Quotes About Relaxation

Listening to the bell I feel the afflictions in me begin to dissolve. My mind becomes calm, my body relaxed, and a smile is born on my lips. Following the sound of the bell, my breath guides me back to the safe island of mindfulness. In the garden of my heart, the flower of peace blooms beautifully.

Place your left hand, palm side up, in your right palm. Let all the muscles in your hands, fingers, arms, and legs relax. Let go of everything.

Turn off your mind, relax, and float down stream. It is not dying, it is not dying.

She would sip an elderflower tisane and he would drink a dark, aromatic espresso.

Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I just sets." The former is easy enough, and is what even an accomplished loafer has to go through before he reaches the latter and more blissful state. It takes years of practice to relax sufficiently to be able to "just set." I'd learned it years ago. But

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth.

A smile can relax hundreds of muscles in your face, and relax your nervous system. A smile makes you master of yourself.

Find space in your day when you can practice mindful breathing and letting go of tensions.

Peace and calm are contagious.

When you have trouble sleeping, follow your breathing in and breathing out. Bring your awareness to the different parts of your body in turn, and allow them to relax.

When we pay attention to our breathing, our in-breath and out-breath become peaceful and relaxed. When we walk with attention and we just walk without thinking or being carried away by anything, we already begin to heal.

When this body was just born, it was very light. As we grow, we tend to get weighed down by worries and lose our freshness and beauty. Mindful eating helps us regain this freshness, nourishing our spirits as well as our bodies. Eating with appreciation of our own bodies, we eat with more relaxation and joy.

True happiness isn't found in success, money, fame, or power. True happiness should be found in the here and the now. With that kind of insight you can truly relax.

Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile.

Drinking tea or coffee can be one of our daily pleasures if we partake of it fully.

We're all searching for a place where we feel safe and comfortable, a home where we can be truly ourselves. As we become more skilled in mindfulness and lay down the roots of fidelity, we can truly relax with our partner. All the restlessness and searching inside dissipates when we find our true home.

When our mind is carried away by strong pain, it helps to go back to our relaxed and peaceful in-breath and out-breath. Eventually, when our painful feeling comes back, we accept it as it is instead of letting it carry us away and make us more agitated.

In; out. Deep; slow. Calm; ease. Smile; release.

We need a small space where we can take care of our nervous system and restore our tranquility and peace.

out. Bring your awareness to the different parts of your body in turn, and allow them to relax.

As I have gotten older, I've discovered the joys of being lazy.

A fine book, in the perfect setting, when there's all the time in the world to read it: Life holds greater joys, but none come to mind just now.

One of the great joys in life is reading, yet it's the main thing people say they don't have time to do.

I have very non-eccentric hobbies. I like to read, to have dinner with friends, and junk out on TV like everybody else.