Dear Downtown Dharma,
The other day I got a call from my mom and realized, a bit too late, that all I wanted to do was end it as soon as possible. No appreciating her desire to connect or how lucky I am to have a loving mother in good health, just wanting to get back to whatever trivial thing I was doing.
Perhaps you too have rushed through a moment that mattered?
Insight Dialogue, the interpersonal practice we've been doing every month at Downtown Dharma for a couple years, asks us to take five steps before we open our mouths. So it won't come as a surprise that s l o w i n g down is central to the practice.
But do we really believe it? In our daily lives, how often do we take the time to pause, relax, open, listen deeply, trust emergence, and speak the truth.
This Sunday I will be guiding us in practicing something different: slowness. No need to have a witty retort or polished speech, just an opportunity to inhabit a nourishing space where we collectively slow down with ourselves and others.
As Tara Brach says, "move half as fast, see twice as much." And here's a first chance to practice: this Sunday consider aiming to arrive ~10 minutes early, not so we can begin on time or to avoid the awkwardness of striding in late, but to give yourself the gift of slowness.
Join us:
- In-person: Sunday, 7 to 8:30pm @ Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC
- Online via Zoom here
See you,
Alex
https://www.downtowndharmadc.org/
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