Would the World be running in an accelerated mode? I can hear the tiredness of some people around me, the deep need of slowing down of others. Some call in the urgency of a next reservation… just with a view to breathing. And as I can read that the resonance of Schumann (the pulsating frequency of our Planet Earth) has peaked in the last years, one thing only comes to mind, as I’m thinking & seeking Slow life & deep wellness for our guests and I:
Shall we take some time for ourselves? In a total benevolence towards oneself but beyond oneself, towards the World, our beloved ones, friends, children born or to be born… In short, for our Humanity who just needs it and deserves it. Ultimately, isn’t taking care of oneself, taking care of the rest of the world ?
As this little voice passes through me, I try to listen deeper to what it had to tell me. Yeah, what’s that? when? For a weekend? The weekend, at our ecolodge, is actually the busiest time of the week… So shall I need to mention that it’s clearly not what that little voice blew in my face? No, the idea is quite different. The idea is that of destemming the days of time in suspension, of minutes that flow by the « drop by drop ». Pictures of Carolyn : https://www.instagram.com/theslowtraveler wonderfully capture this suspended time.
Soothing an accelerated world
And naturally I’ve decided to make a break in the middle of the afternoon.
Indeed, around 4:00 pm., at the gourmet time of the day, I taste in all my conscience and benevolence the landscape that faces me. A pewter-coloured lake, the crest of the pines in the distance, in the mist; Quite like Japanese calligraphy, bathed in silence, a pure, almost deafening silence. I breathe in the scent of the mist and caressed the curve of the ridges with my eyes. And I breathed, intensely, joyfully, letting some fragments of Poetry from my friend and author Corinne Pradier come to the surface at the same time:
“We threaten to disappear
under the black and blue of life,
I can see through the window
the blue sky,
Life.”
Rediscovering this Lifestyle of the Break is what is at stake: so essential to the rejuvenation of the body and the rest of the soul. In this renewed understanding, I’ve made a pact with myself: every day from now on, I wish I could rediscover this time off – or on, deep inside – over the hours of one same day.
Breaking in the day
It would start with a morning meditation immediately after waking up. This moment, in truth, I rarely miss it – usually still at night time – because it is so crucial to me to maintain a relationship as fair as possible with the World.
Then, it would follow on around 10 :00 am., this classic time of slackening where everyone recognizes that he or she loses efficiency and vigilance. An ideal moment of greedy decompression: time for a green or white tea for its antioxidant properties. A coffee, depending on my energy, that I drink it with my SIMPLE THINGS magazine… turn a few pages and let myself be won over by the joy of the moment fully savoured.
At lunchtime, if I really listen to myself, I’m usually not very hungry. Isn’t this an opportunity to take a few steps? Just to catch the air and the pulse of the Earth, to go and salute a large pine tree. Getting moving, certainly, is good to boost our energy.
End of the day for more interiority
And then, if there were to be a last break to which not to derogate (the others will come as bonus), it would definitely be a rest time in the second half of the day. A time when the light no longer makes it possible to distinguish the dog from the wolf, this dim light that I am so fond of. A time for more interiority. Some qi gong sequences, listening to sung mantras, a self-massage, a moment of reading or even a time of daydreaming. Our Spa menu has plenty of offers as well for our guests, in particular this bath of Youth created to readjust our vibratory frequency in connection with these beneficial sound waves. But in short, does it matter what as long as you have the moment for you?
Now, would you share your rituals to take care of your own self? How do Slow life & deep wellness resonate with you?
