Quotes About Mindfulness

There is a direct correlation between gardening and mental health, not just to maintain good mental health but to repair it as well - that's anything in the gamut from depression to serious brain damage, schizophrenia or autism.

I am a serial denier. I try not to be. I tell myself, 'You are going to die.' I repeat it. I grasp it for a second or two, but then it escapes me, and I'm back to before.

Praying doesn't mean repeating a prayer.

I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so beautiful.

I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for rendering the mind quiescent.

There's a lot of automation that can happen that isn't a replacement of humans but of mind-numbing behavior.

You get to a stage where you replay every scenario in your head, but you have to stop; otherwise, you drive yourself insane.

I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

I'm not a hunter.

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.

When you are too confident, that's when you hurt yourself.

Human beings needed to slow down. We had been living a life full of hustle.

When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It's one element of hypnosis.

I am not looking or thinking that every move of mine will generate mass hysteria.

When I am performing ice immersion, actually I do not think very much. It is all before.

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all think about that a bit more.

If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.

I have to learn to ignore my feelings. Not just the feeling of hunger and the feeling of full, but the feeling of embarrassment, too. I have to remember that this is only weird if I make it weird.

I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.

I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.