Mind Body Spirit Quotes

“The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.”
― Stephen Richards

“Life is like a game of chess.
To win you have to make a move.
Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT
and knowledge, and by learning the lessons that are
acculated along the way.

We become each and every piece within the game called life!”
― Allan Rufus, The Master's Sacred Knowledge

“It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
― Germany Kent

“BEFRIENDING THE BODY

Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means that you live in a body that is always on guard. Angry people live in angry bodies. The bodies of child-abuse victims are tense and defensive until they find a way to relax and feel safe. In order to change, people need to become aware of their sensations and the way that their bodies interact with the world around them. Physical self-awareness is the first step in releasing the tyranny of the past.

In my practice I begin the process by helping my patients to first notice and then describe the feelings in their bodies—not emotions such as anger or anxiety or fear but the physical sensations beneath the emotions: pressure, heat, muscular tension, tingling, caving in, feeling hollow, and so on. I also work on identifying the sensations associated with relaxation or pleasure. I help them become aware of their breath, their gestures and movements.

All too often, however, drugs such as Abilify, Zyprexa, and Seroquel, are prescribed instead of teaching people the skills to deal with such distressing physical reactions. Of course, medications only blunt sensations and do nothing to resolve them or transform them from toxic agents into allies.

The mind needs to be reeducated to feel physical sensations, and the body needs to be helped to tolerate and enjoy the comforts of touch. Individuals who lack emotional awareness are able, with practice, to connect their physical sensations to psychological events. Then they can slowly reconnect with themselves.”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“Life is like a sandwich!

Birth as one slice,
and death as the other.
What you put in-between
the slices is up to you.

Is your sandwich tasty or sour?
Allan Rufus.org”
― Allan Rufus

“Stand out from the crowd, be yourself.”
― Stephen Richards

“You willed yourself to where you are today, so will yourself out of it.”
― Stephen Richards

“No matter whether you believe in luck or chance, the final decision is from yourself.”
― Stephen Richards

“Yoga is the art work of awareness on the canvas of body, mind, and soul.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

“If the great internet connects us all ... then why are so many of us becoming increasingly isolated?”
― Stephen Richards

“The closer you come to knowing that you alone create the world of your experience, the more vital it becomes for you to discover just who is doing the creating.”
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“When you fail, that is when you get closer to success.”
― Stephen Richards

“Never allow your mind to wander untamed like a wild animal that exists on the basis of survival of the fittest. Tame your mind with consistent focus on your goals and desires.”
― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

“Grateful souls focus on the happiness and abundance present in their lives and this in turn attracts more abundance and joy towards them.”
― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

“We are exactly what our history made us to be.”
― Stephen Richards, Boost Your Self Esteem

“Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.”
― Marcus Garvey

“Manifesting is a lot like making a cake. The things needed are supplied by you, the mixing is done by your mind and the baking is done in the oven of the universe.”
― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

“What we perceive about ourselves is greatly a reflection of how we will end up living our lives.”
― Stephen Richards, Boost Your Self Esteem

“Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.”
― Kung Fu Panda

“Poverty: a temporary financial low, curable by money.”
― Stephen Richards

“The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us.”
― Stephen Richards, Boost Your Self Esteem

“I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“It is not enough if you just live life as it comes to you like a floating leaf in a pond. Make use of the powers bestowed in you and soar like an eagle.”
― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

“A good self-esteem level is mostly dependant on how we value ourselves without any bias.”
― Stephen Richards, Boost Your Self Esteem

“A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it.”
― Stephen Richards, Boost Your Self Esteem

“You have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present.”
― Germany Kent

“Once we open our eyes to the infinite magic that the universe has in abundance, we are sure to be enthralled by what we see and this miraculous creation gets us closer to our dreams and to the world as a whole.”
― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

“It was after I first began to uplift my thoughts a bit that my cravings for junk food started to dissipate. I did not connect the two at that time. First, I simply noticed that I didn’t need to sleep so much. It took a while before I realized that in addition to my improved energy level, there was a direct correlation between chewing on mental garbage and putting garbage in my mouth.”
― Holly Mosier

“The grass is not 'greener' on the other side – it is just another shade of green.”
― Annika Sorensen, Take Stress from Chaos to Calm