{"id":126,"date":"2009-04-20T17:55:16","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T17:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2010-06-17T23:05:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T23:05:17","slug":"slow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/slow-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin\u00a0 teaches me spiritual lessons every day.\u00a0 For the last several months, we have slowed down on our walks.\u00a0 I used to be such a go getter on the hikes-\u00a0 trying to get as much exercise as possible, trying to go as far as the farthest point,\u00a0 trying to wear my mind and body out.\u00a0 I have done\u00a0 it this way for as long as I have been walking, and now Benjamin is showing me the kinder way.<\/p>\n<p>I walk slow, real slow somtimes.\u00a0 My walking now reminds me of the walking meditations I have done at retreats.\u00a0 Walking slow inherently makes me more present.\u00a0 I get to look around and notice things because there is no place I need to reach anymore.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all in the journey now.\u00a0 Benjamin likes to stop and lean against me often on the walk.\u00a0 This stopping allows me to pause the internal chatter as well.\u00a0 All that matters in that moment, is the reassuring touch I give my boy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With no destination in my mind,\u00a0 I get to walk side by side with him, taking in each step.\u00a0 Sure, the mind is still going, but when I physically slow down- I notice that nature around me captivates me more.\u00a0 There have been years of walking where I barely noticed the beauty around me because the mind kept me so busy with nonsense.\u00a0 And now my teacher, Benjamin has asked me to slow down and take in what beauty and gifts Nature and the Present Moment have to offer.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127 aligncenter\" title=\"100_1123\" src=\"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/100_1123-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"100_1123\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/100_1123-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/100_1123-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/100_1123.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin\u00a0 teaches me spiritual lessons every day.\u00a0 For the last several months, we have slowed down on our walks.\u00a0 I used to be such a go getter on the hikes-\u00a0 trying to get as much exercise as possible, trying to go as far as the farthest point,\u00a0 trying to wear my mind and body out.\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/slow-down\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Slow Down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}