You have Time: Slow Life Lessons (Part I) featuring Sandrine Kom

You have Time: Slow Life Lessons, Part 1 featuring Sandrine Kom  “We need slowness. We need it to enjoy our life, to enjoy the people who are around us, to avoid misunderstanding, to find harmony with ourselves, to take care of our values. And we also need slowness to take care of our deepest needs.” Sandrine Kom This week’s guest, Sandrine Kom, believes that slow life is quiet luxury. So much so that it's the motto of her company, SlowLife Coaching and SlowLife Yoga, which embodies an art of living and a philosophy of life. Join me and Sandrine as she shares with us the personal and professional journey that led her to Italy and to her métier. During our conversation, Sandrine illustrates her principles of slowness, gives us some strategies we can all develop to clarify and meet our deepest needs, and underlines the importance of slowing down and pausing in order to create a more intentional life that brings joy and fulfillment.    It should come as no surprise, therefore, that when asked by Banijay Italia and Nove/Warner Bros. Discovery to propose an experience in the Chianti for me and my travel companions, I knew it had to be something that would enable us to spend time together in nature and give us the chance to connect more deeply with each other, ourselves, and the surrounding beauty; a SlowLife Yoga lesson with Sandrine, in the middle of the vineyards of the Fattoria and Villa di Rignana. We talk more about the goals of that experience as well as what it was really like filming a reality TV show and how that unique, shared experience brought us closer to each other. Sandrine Kom Biography  Sandrine Kom was born and grew up in Paris before moving to live and study in Berlin for over 12 years. In 2000 she moved to Florence, where she still resides, and currently divides her time between Florence and Paris. Sandrine graduated from Berlin University in Communication Sciences and Economics and obtained her diploma as a Nutrition Coach at the Centre de Formation à Distance (CFD) in Brussels. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training at “Yoga Garden” in San Francisco. In addition to English, she is fluent in French, German, Russian and of course Italian! A Parisian in love with Tuscany, her adoptive home is where where her love of food, yoga and nature led her to create FiloCIBOsofia Slow Life which grew and became “Slowlife Coaching” and “Slowlife Yoga”.  Sandrine has offered her experiences through Airbnb for many years, won several awards, and received over 700 positive testimonials. Furthermore, in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, she and five other Italian hosts were selected (out of 5,000 experiences) by Airbnb as they diversified their model from in-person to online experiences. She also offers experiences to companies where she focuses on increasing the wellbeing of their teams and people. In addition to a range of SlowLife Retreats and Experiences, she also supports Stressed Super Women to become Zen Super Women, and accompanies CEO’s and Managers in need of rest, dreaming of slowness and time for themselves With Slow Life Yoga, Sandrine has also participated in the television programs“Casa Beau” for RTL 4 Netherlands and “Best Weekend/Chianti“ for Nove Warner Bros. Discovery Italia. Links  http://www.slowlifecoaching.com/ https://www.quietluxury.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrine-kom/ https://www.facebook.com/SlowLifeCoachingSlowLifeYoga https://www.instagram.com/slowlifecoaching_slowlifeyoga/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4xzHmfloofDwZCkm6Jrlg 2025 Retreats  https://www.quietluxury.it/2025-events_en/ Recorded at Musikalmente Firenze Podcast Editor: Andrew Niklas Curtis Production Intern: Ava Lees