Shirley MacLaine Quotes

I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be.

I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I'll come out of it refreshed and centered and that's how I'll feel and it'll carry through the day.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.

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.

Walks work for me. I enter some arena that is neither conscious or unconscious.

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.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.

I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, Pilates or meditation.

One thing I do personally started 20 years ago. I started meditating, and I know twice a day I can kind of let everything drop. It's just about being quiet, like drawing back the day, and it allows me to have energy.

I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

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.

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

If you want to get high, meditate.

Meditation helps me to calm down.

Whether you call it meditation, self-reflection or just shutting everything out, I am quite good at that.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

Yoga and mediation exist whether we choose to acknowledge or practice. It's like a tree. You can walk by the tree and inhale the oxygen it provides consciously or unconsciously. You'll still be benefiting from the tree.

Not long ago, in response to a spell of insomnia, I learned some of the principles of meditation, to empty my mind piece by piece. It was like the old game of jacks - cautiously lifting each jack clear of its neighbor until only the empty background remained.

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.

Meditation is key. It's a crazy world we live in. Everything is happening so fast in our world, so to take a moment and clear the mind and just be totally present is so healing. I want to meditate more.

Not that I'm any good at it, but the beauty of meditation is that it liberates us from our own thoughts.

Meditation or religion is a totally different world: it is relaxation, it is let-go - it is not concentration at all. It is not one-pointedness, it is no-pointedness.

Meditation gives you an opportunity to come to know your invisible self. It allows you to empty yourself of the endless hyperactivity of your mind, and to attain calmness. It teaches you to be peaceful, to remove stress, to receive answers where confusion previously reigned.