Quotes About Mindfulness

I don't know any other way to move through darkness, but to put one foot ahead of the other and listen for the exact sound of our footsteps. If we have to drop to our knees sometimes and press the palms of our hands against the duff and damp of the earth, then that is what we will do.

I have learned that exercise is my best ADHD treatment.

I breathe in Your love, Lord, and I breathe out all negativity and unbelief.

Isn't that a kind of prayer? The care and maintenance of the web of our noticing, the paying heed?

I grew to appreciate the company of people who listen to the world. They don't feel the need to talk all the while. They were alert to bird-cries, waves sucking on rocks, a rope frittering against a mast.

Meditation is not spacing-out or running away. In fact, it is being totally honest with ourselves.

Meditation should be a satisfying and productive experience, not a burden.

Might we consider boredom as not only necessary for our life but also as one of its greatest blessings? A gift, pure and simple, a precious chance to be alone with our thoughts and alone with God?

I could suddenly grasp that not ever having to think about what to wear was freedom, that a drastic stripping down to essentials in one's dress might also be a drastic enrichment of one's ability to focus on more important things.

Learning to be present with an open heart for others is the best way to help them heal.

The most important component of the system of Reiki at any level is one's own daily personal practice, meditation and self-healing. This is the foundation from which all healing experiences with the animals will grow.

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, the never get around to doing what they want to do.

If you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.

Reduce the complexities of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life will reduce themselves. Teale

Yoga isn't just about showing up on the mat. It's about showing up in your life, in your day; it's about opening your heart while standing firm and strong and believing in yourself.

It's not just about recognizing how 'precious' every moment is, or about 'living for today.' It's about finding the sacred center of now, and living there, moment to moment, always.

Yoga teaches more than postures; it teaches you how to trust.

Take a Tree Pose in your life.

Kabir I recently came across: "…just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

You're never too old—or too young--to start practicing yoga!

as she breathed deeply, trying to lower her pulse rate. Rick

Gurdjieff says, 'You can never stop associations. As long as you breathe, there are associations. These are automatic. . . . you must not try to stop them; let associations flow but not be active .

let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.

let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness. —James Thurber