Leonard Orr Quotes

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

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

I am a trained hypnotherapist, yes, but it's more like a guided meditation. Most of the people I take under struggle with stress in their lives and have unbalanced sleeping patterns, so what I do enables my patients to regain energy and peacefulness on a subconscious level which affects their conscious mind.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

The average session takes about one to two hours. It's totally amazing because when a person breathes, they go through one stage of relaxation after another, and every stage releases tension.

There are certain exercises that you can do to let go of the emotions you create when you play a certain role. Breathing techniques.

I like to go to yoga classes and sweat a lot.

I take a few moments in the morning just to breathe while I drink my morning coffee or right before I get out of bed.

That's what nature meant us to do, breathe deep when we are stressed.

I get into certain yoga positions at times, when I'm working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it.

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

I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.

I've let my body soften. I've let it relax.

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 love how Pilates makes me feel, like it opens me up. I have the hardest time breathing, weirdly enough. Even when I have conversations, I need to work on my breathing, so it's something I enjoy because it's peaceful and it helps me relax.

As long as you put the effort in with your practice, the muscles in your arm stay relaxed and mental preparation is all it takes.

Most fighters are nervous before they go out there. Nervousness makes the body tight. I don't like that. I want to fight with a normal feeling. That's why I move the fingers, shoulders, everything. I try to move like spaghetti.

On game days, I do yoga as just a really short routine. It's more to warm up and to calm down in the morning.

I have been doing yoga long before variants like power yoga became popular.

Yoga is a great thing to do because you can just practice it by yourself in your hotel.

I went to a hypnotherapist and learned how to hypnotize myself and explored orthogenic training, how to relax each part of your body.

I like the hypnosis. Nothing too deep - just enough to keep me clearer and more focused.

I'm trying to get on the yoga/pilates train, but I can't seem to sit still. I imagine a lot of reporters would say the same.

I've done some meditation stuff like apps on my phone, but sometimes it's just about breathing deeply taking some deep breaths and slowing my mind down and focusing and something simple that can really help quiet my mind.

I'm a huge fan of meditation. I know lots of people assume meditation to be some Buddhist mumbo-jumbo, but it's been scientifically documented to create therapeutic changes in the brain.