Quotes About Meditation

Alow immortality to work through you. Be but a mere instrument. And that instrument should be so absorbed in the perfect perfection of existence, that it knows not even that it is absorbed.

Eventually you're supposed to get so confounded by this whole thing that you just give up completely, and that's when it starts to work. Not give up the practice, but give up trying to figure it out.

The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.

You have to do your own work; Enlightened Ones will only show the way. Those who practise meditation will free themselves from the chains of death

Too much verbal stimulation causes the work to suffer.

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.

The very way you breathe, sit, stand, eat, walk, work - everything can become yoga. You can use any process of life to transcend your limitations.

No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.

Running gives you a great opportunity to work stuff out in your head.

I usually walk six miles a day.I take my cellphone and I go out on the bike path and I just walk and work.

Buddhist practice is the grounding for this work, this life, this way.

The stratosphere is my church.

Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted.

With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.'

I think the inner strength that I have helps me stay calm.

Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.

I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It's not just about being able to run around the block a few times. It's about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It's about being balanced.

I like to meditate. But I get rid of my stress at the gym.

Meditation is certainly not a religion, cult, or spiritual path: it's actually a very basic practice to reduce stress.

Working out is like a stress reliever.

I like to go for a run - it really clears my head and releases any stress from the day.

Running for me has always been a great place to get away. It's a great stress reliever for me. It's great if I need to be working on something in my mind, whether it's things I need to be memorizing or thinking about, or I have some presentation coming up.

I'm always trying to feel less stress.