{"id":28,"date":"2026-10-30T08:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/why-slower-practice-can-make-you-stronger\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:36:36","slug":"why-slower-practice-can-make-you-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/why-slower-practice-can-make-you-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Why slower practice can make you stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When students first come to a slow flow class, they are often surprised by how much work it is. Without momentum to carry us through, every transition asks for attention, control and a steady breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time under tension<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holding a pose for five breaths instead of one builds strength in the deep, stabilising muscles that fast transitions tend to skip. It is also where we learn the most about our habits \u2014 where we grip, where we collapse, where we hold the breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slow is smooth, and smooth is strong.<\/p>\n<cite>Something I say in almost every class<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space to notice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A slower pace leaves room to notice what is happening in the body and the mind. That noticing is the real practice \u2014 and it is the part that comes home with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving slowly isn\u2019t the easy option \u2014 it\u2019s the honest one. Here\u2019s why I teach at a gentler pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}