Kriti Kharbanda Quotes

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

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.

Chanting is a simple practice. When you notice you are thinking about something else during the chant, let go of the thought and come back home, to the chant, to that place where we are expressing our inner purity.

I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus.

You don't have to believe anything, adopt a dogma in order to learn how to meditate.

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

I meditate and do yoga. I sit cross-legged and try not to levitate too much.

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

Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.

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.

Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind.

I usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.

You can meditate on almost anything: a prayer, song, image or word. Close your eyes; sit in a comfortable position. Take a breath, and say the word out loud, emphasizing the humming sound at the end. When you come to the end of the breath, take another one and say the word again. And so on.

For me, yoga is like a moving meditation, and I do believe in a mind-body connection.

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.

In yoga, it really is about being grounded.

I meditate. Just counting my breath. Before I do anything, really.

I meditate twice a day, T.M., and do yoga and tai chi.

What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've ever done. And it starts with that breath; it starts with getting out of my head and really just slowing the system down and being in a true present moment with each and every breath. That then allows me to be a more balanced and focused individual onstage.

I find the practice of yoga very spiritual and taking the time to just be and to reflect through meditation and chanting helps me to connect to a higher energy.

You spend so much time in your head in life. And what yoga does is, it asks you to allow your head to be quiet, to allow it to be still, just for an hour and a half. Just deal with your body and your breath. And it's a great workout. I love it.

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

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.

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.

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.