Relaxation Response Quotes

When I'm working, especially when the role is very intense or very demanding, I actually tend to relax just innately afterwards because work relaxes me more than anything.

Meditation is a simple yet powerful tool that takes us to a state of profound relaxation that dissolves fatigue and the accumulated stress that accelerates the aging process.

Your pupillary muscles relax when your body gives up.

It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.

The restful alertness response reverses the aging process.

Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.

I love the feeling of putting my feet back on the sand after I've been out in the ocean for a while. I love that. I guess the adrenaline calms down when the sense of balance returns in a really grounded way.

Letter from Mr. B: Why does a back scratch feel better coming from somebody else than if you do it yourself?

Breathing in the proper state gets you into a state where you digest food better and calms your brainwaves down.

When you are interviewing someone, never let your camera person turn off the camera. The second you turn off the camera, they'll say the magic thing that you'd been looking for the whole interview. People want to relax after the performance is done. Don't be afraid of awkward silence. That is your friend.

When I would visit my octopus friend, Octavia, at New England aquarium, usually she would look me in the face, flow right over to see me, and flush red with emotion when she took my arms in hers. Often when I'd stroke her she'd turn white beneath my touch, the colour of a relaxed octopus.

During meditation, our breathing slows, our blood pressure and heart rate decrease, and stress hormone levels fall.

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

The interesting thing that happens for many people when they first start meditating is that they'll be doing it for a few months, and they will begin to change, but the experience is so subtle that they're not even aware of it.

I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise.

By modulating the amount of blue in our environment, we can help people to relax, or to be alert; to fall asleep, or to stay awake.

The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.