Slow Down

"Slow:  Slow gets the brain's attention and gives it time to distinguish and perceive small changes and form new connections.  Fast, you can only do what you already know.  To be aware and to create new patterns, you need to feel, and that requires slowing down.  With slow, you will feel so much more, and with greater vibrancy and richness.  You will immediately notice differences and have the opportunity to create new ways of moving, listening, communicating, smelling and tasting, and making love.  In the words of Mae West, "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing slowly."
-   Anat Baniel, Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality, p.18.


Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality
"1.  Moving with Attention, Wake Up to Life, Mindful Movements
2.  The Learning Switch, Bring in the New, Lifelong learning, Retraining
3.  Subtlety, Experience the Power of Gentleness
4.  Variation, Enjoy Abundant Possibilities
5.  Taking Your Time, Slowing Down, Not Rushing, Luxuriate in the Richness of Feeling 
6.  Enthusiasm, Turn the Small into the Great
7.  Flexible Goals, Make the Impossible Possible  
8.  Imagination and Dreams, Create Your Life
9.  Awareness, Cultivating Mindfulness, Thrive with True Knowledge"
-   Anat Baniel, Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality

Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality  By Anat Baniel.  New York, Harmony Books, 2009.  Index, bibliography, 306 pages.  ISBN: 9780307395290.  VSCL.  

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