“Information is key to raising awareness of what our brain withholds from our conscious mind. Unfortunately we are hardwired emotion-driven thinkers. It takes effort and training to exercise introspection and mindfulness.” MindEffortEmotionBrainAwarenessInformationKeysExerciseMindfulnessTrainingConsciousDrivenThinkerIntrospectionConscious MindRaising Awareness Author:David Bloor
“Our virtues themselves are not free and floating qualities over which we retain a permanent control and power of disposal; they come to be so closely linked in our minds with the actions in conjunction with which we have made it our duty to exercise them that if we come to engage in an activity of a different kind, it catches us off guard and without the slightest awareness that it might involve the application of those same virtues.” IfsMindKindMadeDifferentMightActionQualityVirtueAwarenessDutyExerciseActivityMade ItPermanentApplicationDifferent KindsFloatingLinkedConjunctions Book:In Search Of Lost Time, Vol 2: Within a Budding Grove Source: In Search Of Lost Time, Vol 2: Within a Budding Grove
“Awareness is the key to everything. I think it's important to be aware of how you feel. How do you feel after you exercise? How do you feel after you eat something? I try to be mindful of the food I'm putting in my body, the products I use, and what I put in or on my body.” ThinkingFeelsTryingImportantUseBodyAwarenessProductsKeysExerciseHow You Feel Author:Lauren Bowles
“Yoga should not be just an exercise, but a means to connect with the world and with nature. It should bring a change in our lifestyle and create awareness within us.” WorldShouldMeanAwarenessExerciseYogaLifestyle Author:Narendra Modi
“Balance is a tricky thing. I love my work and that helps. And I work a lot. So I spend a fair amount of time trying to make sure I'm taking time off, exercising, meditating and things like that. I also have a powerful support team (including my partner, Kelley) to keep me grounded. I don't always feel like I have the balance I want, but I have awareness about it, which I think is key.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingHelpingPowerfulSupportTeamAwarenessKeysAmountBalanceExerciseFairsIncludingPartnersTake TimeGroundedTrickyMeditatingThings I LoveTime Off Author:Steven C. Harper
“Tracking is a simple exercise. It works because it brings moment-to-moment awareness to the actions you take in the area of your life you want to improve” WantMomentsActionSimpleAwarenessExerciseAreasTracking Book:The Compound Effect Source: The Compound Effect
“When your awareness is contracted, the flow of energy and information throughout your bodymind is hampered. You tend to stay stuck in toxic emotions such as regret, resentment, and self-pity. Non-nurturing habits such as overeating and not exercising take hold. The feedback loop between your mind and your body turns negative, and stress can hit you instantaneously or grind away at you day after day.” MindSelfBodyTurnsEnergyEmotionAwarenessInformationRegretHabitExerciseNegativeFlowStressYour BodyStuckPityToxicResentmentFeedbackNurturingGrindSelf PityLoopsOvereating Author:Deepak Chopra
“Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.” MenFirstsSelfFormAwarenessExerciseDegreesConscienceMen And WomenAdversitySelf AwarenessExtrasFastingIdentifying Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.” InspirationalFeelingsInspirationRunningValuesEnergyGoalPerfectEmotionAwarenessCarHealthBalanceExerciseHealthyFasterDietsWheelsWrestlingAlignment Author:Brian Tracy
“To limit yourself to a label of "alcoholic" is masochistic and false if you have awakened a deeper spiritual identity within and have come to know your true self as unconditioned pure awareness. This doesn't mean that recovering alcoholics don't have to be concerned with relapsing, they must always remain vigilant. The power of addiction should not be underestimated. This exercise in vigilance can become a spiritual tool of liberation as well. Always being aware of choosing between real happiness and false happiness is also the discrimination required to attain enlightenment.” IfsKnowsShouldWellsMeanRealSelfSpiritualAwarenessIdentityExercisePureLimitsEnlightenmentConcernedToolsAddictionDeeperDiscriminationLabelsLiberationTrue SelfAlcoholicsAwakenedVigilanceVigilantUnderestimatedRecoveringReal HappinessMasochisticRecovering AlcoholicsFalse Happiness Author:Deepak Chopra