Quotes About Meditation

Gentleness can be developed with simple thoughts. First, appreciate who you are and make friends with yourself. Look at what you can do, and don't allow what you cannot do to oppress you. Rather, regard it as a future adventure. The practice of meditation allows for this development to take place.

Meditation and running are essentially addressing these two kinds of pain. Of course, we cannot run all day and all night, and it is difficult to meditate all day and all night. However, when we include these two disciplines in our daily routine, we are making our body and mind more livable.

The breath is like the waves in the ocean that help circulate the water so that it does not become stagnant.

Our minds become more supple as we develop ourselves on the meditation seat. Each time we acknowledge a fantasy or thought, we're softening up our mind by becoming less bound to concepts and emotions. Following the technique fosters curiosity instead of dullness, appreciation instead of disheartenment, and imagination instead of limitation.

I have always found a natural relationship between running and meditation. Running can be a support for meditation, and meditation can be a support for running.

Because the mind and the body are intimately connected, relieving the stress of the body through exercise has an immediate effect on the mind: the mind is no longer dealing with the discomfort of the body.

In teaching my first meditation and running workshop, I was struck by the number of participants who were ultramarathon runners. When I considered their experience, it made sense. After you run for a while, what do you find in there but your own mind? You work with that mind by meditating regularly.

In meditation, we are creating new pathways for the mind, the brain, and even the heart. That's how we build a base. In meditating, just as in running, we are engaging in something that is very different from what we've ever done before. So, especially in the beginning, we should not overdo it.

in meditation, the mind will get stronger if we keep exercising our mindfulness.

Like meditation, running is a unique combination of relaxation, good posture, and symmetry. When we pay attention to our posture and apply some discipline to how we hold our body, joy and freshness arise.

We can use the time recovering from an injury to train our mind in gentleness and firmness.

I learned a vital lesson when I began meditation: if I did not respect what I was doing, nobody else would. Meditation has further demonstrated to me that once you begin to respect yourself and what you do—not in an egocentric way, but with appreciation and self-worth—then any activity becomes meaningful. Life is to be respected, appreciated, and lived fully—instead of chastised or rushed through.

The tiger incorporates meditation and running as a natural part of the daily routine, for these endeavors can bring health of body and mind only if we are consistent in practicing them.

1. Running with the Mind of Meditation

My meditation teachers taught me that with aggression, you may accomplish some things, but with gentleness, you can accomplish all things.

To me, the relationship between meditation and running is natural, for one is a training of the mind and one is a training of the body.

Bringing heaven down to earth, into our daily life, is how we rule our world.

Remember why you are meditating: to balance the activity of your life by working with your mind.

Although the process of meditating is different from running, the tools are the same: we need to be determined and exert ourselves. If we can get through the beginning, we will probably be successful.

Taking your attention away from thoughts and placing it on the breath is the focus of meditation, which in this simple form is simply the process of being mindful of the breathing, being aware that you are thinking, and returning your attention to the breath.

studying itself does not lead to wisdom. Rather, by self-reflecting, I needed to internalize what I had learned, try it out in my daily life, and then reflect on the outcome. That is the process that leads

Thus the mind is more present and at peace. So the clarity and peace of mind we feel after running is mostly because the wild horse is tired, not necessarily because it has been tamed.

Shambhala is not only a place; it is a spiritual path

The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind's strength, and awareness is its flexibility.