Slow Life Brazil: new cycle scheme in São Paulo
With an estimated 20 million inhabitants in its metropolitan region, São Paulo is one of the largest cities in the world. Surprisingly, it only has around 30 kilometers of bike paths, which means the...
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Slowdown skill: Make time to meditate and reflect
The benefits of calming and slowing down the mind were known long before we had computers, cars or any other gadgets that enable the pace of life we experience today, but meditation could not be more...
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Slow Parenting: we take a look at Rudolf Steiner
Now that the children of the hippy generation are all grown up, educational trends seem to have come full-circle. Where more liberal methods were all the rage in the 80s, stricter, more traditional...
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Ideas for the journey: A snail's life
The insignia of the Slow Food revolution, snails have something to tell us. When was the last time that you purposefully daydreamed out of the window? Why not adopt the motto easy does it, live a...
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Lost craft: Varanasi Weavers Project
Forget the 3D world of the film Avatar and discover your own heavenly manifestation in the real world! Interweaving modern culture with heritage, and local communities within a global bazaar, Indian...
Continue readingCould Aircruise be the future of slow travel?
Gone are the days when air travel was seen as exclusive and glamorous. First class cabins may lavish their high-spending clients with full beds...
Continue readingHandmade London: top five spots to get crafting in the capital
A new breed of meeting points come crafting zones are springing up all over London; places where stressed out office workers can go for a chat and a...
Continue readingLost Craft: The making of Emma Bridgewater pottery
Emma Bridgewater is responsible for some of the best-loved crockery around. Her solidly-made polka-dot and star printed mugs, plates and other...
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Let’s redefine luxury as we know it today! We’d love to hear your opinions, and share your views and stories on the Slow Life movement. info@jorgandolif.comInspired Destination: have a Slow Life holiday in Salzburg
Salzburg in Austria with its Baroque town centre on the edge of the Alps makes the perfect destination for a paced Slow Life holiday. With plenty of...
Continue readingUnderground dining in Los Angeles: The Ghetto Gourmet
What began as a Monday night 'pirate restaurant' in a basement apartment in Oakland, CA in early 2004, with three clear goals - to try new things, to...
Continue readingNatural Solutions: the benefits of Aloe Vera
The prickly aloe vera plant has long been known for its skin-healing properties, but the health benefits don't end there. With an impressive array of...
Continue readingSlow Travel: explore Cornwall
Staycations - holidays in your own country - have become increasingly common in the last few years. Partially because holiday makers no longer...
Continue readingHome style: how to create your own Valentine's boudoir
Valentine's Day is around the corner and most shops have gone into overdrive flogging cheap cards, even cheaper flowers and pretty much anything...
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