“Many Indian scientists and yogis believe that people learned how to do nauli even before the advent of writing. According to their view, yoga and ayurveda initially existed in oral form.”
Source: Enhancing the Benefits of Nauli with a Key Exercise for Abdominal Muscle Strength: Second Edition
“Individual practitioners of tai chi, qigong, and Eastern martial arts have started to incorporate nauli into their practices. These disciplines share a belief in the fundamental role of the dantian in accumulating "qi" energy and applying it in daily life and training.”
Source: Enhancing the Benefits of Nauli with a Key Exercise for Abdominal Muscle Strength: Second Edition
“Regular practice of leg lifts and nauli contributes to improved digestion. More efficient gastrointestinal tract function ensures a high quality and quantity of nutrients entering the body from the food consumed. In turn, this leads to an improvement in the composition and formula of the blood, which distributes nutrients throughout the body. As a result, the therapeutic possibilities of the proposed exercises extend beyond the abdominal cavity.”
Source: Enhancing the Benefits of Nauli with a Key Exercise for Abdominal Muscle Strength: Second Edition
“Come out, come out, wherever you are... come out, come out, or you'll end up in the tar...”
Source: Twin Loyalties: From The Chronicles Of Tar Ponds City
“The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring kind of conformity.”
“He paused for a minute and I could feel him trembling. “I love you,” he whispered against my skin and then his teeth, broke through.”
Source: Blur
“He kissed with a practiced ease that threatened to completely unmake me, one broad palm finding the small of my back as he tugged me closer. I went willingly, unthinkingly, my arms wrapping around his neck when he tilted his head and traced the seam of my lips with the tip of his tongue.
It wasn't supposed to be like this. My body was not supposed to react to his proximity, his touch, his kiss. This wasn't real. But for my body, this kiss was real as it got. My breath quickened as the seconds slipped past, as Reggie briefly dipped his tongue into my mouth before withdrawing again. His taste was peculiar, like metal and salt, like that time I'd accidentally bitten my tongue while eating too fast and blood pooled in my mouth. It did nothing to dispel the moment, or to distract me from the very real sensations coursing through me. I clutched at the ends of his shirt collar, thinking of only bringing him closer, not even realizing I was doing it until he returned the favor by bunching up the fabric at the front of my dress in his fist.
"Amelia," he whispered against my lips.
And then, it was over. Reggie pulled back by degrees, giving me a sheepish grin.
I was warm and flushed all over. I had no doubt that my face was as red as the strawberries I'd eaten for dessert. When I looked into his eyes, the blacks of his pupils had nearly swallowed up the brilliant blue irises, but he seemed otherwise unaffected by what we'd just done.”
Source: My Vampire Plus-One
“People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the story for me to provide a reliable account.”
Source: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
“And if we stopped believing people were capable of change, then the world might as well be left to burn.”
Source: A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
“And kissing Casteel was like daring to kiss the sun.”
Source: A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire