Rallentare is

 

a softening,

a surrender,

a gentle bow

 

to many things—the beauty, intricacies and connections of life—but mostly to slowing down.

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Rallentare will be journal entries, food, travel and conversations with friends. It will explore the many layers of what it means to live a life of slowing down.  I am in no way an expert on slowing down.  I am not writing this to teach anything. I am writing this because, in my reflection, it just seems to be the path I’ve been on.

 

I called it “Rallentare: the Art of Slowing Down” because art is messy, it’s imperfect, and it’s a practice that asks you to come back to it again, and again, and again.  A life of rallentare is an art.  I vow to let this be that—to allow it to emerge from a place of uncertainty, the honesty that I am always self-discovering, and the ‘I don’t actually know’ place.  Most importantly, to allow it to come from my heart.

 

If you feel inclined to come on this journey with me, I would be honoured. 

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Jo