SLOW SLOW.

Today — Saturday, October 31

One link. One page. Only today.

The Voice — Morning · The first turning

Today's morning

Temi, in your ear to start the day. Two minutes — begin again.

One tap puts the mark on your home screen, and the mornings come to you there.

Slow Slow Picture of the Day — dancer mid-leap in tree pose, photograph by Tosin Babarinde (Pexels)

Encouraging Meaningful Conversations about Race and Trauma

by Jenée Johnson · Mindful.org

Mindfulness as reclamation — Sankofa: going back to fetch what was left behind, and rest held against a world that keeps us on guard.

Read it at Mindful.org →

Ntosake's Meditation

A guided meditation to help Black women reclaim their magic. Dr. Tiffany D. · Tell Em Tip Told You — tellemtiptoldyou.com

From the Books

Write Your Come-Up

Inspired by Capes and Come-Ups, Jide’s story of the counted-out who rise: name one chapter of your life where you were written off. Now write the first line of the chapter where you come back. One line is enough — every cape begins as a sentence somebody refused to stop writing.

Question of the Day

“What is one thing you can set down before noon?”

You do not have to carry all of it.

One Song.

Today's song is on its way — Jide' picks it himself.

Every song, remembered — the Slow Slow Playlist →

THE COLORING PAGE

Hibiscus under the moon

From Jits and Jots. Color it right here, in your hand. If you want this page on paper, that is what the book is for.

Hibiscus under the moon coloring page

Tap the page to color it.

If today is heavy.

A standing word, for days like this

Breathe with me

Breathe in, slowly, through your nose — a count of four.

Hold for two.

Let it out through your mouth, a count of six — longer going out than coming in.

Three rounds. There is nowhere else to be for these breaths.

Doing nothing today is allowed. The page returns tomorrow.

If the heaviness ever turns toward harming yourself, call or text 988 (US) — people answer around the clock.

Hibiscus under the moon

That's today. The page returns tomorrow.

I will be here tomorrow.