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Get Way Faster, Then Way Slower
Moving your whole body or your hands and arms at different paces such as very fast and very slow will give you a felt experience of expanding choice and momentum in your daily activities.
How to do it
- Go into an open space, or sit comfortably if you want to use just your arms and hands.
- Begin to walk (or move) fast as if you want to get somewhere quickly, such as catching a bus that’s leaving the station.
- Notice your experience of your environment and inner thoughts and feelings as you speed up.
- Gradually slow your pace way down.
- Notice your experience of your environment, inner thoughts and sensations as you decelerate..
- Begin to accelerate, then decelerate as you choose, noticing if there is a pace where you can notice yourself and also notice your surroundings.
- Assess your experience of your environment, inner thoughts and feelings as you shift through different paces.
- Notice any discoveries.
Benefits
- Expands awareness of the pace in which you feel most alive and connected to you and the world
- Increases awareness of the impact of either rushing or getting sluggish
- Increases capacity to move through life with joy
