Sublime

The approach to slowing down that you will encounter in this book is based on a set of principles known as Psychology of Mind, which was initially inspired by a man named Syd Banks and was formulated into a psychology by Dr. Roger Mills and Dr. George Pransky.1

When I taught in Japan, I learned how to say yasashikuyawarakaku, which encompasses “slowly, softly, and gently.”

In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in France), whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining hall, people stop everything they are doing and breathe

Syd Banks (the initial inspiration behind this form of psychology) began to speak. The audience listened with a deep respect, and the