Ready, Set, Slow, Lee Holden
Ready, Set, Slow, Lee Holden
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Ready, Set, Slow
How to Improve Your Energy, Health, and Relationships Through the Power of Slow

Author: Lee Holden

Narrator: Lee Holden

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/21/2025


Synopsis

From internationally celebrated Qi Gong master and beloved television personality Lee Holden comes a transformative journey filled with wisdom and practices on the power of slowing down for spiritual balance and peace amid modern chaos.

You don’t have time not to slow down. In the face of burnout, lack of passion, and endless to-do lists, what if to achieve more you need to do less? “There’s too much at stake not to slow down,” shares Qi Gong master Lee Holden. “By slowing down, you’ll gain time, energy, focus, and clarity.” The idea that slowing down can lead to more productivity may sound too good to be true, but research confirms it does this and more—if only we can figure out a way to apply it in our everyday lives.

In this transformative guide, Holden shares the Slow Method, principles of slow mind, body, and relationships drawn from the philosophical wisdom of Eastern meditation, martial arts, and philosophies and merged with Western science. The resulting practices offer ways to access the magical benefits of slowing down to create lasting change in your life and the lives of those you love.

Here you’ll gain tools and insights for taking the space and time to practice:
• Primal shaking for stress relief or gratitude meditation for the mind
• Vagal breathing, optimal digestion acupressure, and in-the-moment nature methods for the body
• Heartful self-connection, conscious communication, and sexual reflexology for relationships and connecting deeply with those you love
• And more!

No matter which practices you decide to focus on, you’ll be learning the power of slow, something that’s vital to rediscover our zest for life. Instead of picking up the not-so-pleasurable energies of stress, anxiety, and whirlwinds of negativity, you’ll learn to acquire more of the energy you actually want: peace, love, vitality, health, healing, tranquility, connection, and general positivity. With small, incremental changes to the way you live and relate, you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of how to slow down. You’ll increasingly embrace life’s rhythms along the way as you cultivate and absorb the life-giving energy that we’re all in dire need of.

About Lee Holden

Lee Holden is an internationally celebrated Qi Gong master recognized by the International Qi Gong Association. He is the author of 7 Minutes of Magic and a beloved television personality who’s aired in over 50 million households in the US alone. He is a licensed acupuncturist who cofounded the Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine and Qi Center. He lives in Santa Cruz, California with his daughters. For more about his classes, trainings, and videos, visit holdenqigong.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on January 14, 2026

2⭐️ The concept of this book, slowing down, is a good one. The book could have been a lengthy blog post? It got very repetitive toward the end on how to work in the author’s slow down exercises into your day to day life that seemed really unnecessary. I appreciate the sentiment but wouldn’t recommend......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 24, 2025

I am one of those people who feels like I could always be doing more: more learning, more cleaning, more exercising... the list never ends. It often leads to a sense of lack and disappointment. Reading Lee's book is like having him sit right beside you and impart the ancient wisdom of slowing down a......more

Goodreads review by Hisgirl85 on December 24, 2025

3/4 stars, depending on how well the exercises go for me. I thought the book was well-organized and easy to follow. The audio narration is clear and nice to listen to. This is a book to read through slowly or go through once and then go through a second time slowly and put in specific practices. The......more

Goodreads review by Yanet on July 12, 2025

In a world that moves at lightning speed, Ready, Set, Slow is a beautiful reminder to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the present moment. I absolutely loved this book because it gently guides us to slow down and be mindful in everything we do—something we often forget in our fast-paced lives. Lee......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on April 30, 2025

This is a good book to read if you are new to the world of mindfulness, meditation etc. A lot of it is Holden relating stories about his own life and experiences but he writes about them in a light, easy to follow way. He gives some good tips and exercises throughout. However, as someone who has rea......more