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Living Mindfully

Breathe in peace. Exhale the rush.

Living Mindfully

What is mindful living?

In practice it is small and unglamorous: cooking at home instead of ordering in, walking instead of rushing through traffic, unplugging from digital noise for a few hours, and choosing quality over convenience.

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What you eat?

Food that is grown honestly and eaten without hurry, closer to its source and further from the shelf.

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How you move?

Movement folded into the ordinary day: walking, stretching, breathing, rather than movement scheduled and skipped.

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Where you live?

Rooms and surroundings that let air, light and greenery in, instead of closing them out.

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What you think?

Attention spent on purpose. Quiet hours, fewer notifications, and room for the thought you are actually having.

The problem with cities

What does typical city life look like?

Four conditions that most tier-one households have quietly accepted as normal.

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Forced consumerism

Shelves engineered to be bought from. Choice becomes volume, and volume becomes the default.

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High AQI and noise

Air you can measure and traffic you can hear from inside the house. This is the background condition of the tier-one city.

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Chemically treated produce

Vegetables that arrive having been sprayed, coated and held, a long way from the field they were grown in.

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Crammed living spaces

Homes measured in what could be fitted in, not in what it feels like to live there.

Take a moment

How mindfully are you living?

Tick the statements that describe your last few weeks.

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Slow living

What changes when you slow down

  • Reduced stress and anxiety
  • Improved mental and body health
  • Deeper relationships
  • Greater appreciation for everyday moments
  • Enhanced creativity and productivity
  • Longer life span