Tara Stiles Quotes

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

I think recharging is important, absolutely. Every now and then, you need maybe a couple of weeks to just chill out and let your emotions balance themselves out a little bit.

It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense.

To relax, I work.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

You can rest a lot in an hour or have a whole day and not do it properly. One way I get a quality recharge is to connect with nature. To experience something that's bigger than me.

I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

Sometimes you have to give yourself a break.

On my bad days, sitting down and meditating was the last thing I wanted to do.

When it's time to recharge, I don't feel guilty about it.

I schedule 'me' time because, just like everyone else, I need to unwind. I try to remember to take it easy and breathe.

A lot of the things I do outside the rink are just to relax and recover. We spend so much time at the rink, so it's nice to decompress a little.

It's good to reflect on life and take a step back and sit and relax and do something else.

Everyone needs to take a vacation from the sort of automatic things you do.

Rest is so necessary for the health of our minds and bodies, and often so difficult to achieve due to the many demands placed on us. But rest is also essential for our spiritual health, so that we can hear God’s voice and understand what he asks of us.

Meditation is not meant to help us avoid problems or run away from difficulties. It is meant to allow positive healing to take place. To meditate is to learn how to stop—to stop being carried away by our regrets about the past, our anger or despair in the present, or our worries about the future.

I'm really starting to learn the value of silence and meditation. I keep my sanity in the middle of a hectic day by taking some me time or sometimes watching a guilty pleasure on TV, doing absolutely nothing, or just hanging out with friends and family. They keep me grounded and centered.

Running is how I clear my head and find my center again.

I've learned to take care of myself. You know, I try to stay conscious of whatever my energy is at all times, really. I mean, I come home from work, and, depending on the day or depending on what was going on, if I needed to adjust, I'd just meditate, or play guitar, or watch some 'Monty Python.'

At least once a week, I try to have one day where I have nothing planned so I can get up and just go back to bed and lay around and recharge my batteries.

I will do simple cleanses and have a day where I'm quiet and don't talk. I need to have this experience, especially after work has been really intense.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.