Lee Holden: Go Slow. Enter Flow.

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The counterintuitive approach to life that Lee Holden calls the Slow Method has an immediate power to decrease your stress levels, boost your energy, and improve your overall health and well-being in remarkable, seemingly miraculous ways. But why is it so hard for us to slow down, even when we understand intellectually how ineffective and miserable it is to live at warp speed?

In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with the internationally celebrated Qi Gong master and author about his new book, Ready, Set, Slow. Give yourself “the gift of slow” and tune in for this illuminating conversation about: the link between slow and flow; becoming more receptive to the energy that’s all around you; a brief history of Qi Gong and tai chi; a simple awareness practice—“Where am I?”; the coherence of energy and mind that defines the flow state; prioritizing “bliss over busy”; active relaxation; shifting out of stress and into the open space of the heart; how compassion, gratitude, and appreciation help heal the nervous system; mindfulness and an embodied experience of the present moment; liberating ourselves from our conditioning around survival; accessing the inner treasures of your energy system; applying the Slow Method when enjoying a morning beverage, at mealtimes, and in other situations where we tend to be on autopilot; finding your personal motivation for slowing down; breathwork; slow relationships; the Microcosmic Orbit practice; and more.

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. My name's Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge.
0:10.9	I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform.
0:17.8	It's called Sounds True One. Sounds True One features original, premium, transformational
0:24.7	docu series, community events, classes to start your day and relax in the evening, special
0:32.6	weekly live shows, including a video version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show community
0:40.8	question-and-answer session with featured guests. I hope you'll come join us, explore,
0:47.5	come have fun with us, and connect with others. You can learn more at join.soundstrue.com.
0:54.5	I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation, our nonprofit, that creates equitable access to transformational tools and teachings.
1:07.4	You can learn more at SoundsTrueFoundation.org.
1:11.2	And in advance, thank you for your support.
1:15.3	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Lee Holden.
1:20.3	Lee Holden is an internationally respected master of Chi Gong.
1:26.1	He has a special gift for making Taoist wisdom
1:30.4	and the teachings of Qigang broadly accessible,
1:36.3	easy to understand and apply in our life.
1:40.1	It's in that spirit that Lee Holden carrying this torch of Taoist wisdom has been featured on American public television and on PBS stations in the United States and Canada.
1:57.0	Lee is a doctor of Chinese medicine, a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, who's the co-founder
2:04.6	of the Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine and Chi Center.
2:08.6	And it sounds true, we are so proud to have published several Chi-Gung teaching videos with Lee,
2:17.2	an audio series called Your Body of Light,
2:21.1	and an additional audio series where he collaborated with Rachel Carlton Abrams.
2:27.6	It's called Taoist Sexual Secrets.
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