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Slow Medicine Company

We are a wellness studio located in Leslieville, Toronto.

06/05/2026

Can you tell the difference between effort and struggle?

I’ve been thinking about this lately.

Effort is part of being alive. Building a business. Raising children. Learning a new skill. Showing up for a relationship. Moving through a difficult season.

None of those things happen without effort.

But struggle is different.

Struggle often shows up when we’re fighting reality, trying to control what can’t be controlled, or carrying more than the moment actually requires.

The challenge isn’t to avoid effort.

It’s learning where our energy is useful, and where it’s simply being spent.

Sometimes the most important question isn’t “Can I do more?”

It’s “What is this effort for?”

06/02/2026

Tuscany, recently.

A few moments from a week of yoga, long meals, afternoon walks, conversations, sunshine and not much urgency.

Thank you to everyone who joined us.

Morocco is next.
September 18-24.

04/29/2026

Nature weaving.
Hands busy.
Mind softening.

You sit down, pick up something natural,
and let it be simple for a minute.

No outcome.
No pressure to make it meaningful.

Just something to do
while your system settles.

Come with your mom.
Or don’t.
Both make sense.

→ Book ahead

04/09/2026

Brick. Lines. Structure.

Everything here is built to hold
because it’s placed well.

The body works the same way.

You can feel when something sits right.
And you can feel when you’re compensating.

Not always obvious.
But it shows up in the effort.

Alignment isn’t about force.
It’s about placement.

03/22/2026

After a low-input season, the instinct is to ramp up quickly.

More plans.
More movement.
More expectations.

But the nervous system doesn’t stabilize through intensity.
It stabilizes through consistency.

Early spring is better used to:
– re-establish rhythm
– rebuild tolerance to stimulation
– introduce movement gradually

Not to prove you’re “back.”

If things feel uneven right now, that’s accurate.

The goal isn’t to override it.
It’s to organize it.

03/21/2026

There’s a tendency to pathologize winter.

Low energy → problem
Stillness → problem
Wanting less → problem

But biologically, that contraction makes sense.

Less light.
Altered circadian signaling.
A shift toward conservation.

Nothing to fix.

Spring doesn’t override that state.
It transitions out of it.

And transitions are rarely smooth.

So if your energy feels inconsistent,
or your body feels tight, reactive, unsettled—

That’s not dysfunction.
That’s recalibration.

02/16/2026

Transitions rarely feel magical while you’re in them.

They feel uncertain.
Unsettled.
Like something is ending before the next thing fully arrives.

This is Valentine’s sequence for those moments.

Stillness.
Spinal movement.
Circular motion.
Clearing breath.
Support underneath.

Not to rush the next chapter.
Just to stay steady enough to meet it.

Save this for when you’re between what was and what’s next.

02/06/2026

When you feel stuck, don’t rush the way out.
Change how you move.
Sometimes that’s enough to shift everything.

01/28/2026

Not everything needs to be optimized.
Some things just need hot water and a moment.

01/20/2026

If your body feels a bit offline lately, try this.
No fixing.
Just enough movement to remind you you’re here.

Mat + blocks by

Address

250 Carlaw Avenue #101
Toronto, ON
M4M3L1

Website

http://www.slowmedicinecompany.com/

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