People ask us that all the time.
Our tag line explains it somewhat. Slow down. Connect. Enjoy.
But what does that mean even? Here’s the break down as we see it.
Slow down. Be present. Schedule spaciousness. Pause in your activities and your breathing and your body and your mind. Check in with yourself. Take time to look around. Recognize the value of the being versus the always doing.
Connect. Ask yourself first, “What am I needing, wanting?” By becoming present with yourself you are then more able to be fully with those around you. See, acknowledge and allow the feelings and needs and moods and wishes and wants and hopes of those around you. Make time together.
Enjoy. Simple. Make it fun. Fill it with play. Appreciate each other and the joy will follow. Do the things you love and if you have to do them, find pleasure in the things you don’t. Ask yourself on a regular basis, “Is this working?”
When we are spacious and present and connected and appreciative and loving and playful we can live the slow family life we truly want to live.
2 Comments to 'What is Slow Family Living?'
March 6, 2009
Love your definition. Especially, the value of being vs doing. I’m just did a post about the value of “connnection”. http://oneslowfamily.com/2009/03/06/the-rosetto-effect/
March 8, 2009
[...] We had so much in our day at home and so much also includes time to do nothing at all. We reveled in the doing but we also celebrated the just being and the just being together. [...]
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