Deepak Chopra Quotes

Sprinkling drops of lavender and clary-sage oil into a bath is a totally simple yet complex pleasure.

A steamer is like an inhaler, so you can inhale this oil or frankincense or eucalyptus. Before I go onstage, I spend half an hour taking in that steam, and it saves my life!

Embrace good smells. No cost, no calories, no energy, no time - a quick hit of pleasure.

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can't help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won't want to worry.

If you're stressed at work, or before a competition, or if you need to be energized, or relaxed, there's so many scents that kind of take you there.

Diffusers not only leave your home smelling clean and fresh, but the oils that you choose to use in it can leave you feeling refreshed and stress free!

I bring incense, essential oils, and candles to make my hotel room feel more like home.

Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.

Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

Meditation really helps create not only a sense of balance... but serenity and kind of a calm state of mind.

I love to take a walk to get myself present and to wind my mind down.

I'm a very deep thinker, and I find it very hard to switch off at night, so I usually have to put on an episode of 'Friends' or listen to some music before bed.

I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.

The best thing is to lie in a warm Epsom salts bath for 15 minutes and then go straight to bed. You will sleep really well afterwards.

I like to meditate, take baths at home with essential oils and salts and write in a journal.

I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.

I think, you think critically all day, you've got a lot of decisions to make, so you've got to make sure that you take a couple of seconds every day to relax your brain a little bit.

Yoga is the best holistic workout and body toner there is. It sorts out a chaotic mind and calms the body - it is how I de-stress - or stop myself getting stressed in the first place.

If I'm having a stressful day, I can look at the sky and feel centered again and realize I'm just a tiny little dot in this whole universe and that, actually, everything's going to be just fine.

In order to reprogram the subconscious mind, you need to relax the body. Release the tension. Let the emotions go. Get to a state of openness and receptivity. You are always in change. You are always safe.

I put a drop of lavender essential oil on my pillow before I go to sleep.

Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.

Somebody bought me a Snuggie as a joke gift. Haha, the joke's on you, I enjoy it. I toss and turn at night, finally a blanket that's like, 'I'm going to keep you warm.' It's like having a small child with polio keep you in a full nelson - the perfect pressure.