Category: * Slow Living & Rhythm *

Releasing the Pressure of New Year, New You

Every January, it arrives like clockwork. The quiet days between Christmas and New Year barely have time to settle before the noise begins again. Promises of reinvention. Before-and-after stories. Productivity...

Welcoming the Quiet of January: Letting the Year Begin Softly

January often arrives with a strange kind of pressure. Before the decorations are fully packed away and before our bodies have quite caught up with the calendar, we’re invited to...

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Winter Rhythms: Letting Go of Rush & Welcoming Rest

Winter arrives quietly, with shorter days and a softened light that seems to invite us inward. Yet so many of us meet this season with clenched jaws and full calendars,...

Slow Sacred Samhain: Celebrating with Intention

As the light fades and the air grows crisp, we enter one of the most mystical moments of the year — Samhain (pronounced Sow-in), the ancient Celtic festival that marks...

Welcoming the Turn Towards Autumn: A Gentle Seasonal Shift

As summer’s long days begin to shorten and the air carries the first hint of coolness, we find ourselves on the cusp of autumn. There’s a soft magic to this...

Candlelit Christmas Parties: Tips for a Magical Gathering this Festive Season

Christmas is just around the corner and so is the excitement to throw a candlelit Christmas party. The soft, flickering glow of candles along with the warmth of festive cheer...

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Urban Homesteading: How to Live Sustainably in the City

Living in the city doesn’t mean you can’t embrace a sustainable lifestyle. Urban homesteading is about growing your food, reducing waste, and making small changes to live more self-sufficiently—even in...

Celebrating Imbolc

Imbolc is always one of my favourite Sabbats. After a long winter, Imbolc – the mid-way point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, is always a welcome sign....

Slimming Down Your Wardrobe to Avoid Clutter in the Future

People often collect clothes as they grow older because they always need to buy new stuff. Throwing out clothes often feels bad unless it’s completely unwearable, and our wardrobes are...

Simple Living

What if all I want is a small, slow, simple life? What if I am most happy in the space of inbetween? Where calm lives. Krista O’Reilly Davi-Digui For the...

Life lessons from Gardening

May is here, and it feels like finally, finally, new life is here. Winter felt long and cold this year, and spring slow to get off the ground. In the...

Living simply, simply living

Simple life and peaceful mind are very close friends! Mehmet Murat Ildan With my word of the year, RELEASE, in mind, I’ve been letting go of what was no longer...

A slow January

Twenty days into the New Year, and I feel as though it should just be beginning. With the end of Mercury Retrograde, this feels like it is the real beginning...

How to simplify and slow down

Last week’s ‘Do Nothing Day‘ showed me that I’ve been taking on too much, expecting too much of myself, forgetting what is really important and been neglecting self care. Having...

A ‘Do Nothing Day’

How often do you allow yourself to do nothing? When you’re ill? Or just worn out? Or do you push yourself to keep going? I’ve always been terrible at doing...