. After 8 classes I began to realize that every move we had to do in a slow motion actually was much more difficult to do than a fast action. I had to pay attention to what I was doing in order to do it right. This made me notice that I was being more focused, more concentrated and more relax. This type of slowing down brought much more clarity in my mind. I began to see things so clearly at my work and faster than anybody else. Ideas started to flow freely in my mind. Whenever, I face a challenging situation I move myself to a different plane and slow my thoughts down at once to see a clear picture. This does not only work at work but also in other aspects in my life. I am a mother and wife. When things seem going out of hand, I slow down. I owe this to Pilates. I gained this skill through Pilates. I am sure there are many other ways one can learn this skill. I am one of those who have been learning to slow down for the last 3 years to be successful at my job without burning out.
3 years ago I joined the gym with the intention of keeping fit and toned. I liked going to classes rather than doing exercises with the machines. I liked high impact exercises such as aerobic and body combat. I am an IT professional, life goes very fast at work. Everything is urgent. I liked the body combat classes because I relieved my stress gained from the type of work I have done. Later on Pilates classes were offered. Since they were on a lunch time I decided to do Pilates. I hated it. Every movement was so slow that I almost fell asleep. No action at all. So boring. But I continued because of doing just something at lunch time not because I liked it. After 8 classes I began to realize that every move we had to do in a slow motion actually was much more difficult to do than a fast action. I had to pay attention to what I was doing in order to do it right. This made me notice that I was being more focused, more concentrated and more relax. This type of slowing down brought much more clarity in my mind. I began to see things so clearly at my work and faster than anybody else. Ideas started to flow freely in my mind. Whenever, I face a challenging situation I move myself to a different plane and slow my thoughts down at once to see a clear picture. This does not only work at work but also in other aspects in my life. I am a mother and wife. When things seem going out of hand, I slow down. I owe this to Pilates. I gained this skill through Pilates. I am sure there are many other ways one can learn this skill.

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