Slow living is a mindset whereby you curate a more meaningful and conscious lifestyle that’s in line with what you value most in life.

Slow living is the opposite to overwhelm and burnout. It’s about living better, rather than faster, by intentionally placing what’s important to you at the heart of your lifestyle, living mindfully in self-awareness and making conscious, considered decisions for the benefit of your own well-being, and that of the environment.

If you've been following me on IG or know my personal  journey of nourishing and healing through the potency of the kitchen, or even if you've just now joined me, you may wonder...what exactly makes a slow simple kitchen ? 

For thousands of years, people around the world have steeped petals and leaves into oils, extracting the beneficial constituents from plants to apply to their bodies.

These herb-infused fats are massaged into the skin, which drinks in the lipids and the plant compounds within them. This is herbal body oiling.

Referenced in many of the earliest medical texts, it’s one of the oldest known practices for supporting full-body wellness.

Depending on your heritage, you might’ve grown up with scalp oiling as part of a weekly hair care ritual – or you might be wondering why anyone would purposely put oil on their head. (After all, don’t we wash our hair to get the oil out?)

For me, this was a a weekly event.

This practice can ease nervousness and stress of all kinds. Over the years, I’ve gathered many insights into the art of scalp oiling, which will help you avoid common mishaps and make it easier to tap into that sacred healing state.

Whether we like it or not, we are playing host to thousands of species of microorganisms inside our digestive tract. Different species like to live in different areas of your digestive tract, so the bacteria growing in the first part of your small intestine won’t be the same as those living in your colon. These bacteria are collectively referred to as our gut microbiota and are also called probiotics because they have a positive impact on our health.

Stress is stress is stress. 

So many people are trying to get healthy through just nutrition alone. But over time, they begin to lose themselves within the journey of healing and that journey becomes obsessive. That obsession alone will create stress and create so many road blocks to your recovery. 

When slowing down was my only option....

I was forced to slow down (more like stop fully ) here is what got me through and what I will continue to do daily: