Enduring change does not usually happen suddenly. Slow and steady wins the race. Gradual change is more likely to be stable and lasting. Health arises at the pace of nature, not as a forced march but rather as a gradual organic process. In a balanced approach, there is less catharsis and more repeated body-centered awareness.
John Chitty

Ah, loves. This week we took it slow and laughed, and sometimes cried. We laughed because we are human, and things go slow, and I read several of you the quote above as a reminder. We talked about the spiral of growth: how growth doesn’t feel like going from point A to point B in a straight line, but rather in a spiral, touching on the same issues over and over again, a little different each time. And we hear from John Chitty that what matters most is not expressive catharsis, but repeated, body-centered awareness. The tedious, compassionate, loving, human work of going slow.

I am here to go slow with you, to cultivate humor about it, and to provide kind attention to all you are experiencing. I’m here to do that for myself, too. Sometimes, as my teacher Janet Evergreen says, the fastest way is to go slow. We are here to provide ease and humor and support for the experience of being human, of making mistakes, of being loved through them, and of finally learning to love ourselves. Welcome to the great work!

Go slow, little truck.