Why is slow considered easy?

I’m all for a good sculpt. I love a barre-arms series, light weights with high reps, and there’s nothing wrong with a good old booty burn.

But when did we decide that slower meant easier?

I love hitting shuffle on my chill R&B Pilates mix and letting the movement flow. The slower we move, the more space our minds have to slow down too. When that happens, we begin to sit with the things that are sticky and uncomfortable. The stuff we do not always have time to process when we are moving 100 miles an hour doing high knees and jump squats just to stay out of survival mode.

The other day, I heard a client say the class was so hard that she had “no idea what demons the teacher was fighting.” Another joked, “I literally don’t know what the instructor is going through. That was insane.” It made me laugh, but it also made me pause.

I am still figuring out my movement philosophy and where I fit into fitness culture. What I do know is this. I do not want my clients to leave feeling like I am trying to exercise my demons out alongside them. I want them to leave feeling nourished, the way a good meal fills you up.

So often, through eating habits, fitness trends, and constant disconnection, we lose what it means to truly be with our bodies. Movement can start to feel like an illusion of control in an uncontrollable world. And honestly, I get it. I want to feel in control too.

But the truth is, we are mostly powerless over life. It just happens. To be human is to notice how little control we actually have, and to choose to meet our bodies with care anyway. To protect them so our soul light can shine. To move in ways that feel good, that reconnect us to ourselves and each other, and that help us move through the world with a little more ease and confidence.