Quotes About Mind-body

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

Is there a line to be drawn between psychological and physiological phenomena in man? and if so, where?

I think we should do meditation and yoga at work.

I love to work out. I need to work out! Nothing makes me feel better than walking out of a spin or barre class knowing my body and mind got some attention.

When we stop interfering and are wise enough to let the psychophysiological connection work for us instead of against us, our minds rush as quickly as possible towards perfect health.

I can see how people work out to feel better.

I really love Pilates. It lengthens and strengthens without bulking the muscles.

I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It's not just about being able to run around the block a few times. It's about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It's about being balanced.

Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres.

My skin really reacts to stress.

When I don't get enough sleep or I'm really stressed out, it always shows through my skin.

I think if you're stressed, it shows in every part of you; how you carry yourself, which then affects your pose, how you hold your face, which then makes you look stressed and so nothing looks relaxed.

Physical exercise is a great way to discharge stressful feelings that accumulate during the day.

I won't train on the day of the fight but I'll stretch, stay loose, and then I'll meditate.

Before the art of medicine comes the art of belief.

Without awareness of bodily feeling and attitude, a person becomes split into a disembodied spirit and a disenchanted body.

Unlike any other organism in history, humans have a mind-body conflict: we have a body built for performance, but a brain that's always looking for efficiency.

we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain.

Dr. Arthur K. Shapiro of the Payne-Whitney Psychiatric Clinic at New York Hospital has adopted a broader view of the placebo. He describes the placebo as any treatment (or any part of a treatment) which does not have a specific action on the patient's symptoms or disease but which nonetheless may have an effect upon the patient.

Regular elicitation of the Relaxation Response can prevent, and compensate for, the damage incurred by frequent nervous reactions that pulse through our hearts and bodies.

He remembered a different body. A different time. The almighty roar of an ecstatic crowd. The way the sound used to vibrate in his chest. Once there had been no barrier at all between his mind and his body. He thought "run" and he ran. He thought "jump" and he jumped.

If ones bowels move, one is happy; and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.

If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.

T]he cascade of discoveries in neuroscience and genetics has created an image of individuals as automata, slaves to their genes or neurotransmitters, with no more free will than a child's windup toy.