Quotes About Balance

Here are some examples of long, over-stretched muscles at odds with short, tight muscles: rhomboids versus pectoralis major infraspinatus and teres minor versus subscapularis and pectoralis major superficial spinal muscles versus abdominal muscles hamstrings versus the rectus femoris triceps versus the biceps supinator versus pronator teres

Once you got started, all you had to do was keep placing one foot in front of the other, no matter how happy or sad you were. I'd taken that first step because I'd wanted to look better. I'd wanted my clothes to fit. But it hadn't taken me long to figure out that the biggest benefit was less about vanity than it was about sanity. Walking always helped.

There is, I came to realize, what the mind wants and what the body wants. The mind can excite the body, but its desires can also be false; whereas the body, the animal, wants what it wants.

Cassie could be affectionate and scornful at the same time, and I always felt that if I wasn't careful, the scorn might win out.

Before you can truly submit, you must learn to control your reactions, your responses, your desires and your needs. Before you give yourself fully to another, you must first become the master of yourself." He

Kneel forward." Jess lifted her head and braced her hands, palms flat against the mat as she lifted herself into position.

It's not easy being a good Master, and we all work at it. You're having trouble balancing the power of your position with the grace and love that must accompany that power. I want to get you the help you need to start to deal with those issues from the inside out.

Spread." Jess lowered herself once more to the mat. This time she lay on her back, arms tucked beneath her in a box position, legs spread wide.

I do have submissive courage, I do! But I have limits, too. Hard limits. Everyone does." Ashley

Humility is as important for Dominants as for submissives, if not more so. We must always remember that the exchange of power is a gift and should never be abused.

Next you will assume the position we call kneel forward. Keeping your legs spread wide, you basically assume a plank pose, but remain on your knees. It can be challenging to hold for an extended period of time.

You can't give more or take more than the exact worth! If you give more than you need to ... you'll be hurt! In your body in the material world ... in your luck in the world of the stars ... and in your soul in the heavenly world!

TO EAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND VERY PLEASUREABLE THING, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE VERY FRIGHTENING

Haven't you learned, Kamui? When a Dragon of Heaven cries out…a Dragon of Earth will always be there to respond.

Things were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting

Music is the space between the notes.

La musique doit humblement chercher à faire plaisir, l'extrême complication est le contraire de l'art

A woman liked a free rein to walk all over a man's life; the best thing a man could do was pick a woman who walked carefully. -Jack

The best physician is also a philosopher

Laziness breeds humors of the blood

You can talk all you want about having a strategy for your life, understanding motivation, and balancing aspirations with unanticipated opportunities. But ultimately, this means nothing if you do not align those with where you actually expend your time, money, and energy. In other words, how you allocate resources is where the rubber meets the road.

The opposite of job dissatisfaction isn't job satisfaction, but rather an absence of job dissatisfaction.

The trap many people fall into is to allocate their time to whoever screams loudest, and their talent to whatever offers them the fastest reward. That's a dangerous way to build a strategy.

your family and friends rarely shout the loudest to demand your attention. They love you and they want to support your career, too. That can add up to neglecting the people you care about most in the world.