How can we teach ourselves to appreciate our life instead of rushing through it? ‘Mindfulness’ training has been gaining wide approval for reducing stress and anxiety and learning how to be present. The course teaches simple techniques like meditation and gentle movement to help us become more focused, relaxed and aware. (more…)

Rental Chair Kensington Park by moonjazz

As the keen-eyed among you might have noticed, I’ve not been blogging about Slow Club as much as I’d hoped to. But my reasons for this are very fitting: I’ve been going too fast to stop. So over the past week, I’ve taken this fact and used it as my starting point. (more…)

Cold? by foshydog on Flickr

Annalie wonders if she’s the only person who enjoys having a cold: I discovered something rather curious. Upon contracting some form of manflu I realised that I actually became more productive, despite being deliberately economical with my limited energy, and resolving to take it easy; I did less, worried less and achieved more. (more…)

Annalie continues her musings on London life in the slow lane: I know what you’re thinking – what’s slow about running? That’s a fast activity. Well, believe me you can do it pretty slowly if you try. Not that I am trying, it’s just I’m not that fit yet, and all the other runners seem a bit hardcore.
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Grand Hall du Musée d

I’m writing this as I stand on the balcony overlooking the central hall in the Natural History Museum. Down below, scores of families and school kids are milling about, staring up in wonder at the giant dinosaur skeleton that inhabits the space. (more…)

The Ben Hur-style crowds, the furnace-like heat, the unnecessarily loud tannoy announcements, the unsavoury body odours… Travelling on the Underground can try the patience of even the most zenlike Londoner. However, it is possible to slow down, both mentally and physically, on the Tube with a little guidance and inner strength: (more…)

Lunchhour by Simon Kimb

Slowing down in London can seem like a contradiction in terms. But it’s the little changes that can make a difference. Here are some tips that work for us on the Slow Down London team. (more…)

Annalie Wilson helps you slim down after all those Summer cocktails…

I cooked a horrible meal last night. It had grit in it. I must have failed to wash the spinach. (more…)

Slow Down London has helped the Earl’s Court festival to create an event exploring the Slow Movement in our city. Hayley Cull, Ed Gillepsie and the Youth Food Movement will present talks and workshops to calm the city slicker. (more…)