Slow Living Quotes

“Your core values should feel ease-filled, a natural extension of your soul’s essence and innermost expression. They should feel like home—a sigh of relief, a breath of fresh air. They should feel as snug as a cozy sweater, the perfect fit.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“Success can be as simple as waking up healthy, alive, and grateful that the sun has risen another day and it is warm enough to enjoy it. Success can be having the freedom in your morning to start your workday slowly, with a cup of hot chocolate, a journal jot, a tarot-card pull, a stretch on your yoga mat, or a favorite library book.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“Your days matter. Life’s joys are in the day-to-day. If there’s no enjoying the process and the daily happenings of life, what’s the point of it all?”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“Rather than being competitive, aggressive, and controlling, we trust ourselves and others. We live and let others live as they see fit.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“By choosing a slow and intentional life, we begin to live in accordance with our internal compass, our intuition that is always showing us the way home.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“We aren’t enjoying our becoming.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“It’s making time to sit in silence, be in nature, and go inward to receive the answers that are meant for you. It’s questioning whether things are true for you and honoring that—full stop. Slow living is intuitive living, intentional living, and simple living all in one. It’s about connecting with yourself and honoring your needs while resisting the pressure to speed up and do what everyone else is doing.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“your individuality and uniqueness of spirit.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.” —Thich Nhat Hanh”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“You have the power to decide how the rest of your life goes, and living slowly is one way to get there with a peaceful heart.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere

“What you feed your mind is in your control—you have the choice to feed it nourishing ideas or detrimental ones. You have full ownership over what you take in. Know that everything that you watch, read, and consume in your life seeps into your subconscious, guiding and inspiring new actions to take and new beliefs to reiterate back to you.”
― Helena Woods, Slow Living: The Secrets to Slowing Down and Noticing the Simple Joys Anywhere