Valerie June Quotes

Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate.

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation.

I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

To me, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind.

Meditation is an essential aspect of my life.

I don't have to go to a mountain to meditate. I'm meditative in every moment of my life.

Meditation is about breathing, it's about clarity, taking your time and not rushing through your thinking.

I'm down for indefinitely chilling as long as I'm not self-aware during it. That seems like it could be torture on some level but a lot of people pray for that so who knows.

Being still at least once a day will enhance your life.

In a quiet place, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and go inward. Place your attention on your heart, in the center of your chest. Sit quietly and easily let your attention remain there.

All that you need is just to be silent and listen to existence.

I meditate whenever I can. I can be in the back seat of a car or in between appointments.

There's No Such Thing as a Bad Meditation. Any Time you Spend in Silence is Valuable

I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14.

There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

I had a friend who introduced me to a meditation practice which involves a couple of half-hours a day of meditation, where essentially you try to achieve a stillness that allows you to just be there in the moment.

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.

To meditate is to familiarise our mind constantly and thoroughly with a virtuous object.

I just can't sit still and meditate; that doesn't kind of work for me. I don't even know exactly what it means.

I always try meditation. Meditation means always keeping one mind, not-moving mind.

There are certain ways in which I cultivate awareness, both through mindful yoga and taking care of my body and taking time to actually drop as deeply as possible into stillness, into whatever is unfolding in the present moment.