Kim Basinger Quotes

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

When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the energy inside your body, look around at the sky, the trees. The mind might tell you, 'I don't have time.' But that's the mind talking to you. Even the busiest person has time for 30 seconds of space.

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.

I'm also good at meditation. It involves doing nothing and everything at the same time.

Before you find a way to channel your emotional energy, you must take time to be still and actually feel. Meditation is a simple tool for becoming 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.

The command is "Do no work." Just make space. Attend to what is around you. Learn that you don't have to DO to BE. accept the grace of doing nothing. Stay with it until you stop jerking and squirming.

I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.

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

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.

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.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

I prefer to be in tune with my surroundings and to be aware of things. I like listening to my foot strike and my breathing. It can be quite soothing.

You can manage your energy - just slow down and be.

Downtime for me is just when I can sit still.

Being still may sound a little crazy to some, but I really encourage people to simply listen to your own breath and unclog all those thoughts running through your mind. It's important to take a step back.

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

I just feel like being on the floor for more minutes allows me to give my presence.

Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

The ability to just sit there. That's being a person.

We try to abolish intervals by our manic insistence on keeping busy, on doing something. And as a result, all we succeed in doing is destroying all hope of tranquility. ... . You have to learn to immerse yourself in the silences between.

Be. Here. NOW. Don't forget to breathe. When all else fails, grab a clown nose.

Meditation is not concentration. It is simple awareness. You simply relax and watch the breathing. In that watching, nothing is excluded. The car is humming - perfectly okay, accept it. The traffic is passing - that's okay, part of life. The fellow passenger snoring by your side, accept it. Nothing is rejected. You are not to narrow down your consciousness.

When you are here and now, sitting totally, not jumping ahead, the miracle has happened. To be in the moment is the miracle.

To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present.