Joanne Harris Quotes

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.

Try and get out into nature for even 30 min. each day to clear your head + think + walk + breathe. Great daily practice.

Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, it's important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds.

Hiking is something that I really, really like to do. It's distracting, you're in nature, and you get a nice workout that way. I would tell everyone to hike as much as they can - you just feel so much better when you get outdoors. I'm also into yoga.

I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear.

Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.

The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.

Working in a garden calms me down.

To be able to walk out the door when you come home from a job and wander into the garden to do a bit of watering gives you time to be creative in your mind.

When you surround yourself with nature, it's really powerful.

A garden is the best alternative therapy.

Give yourself the gift of nature as often as you can.

It's not the fish you catch, it's the peace of mind you take home at the end of the day.

I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.

I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

I have a couple of things I do to clear my head when I need it. The first is exercise, the kind of exercise that makes me lie on the floor afterward gasping for breath and wonder if I'm actually going to be able to breathe enough to not die. The other one is playing music.

People think that because of my act that I must have a really busy mind and I must be driven. I really am not. I quite like going outside and looking at spiders on a hedge in my garden and stuff.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.

If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you're laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body.

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.