Christopher McDougall Quotes

I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe who I am, first in my body, and then emotionally, and on to a kind of spiritual path.

Meditation is a way of moving into the unlimited dimension of who you are - it is the ultimate freedom.

My yoga practice, I do it because when I get on my mat, I know I'm going to be transformed. I know that whatever stresses are in my life or whatever worries I have or whatever monkey mind is happening for me, when I get off the mat, I'm going to be transformed.

Why do we meditate? We meditate precisely because this world of ours has disappointed us and because failure looms large in our day-to-day life. We want fulfillment. We want joy, peace, bliss and perfection within and without. Meditation is the answer, the only answer.

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

It's been my experience that the longer I do yoga, the more I want to know, the more I am able to understand and the less judgmental I am.

Yoga will uplift you if you are feeling sluggish or down, relax you if you feel high-strung, and soften your edges if you are feeling angry.

For nearly every challenging moment in life, there's a yoga pose to help you feel better.

Meditation is the golden key to all the mysteries of life.

Meditation is a technique to integrate one's personality, to be able to live and enjoy full life of all glories - worldly and divine.

Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.

Meditation is the antidote to all the poisons of your life. It is the nourishment of your authentic nature.

With meditation, you become a sensitized superhero, completely in control, with endless possibilities at your fingertips.

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.

Meditation is the sharp tool to dig out the great treasure hidden within everybody's inner personality.

The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.

Meditation is the art of cleaning your mirror from all the dust that the society, the religion, the educational system has poured on you, to take away everything that has not been born with you, to bring you to your absolute innocence as you were born as a child.

Meditation is perhaps the master key for all our problems.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

People meditate themselves because they are just trying to feel better, and transcendental meditation is a natural mental technique that you can perform and that provides that relaxation and also a little bit of broader perspective.

I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.

Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.