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Slowing Down and Being Still Illustration of a woman looking down in a gloomy space with lots of downcast people. A reflection below shows her with an upward gaze in golden colors. Title Slowing Down and Being Still.

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Slowing Down and Being Still

Dance professor Shayla Bott offers a prescription for the busyness that afflicts society—intentional "slowing."

Fall 2026