Quotes About Relaxation

I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.

tradition has it that disputes which break out in a village are worked out in public. By this I mean collective self-criticism with a touch of humor because everyone is relaxed, because in the end we all want the same thing.

Sólo hay dos cosas que relajan de verdad. Reír y hacer el amor. No estamos haciendo ni lo uno ni lo otro. –Lo sospechaba. –¿Y dormir? –preguntó Veyrenc–. ¿No relaja? –No, teniente, dormir descansa. No es lo mismo.

ma pis in piscina prietenilor mei- modul meu de a le mai dilua pretentiile

Her view of life, she told a friend, was: "Make love. Take a bath. Make love again.

It's Friday; you ain't got no job… you ain't got shit to do

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.

Really, we shouldn't neglect the study of idleness so criminally, but make it into an art and a science, even into a religion!

Raoden turned to regard the large Dula. "What does it matter? It's not like we have anything pressing to do. It's actually quite pleasant up here—you should just sit back and enjoy it." An ominous crash came from the clouds above them, and Raoden felt a wet drop splat against his head. "Fantastic," Galladon grumbled. "I'm enjoying myself already.

Proper loafing requires company. One man lying about is being idle; two men lying about is a lunch break.

Can't you just relax," she asked him, "just for a little while?" "The rules—" "Everyone else—" "I cannot be everyone else!" Dalinar said, more sharply than he intended. "If I ignore our code and ethics, what am I, Navani? The other highprinces and lighteyes deserve recrimination for what they do, and I have let them know it. If I abandon my principles, then I become something far worse than they. A hypocrite!

Shallan sat down on the plush, white bed, and sank almost down to her neck. What had they made the thing out of? Air and wishes? It felt luxurious.

My lord. There is great importance to tea. It should never merely be 'whatever.

It was as if he were as comfortable when sitting properly as other people were when lounging.

Tactical Breathing 1. Inhale deeply through your nose, expanding your stomach, for a count of four—one, two, three, four. 2. Hold in that breath for a count of four—one, two, three, four. 3. Slowly exhale all the air through your mouth, contracting your stomach, for a count of four—one, two, three, four. 4. Hold the empty breath for a count of four—one, two, three, four.

Researchers Rachel and Stephen Kaplan found that there are four essential elements of a restorative environment: a sense of getting away a feeling of immersion holding attention without effort and compatibility with one's preferences.

breath for a count of four—one, two, three, four. The breathing method many therapists and mindfulness practitioners

Maybe this is the recipe for a happy life -- not thinking about anything too hard, just going where the day takes you, trying to enjoy yourself, instead of analyzing every second.

4It is hard to be carefree when you have many anxieties. But the more you have, the more necessary it is to feel carefree for a time, so that you will get some new ideas on how to deal with your anxieties.]

I'd play every day if I could. It's cheaper than a shrink and there are no telephones on my golf cart.

Even when consciously savoring tea, connoisseurship should never lapse into affectation. Chinese tea-lovers often mock the Japanese tea ceremony for its picayune rules and tiresome rituals. In contrast with stern Japanese formality, Chinese tea-drinking embodies a far more natural aesthetic. Whenever you drink tea, remember to relax, be yourself, and enjoy the moment. Any trace of fussiness or pretension violates the free and easy Daoist spirit that makes Chinese tea-drinking so enjoyable.

Simply sit still, with a straight back, eyes partially but not completely closed. . . . Relax all your muscles. . . . Relax your mind. . . . Let the center of your awareness drop down into your lower abdomen. . . . Now breathe–deeply yet naturally. Thoughts will come and go. Just let them be. Don't pay them any attention. Don't feed them any energy, either by grasping on to them or by trying to force them to go away. Just breathe, just be.

Tomorrow, he thought, sounds wonderful: a day for oneself, a day to stretch out on a soft piece of green grass under a birch tree—the kind that had invited him today as he walked toward Falken, with its delicate leaves showing blue sky between them; a book to read, sleep to come softly; no one talking, questioning; no one to worry about, whether friend or enemy. A day to be kept for oneself.

Molly wanted to sway to sleep in the hammock of her children's breathing.