Jake Epstein Quotes

I tend to do yoga before I go on stage, so that keeps me nice and calm.

I'm a very quiet person, and I always try to take the pressure off myself before games.

I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.

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.

When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.

I find a bath meditative and usually prepare myself for the day in this manner.

Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about.

When people around me are getting rattled, I may just close my eyes and do a breathing exercise.

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.

I have to have a little bit of time to myself right before whatever it is that I have to do because most of the time I'm sitting in my head convincing myself to calm down, all right, show down.

Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.

Conscious breath control is a useful tool for achieving a relaxed, clear state of mind.

I talk to myself quite a lot, and when things get stressful, I just tell myself to breathe.

I like to come to a tournament with a specific playlist that I can listen to before going on the court. I like five or 10 minutes just for myself.

For me, I'll unwind at the end of the day by soaking in Epsom salts. It's the routine I prefer for coming down after crazy days.

I wake up around nine and do morning chants in my bed. I learned transcendental meditation four years ago, and I do it twice a day, plus an extra ten minutes before the show because I struggle with stage fright just before I go on.

The performance anxiety I had is still there. I've been given different kinds of tools and learned how to manage it.

I have to have sound in my ears for 10 minutes prior. I come to the theater early, two hours, just to calm down and warm up.

Taking time for yourself is crucial when you're surrounded by people all day.

I find a way to have stress because I need it.

I like to shower for a really long time; that's a distraction-free zone for me.

Almost religiously, I step away from everything and close my eyes and breathe deeply for a few moments. It helps solidify my focus and aligns everything in my body to take care of the task at hand - which is winning, of course.

Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.