Learning to Live Simple and Slow Life in the Mountains (Strategies for Change)

Breathe deeply. I remind myself to feel my breath and calm down my heart. I’m looking around me. After a few days surrounded by these mountains, green trees, and refreshing air, my body becomes more used to taking things slower. I’m covering the terrace with my yoga mattress, taking a new breath, and feeling gratitude flowing inside me. It’s time to continue with my new morning routine.

One Step at a Time

Did you make your rush? Every new day begins with hustle, and whereas you don’t find a moment to stop and think, your life continues with the same pattern.

The last morning, before I started my trip, I saw a young man performing his morning. It seemed that he was not really in the moment of a new day, but he was forcing his body to an extreme run. As I passed him by, trying to keep my heart beat slow, I started to think about it in depth.

Although I was having this easy morning walk, it was difficult for me to relax in the city. All the time, there was something that I needed to do. Though in reality, the majority of things that I think that I think that I need to do are not even that important.

I had dedicated myself slow morning, yet still, I was watching time and thinking about what I needed to do next. At that moment, I decided I would transform everything during my journey.

Life should be a marathon and not a sprint. There is nothing terrible about giving your body a real kick sometimes. However, you also need to be gentle and loving towards yourself. The right kind of discipline doesn’t mean doing things forced but learning to stick with certain things and perform them well.

Life is a process of trial and error. It’s about learning and hopefully not repeating the same mistakes. Become conscious of your routines and habits; whatever is not working, you can always change.

Three Lemons Leading to a New Routine

No matter where you are and in what circumstances, nothing changes, and your worry will follow you unless; you change.

When I arrived in this place in the mountains, I decided to rewrite my morning routines. After being here for seven days, there are already new patterns in my mornings. It all started with three lemons in the fridge.

It’s easy to do things, and it is easy not to do something. The crucial moment is in the depth of the fraction of a second when you make a decision. These three complementary lemons on the fridge started a new morning routine I would take home with me. It was easy to squeeze them as juice -but it would have also been easy not to do it.

The movement has been part of my mornings in Finland. When I wake up, my body shouts to go for a walk. However, I faced other challenges here in this secret little paradise. Because I like to wake up early, when it’s still dark here, my first walking down this mountain road turned up to be a frightening experience.

I came by with two dogs running free, barking at me like I was the worst enemy on the planet. My conscious told me that if you show fear or behave weirdly, they will surely bite you. I found the courage to start talking to them with a gentle voice and let them approach me first.

Within a short time and a couple of sweat drops later, I had passed by those dogs successfully and actually got them wawing their tales at me. However, if I had not done that and found the courage, it would have crashed my dreams of walking as a morning routine. It would have caged me in the house before sunrise or the entire stay.

There had been one thing in my mind that I have always wanted to start but never have; yoga. I brought my mattress here, so obviously, I had already made the decision when I packed. Again, simple to start and simple not to.

The first morning, I forced myself to put the mattress outside on my terrace. I had sometimes been to a yoga class and seen yoga lessons on Youtube. So I decided to go with the basics and learn more by doing. Watching distant light coming behind tall mountains, anticipating a new day to begin, it felt like this was the right moment I had always been looking for.

Now that it’s day seven, and I have done yoga daily in my morning routine, I know this habit will continue my entire stay. When I go back home, I’m not only more flexible and mentally refreshed, I have something to take with me to my new life at home.

Shutting Down the Entire World Around You

Heart beat rises, and you feel your precious little friend approaching. Anxiety starts to raise its ugly head. You’re in a hurry. But where?

I decided to leave social media for a while when I came here. This is my tiny little secret, being in this special place. For once in my life, people don’t know where I am, why I am here, what I am doing, and when I come back. It’s a very empowering and freeing feeling.

Not knowing what others are doing and not sharing information about myself gives me a lot of time to concentrate on my mission and why I came here. There will be plenty of blogs that I will write you about things I explore and observe here.

When I arrived, I still felt the stress and anxiety of city life in my blood. It was difficult to concentrate on the moment, and my brain was constantly looking for short-term dopamines. However, the more I do things slower, the more I train my brain for this new lifestyle.

You learn to be with yourself and learn to take things slower. Though the world is still hustling around you, shutting yourself in silence can bring you peace and help you to concentrate more on feeling and what you truly want at the moment.

With Love,
Jenna

Founder of Thejennablog, Author of ‘The Scammer’s Trap’

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