Steven R. McQueen Quotes

Doing something that's physical but not necessarily mentally taxing - for me, it frees me up creatively.

Why do people do yoga? To clear their minds? I embrace the clutter in my head.

There is nothing wrong with meditating just to meditate, in the same way that you listen to music just for the music. If you go to concerts to "get culture" or to improve your mind, you will sit there as deaf as a doorpost.

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

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.

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

I learned that working out gives me a space to get clear. It's not just about the body. It gives me space to process things and get clear in my mind about decisions and things I want to do.

Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind's tearing tension.

I work out because that's my job, but what I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head, and one great way to do that is to sweat your face off. And to know that, if you're thinking of anything else, you're not working intensely enough.

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.

When we exercise, it feels like we're really out there doing something, whereas spending a few minutes with your eyes closed in meditation may feel a little, well, wimpy.

I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else.

When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.

I want to stay active. I want to find that mind-body connection every single day, and I want other people to have that because we spend our lives on our phones, at our desks. We're not thinking about our bodies and the mental connections we should be having, and those moments help us push through to live our best life.

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.

Yoga is a part of who I am. It has given me a permanent relationship. A relationship between my body, my mind, and my emotions.

Yoga is not a belief system - it is not a new religion, philosophy or a teaching but a technology. I call it a technology because you don't have to believe it; you just have to learn to use it. It does not matter what your religion is, what your colour is, what your race is, or where you come from. If you learn to use yoga, it works for you.

Yoga can benefit you no matter what mood you find yourself in.

If you wake up in the morning, and you're feeling tired, I feel like if you get on your yoga mat and even practice for, like, 10 or 15 minutes, it's really great for just grounding you, centering you, and getting the energy moving.

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

There is nothing a good long walk can't help work out.

My New Years Resolution is to find the calm in the chaos. Practicing yoga is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It's where you connect mind, body and spirit.

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

Whenever you meditate, there are glimpses. Then the mind comes in and says, 'Be happy! Look, I have done it.' And immediately the contact is lost.

Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or spraining your patience.