Mind-Body Harmony Quotes

I am bigger and stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regimen has served me well all of these years, thanks to Master Ren Guang-yi. I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future.

Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind, and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength.

If you become capable of relaxing the body voluntarily, then you will be able to help your mind relax voluntarily. Mind is a more complex phenomenon. Once you have become confident that the body listens to you, you will have a new trust in yourself. Now even the mind can listen to you. It will take a little longer with the mind, but it happens.

Aikido is the Way and Principle of harmonizing Heaven, Earth and Man.

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.

It’s true that the mind is where all ideas are born, but the body is the tool that translates and expresses those ideas to the wider world. It is nothing but a vehicle for our greater creative purpose but if we don’t give it fuel and keep it in good working order it instead becomes another obstacle to transcend, a physical one, as well as the many million fictitious mental ones that society presents.

It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.

When awareness is completely balanced, communicating with the outside world is instantaneous and automatic. It happens with the touch of thought.

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

You cannot devalue the body and value the soul Or value anything else.

A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable. You're on your toes trying to push it. Suddenly you realize you can open it up a bit more. You know you're at one with yourself and the environment. You're a little more alive than before you started.

Clarity of mind, body and spirit is the key to creativity.

Health is a good thing; but sickness is far better, if it leads us to God.