Meditation To Slow Down

If you're someone who has a tendency to rush around all day long or feel you have to be as efficient and productive as possible, this meditation is for you. The faster you go, the more dysregulated your nervous system can become. Long-term, this leads to stress, anxiety, and burnout.

Let's slow down the body and the mind together.

Transcript

Come into this meditation when you are in need of slowing down when you have been racing around doing too much when you have been spreading yourself thin and spreading your energy thin quite often we can feel as though there is so much to do a never-ending to-do list we often feel as though there's not enough time to slow down and yet despite perhaps if you are living a busy life there is always time to go slower to tell your nervous system that you're safe the faster we do things the more dysregulated we usually become so just finding yourself settling into this practice today and all we're going to be doing during this meditation is we're going to practice the art of slowing down then we'll start with slowing down the body what i invite you to do is to simply roll your shoulders back a few times and as you roll your shoulders back i want you to see if you can go as slow as you possibly can with this movement so we're not quickly shrugging the shoulders back and quickly bringing them up to our ears and quickly jolting them back we're simply circling the shoulders taking as much time as we need to single to the body all is well we are allowed to slow down and we're going to do the same now with the neck so if you're able to just gently taking some gentle neck rolls or stretches so that could be just gently moving your neck to the left and then to the right and again can you see if you can do this really slowly no rush you have time and then just gently moving your neck to the left and then to the right we're going to begin to take that to the breath now so beginning to breathe slowly and all we're going to do with that is we're going to take a deep breath in through the nose and then we're going to exhale through the mouth doing that as slow as possible and you might like to imagine yourself blowing out a candle if that helps you so slow deep breath in through your nose low slow deep breath out through your mouth noticing how your body feels as you begin to slow everything down and noticing your body receiving these signals that does not have to be your mind receiving it but instead your body your body taking the cue that all is well that you are safe because you are slowing down breathing a few more times like this seeing if you can make each breath slower than the last and finally just absorbing these affirmations it is safe for me to slow down my life does not have to be a never-ending to-do list i am so much more than a to-do list it does not keep me safer to do things quickly all the time i do not have to be productive all the time there's a time to push and there's a time to rest there's a time to be productive and there's a time to sit back i do not have to hustle all the time i do not have to be in survival mode all the time i do not have to feel guilty to rest rest is something that i'm allowed to do it's humane to rest it's perfectly normal and acceptable to rest i do not need to compete with anyone else i do not need to rush time i do not need to rush my own timeline when i slow down i actually create more time i create more time when i am present it is safe to slow down and perhaps just taking a hand now across your chest to just absorb those words and to absorb any gratitude you're feeling, Safety you're feeling and i invite you to remember this feeling in your body of what it feels like when you take your foot off the gas, When you slow down there is a time to be quick and fast and productive but that has to be balanced with plenty of time to go slow and to rest otherwise we will be in a constant state of dysregulation so again rolling your shoulders back and doing this slowly with intention blinking your eyes open if they were closed and just seeing if as you step back into your day or your evening you can allow yourself to just slow down the pace your nervous system will thank you for it. I'm Scarlet and i invite you to come back to this practice or any of the other practices here anytime you need

Reviews

This was absolutely amazing. I felt so relaxed. It’s so odd to think when we do things to our body we We think by just doing them quickly it’s the most helpful but when we slow it down oh the difference it makes thank you so much for this beautiful meditation Namaste 🙏

Lovely reminder of how things can be different. Thank you 🙏

Lovely way to end the evening. Thank you Scarlett 🙏🏻

I felt relaxed and calm. This was wonderful. Very soothing and effective. Thank you.

Really lovely & calming - need to hear this on repeat! 🙏♥️