It’s the best scale variation I’ve found for relaxing. Playing slow with mind and body awake, makes me feel like I’m tapping into the slow-moving essence of Tai Chi, though I’ve never studied Tai Chi.

For an even slower challenge, you can throw away any concern about the sound and move your bow as slow as it is possible to go without having it stop and start. If you are too slow, the bow hair will “catch” periodically. We want one notch faster than that, but no more.

This taps into the famous 1 minute bow of Ivan Galamian (not sure if he originated it or not), we’re just adding notes. And then there’s the 3 minute version…