Fernando Torres Quotes

Meditation helps us gain the capacity to relax, to connect with what is going on right here and right now, to connect with other people, to re-access our resourcefulness, our clarity and our ability to focus and keep an open heart.

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.

Running is how I clear my head and find my center again.

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.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not.

It's very important for me to be absolutely present in order to be emotional.

Wherever you are - be all there.

I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next.

Many people could benefit from meditation.

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

The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.

Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.

That's how I feel, oddly, when I walk on stage in front of 20,000 people, and it's crazy, the madness: I feel the most relaxed and free, and all of my worries and troubles just are gone. Just I feel the most present in that moment.

Meditation helps me see things clearer. When things are going fast, it helps me slow them down.

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

It's great having time to just sit back and work through things in my mind. It helps put life into perspective.

I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.

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

Usually, when I give talks, I'm 100% there, 100% present.

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.

Yoga is active relaxation, which allows us to develop presence and take responsibility for the way we feel.

It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.

Life is crazy. You travel and you're busy and there's so much going on that it's important to have the moments where you can breathe and you can just be present with the person or the people that you're there with.

I have learned how to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present, because that is where I am destined to live.