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Monday Meditation: Slow Down

  • Writer: Gillian Abbott
    Gillian Abbott
  • Jul 8, 2025
  • 1 min read

Tonight, I’m on a quiet walk after dinner. The sun is low, the breeze gentle — and the message that keeps rising from deep within me is clear:

Slow down.


After a whirlwind trip to New York, I returned home and immediately felt the pull — to catch up, to get things done, to move fast, to make things happen.

But my intuition keeps whispering:

Slow down. Rest while you work. Let life unfold.


So I’m choosing to listen. And I want to invite you to listen too.


What would it look like to slow down… just a little… this week?

Maybe it’s a 10-minute noticing practice — simply tuning into your senses.

✨ What do you hear?

✨ What do you see?

✨ What do you feel in your body?

✨ What do you taste, smell, sense?


Or maybe it’s a short walk without your phone.

Or a moment of stillness in the morning.

Or the simple act of standing barefoot on the grass.


The world may be speeding up — but we don’t have to.

We can choose to root down as things ramp up.

We can move with presence, not pressure.

We can let this be enough.


Where can you slow down this week?


With Love,

Gillian

 
 
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