Sandra Cisneros Quotes

I can meditate anywhere, anytime, even whilst talking to you.

Downtime for me is just when I can sit still.

Yoga always helps me slow down, be present, and be grateful for my health and well-being.

You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.

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

I try to meditate every morning. It relaxes me, clears my mind, and sets my day off on the right foot before things get too manic.

As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm.

When I do something that's stressful, I have to find a moment of peace, so I tend to meditate and get in the flow. It's a regular practice of mine.

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

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'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.

You don't always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that's plenty.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

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.

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

I hope I will be a calm mother; I do yoga and I meditate, and those should help.

I feel like saying we need to all calm down a little. Let's take the time to breathe. I have no intention of allowing myself be distracted.

I meditate and I'm passionate about it.

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.

Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.

It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.

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

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.

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.