#slow-sunday — Public Fediverse posts
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Cultivating Calm with Sunday Softening Practices
Last year’s unpredictability led my focus to waver; my essays, meditations, and Instagram feed transitioned from careful curation to something more spontaneous and less intentional. Despite the time constraints that challenged my efforts, my desire to maintain a presence remains strong, as I aim to share creations that, in turn, provide others with glimpses of the peace I have discovered through various mindfulness practices.
Finding Stillness
I am shifting back towards more deliberate, niche-centered posts that enable not only myself, but readers and viewers as well, to find that still point amidst the unpredictability of life. Although this unpredictability remains unchanged, my experiences over the past year have taught me patience and provided the wisdom to accept life’s inherent uncertainty.
Allowing Flow
We often hold assumptions and expectations without justification, which can cloud our judgment and hinder personal growth. This journey leads us to realize the significance of flow—not just as a concept but as a transformative experience that allows us to engage deeply with the present moment.
Reflection
It is a topic I’ve explored extensively in my essay, Open Awareness: The Gift of Gracious Acceptance, where I delve into the nuances of being open to life’s unpredictable nature. Embracing this mindset can lead to profound insights and inner peace. To complement these reflections, I invite you to explore the meditation below, which serves as a practical guide to cultivating this sense of flow and serenity in your daily life.
Gentle Reminders
I often revisit my own writings and meditations as life becomes overwhelming, making it difficult to maintain a sense of peace. We need gentle reminders and practices that we can slip into during hectic moments. Over the past few weeks, I’ve actively engaged with the basics of meditation, yoga, and lymphatic flow movement, aligning my mind, body, and spirit energetically to a state of calm amid the chaos. From this still point, I aim for my work to feel deeper, more genuine, and authentic.
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.comWork Week Flow
I am on an inviting journey that embraces the comforting essence of Sunday softening. For many, including me, Sunday is that cherished interlude before the hustle of the workweek kicks in. It’s a day infused with serenity and anticipation. While meditation and writing ignite my creative spirit, I work full-time as a professional in chemistry and geology. This unique mix allows me to relish my Sundays as the slow day before diving back into a more technical workflow. This path not only enriches my experience but also offers you a touch of softness and warmth as you prepare to face the new week ahead.
Sunday Softening
Sunday softening invites you to take a moment to feel your breath and your body, actively noticing tension and where emotions reside in your body, and allowing for a gentle release. As you breathe in deeply, envision the air filling your lungs and nurturing your spirit, while you exhale, let go of the burdens of the week behind you. It serves as a small reminder of who you are beneath the labels, revealing the essence of your true self, which gets overlooked in the busyness of life. In this sacred time, allow yourself to reconnect with your inner being, appreciating the stillness and presence that is always available to you. Recognize that you can return to this mindful space at any moment, embracing the peace and grounding it offers, cultivating a sense of calm that can guide you through the challenges ahead.
These posts will be shared each Sunday on Instagram, Facebook, and right here. I warmly invite you to share your word in the comments, and together, we can create a safe space to hold those thoughts.
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That tiny lane off the main road I always wanted to check out actually has some nice views.
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Young people are leading a snail mail revival
https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/69405/1/young-people-are-leading-a-snail-mail-revival-tiktok-trend-letters-analogue
#SnailMail #courrier #papier #lettres #DIY #SlowSunday #SlowLife -
Slow pace Sunday afternoon at Narabigaoka. Perfect weather, neither cold neither hot. A bit windy. The top of the third hill is naked and offers a nice view on Arashiyama on the left and the mont Jouju on the right. There are always butterflies here resting on the ground. I wonder if they are sunbathing, or if the ground here contains something special that attracts them. The fence on the left protects the entrance of a tumulus right below my feet. The Narabigaoka hills contain several of them, and they are also known to be the place where some famous scholar decided to live in reclusion. It's a nice place for a short walk, very easy level, easy enough for a child while hard enough to give him a little sense of adventure. Easy access from Hanazono station.
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CW: Food, bone of beef.
Time to cook up some beef stock, cause one cannot have too much stock.
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Slow sunday - doing some cooking and chores, looking out at the sunshine for once ......
Pet Shop Boys - Kings Cross (2018 Remastered)
This hits me every time, and soothes the mind although the sadness in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZq_9Xe3Lsc&list=RDmZq_9Xe3Lsc&start_radio=1
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/116154529581346443
An excellent piece, long and thoughtful, and perhaps even hopeful.
Well worth the time and a #MustRead .
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The cats aren't impressed with my photography skills
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Potentiality that solves Zeno’s paradox?!
“although the arrow lacks motion in any instant, it nonetheless has the potential to move.
the arrow-in-flight has a causal power,the power of moving,which an arrow-at-rest lacks. This power doesn’t manifest in an instant because any power requires time to be exercised. Yet, in any instant, the power exists, unexercised, as a potential. The arrow, therefore, is always where it is but potentially where it is not.”https://ianwrightsite.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/motion-as-contradiction-zeno-hegel-and-the-calculus/
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'Slow Sunday' on the BBC 6 Music complementing the Silent Sunday posts on Mastodon
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It's been Slow Sunday on Radio6Music today.
Femi Koleoso (of Ezra Collective) sat-in for Iggy Pop with lots of MOBO and Soul.
#BBCRadio6Music #IggPop #FemiKoleoso #EzraCollective #SlowSunday
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New formula. Bran + Cornflakes is great.
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Have yourself a threat with ice-cream, you deserve it.
#silentsunday #slowsunday #mastofoodie -
It's very wet here. We've had plenty of rain recently and all the dams are full.
If it was summer we'd be swimming but it's 11⁰ so, no.
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not sure #SlowSunday is still a thing but I always forget about #SaturDoom so whatever, here's
Salome - White Tides
https://tidal.com/browse/track/86818040?u -
A typically British run — blustery with sunshine, showers, and somehow a headwind in both directions!
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A belated #cat for #Caturday and an early #snail for a #SlowSunday : Cat in a snail shell from the Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht (‘The Maastricht Hours’), Stowe MS 17 f.185 Netherlands, S. (Liège), 1st quarter 14th c. British Library collection #CatsInArt #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalMarginalia
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Teapot is all full of hot herbal goodness.
Toast has been generously buttered.
Boiled eggs, perfectly peeled.
A lovely way to start my #SlowSunday.Going back to snuggle with my cat, after breakfast. I want to write for awhile, in my cozy bed, this morning 😊
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A bit sunny outside, but very cold. Things are moving like molasses - which is fitting for #SlowSunday, right? Those are not really the lazy, kinda comfortable and yummy molasses one would use for baking and such, though.
But more the slowly engulfing sort, drowning, constricting, draining the already exhausted, fearful mind. Like malevolent and caustic black pitch creeping and crawling up and asphyxiating everything...
...so here's some concurrent #DarkAmbient with splotches of #Synth and #DrumAndBass to fit those sentiments. Glimpses of warm beauty within the circuits 🖤 ->
Bandcamp link to the Ancst album "Binary Wrath" -> https://angstnoise.bandcamp.com/album/binary-wrath
