“I get butterflies just like everyone else. So I meditate for at least ten minutes before I perform. I breathe in and out slowly for ten minutes, and that literally helps me slow my heart rate and relax.” HeartHelpingMinutesMy HeartTenRateBreatheHelp MeRelaxButterflyHeart RateI Get Butterflies Author:Matthew Moy
“I love to put on frequency music or binaural beats to keep myself centered. It helps me with mental clarity, and it gives me a moment to breathe and be present.” GivingMomentsHelpingBeatsGive MeBreatheClarityHelp MeFrequencySelf Centered Author:Syesha Mercado
“I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe.” BelieveForceI BelieveHealingLaughterI Believe InBreathePower Of Laughter Author:Brené Brown
“Each full, deep inhale creates more space in your body and mind. Each long, exhale moves you directly into that space. The deeper you breathe, the more opens up. It's like opening a door and walking through with each breath. The fuller your breaths the more and more doors open on up, leaving you with the space to walk on in!” MindLongBodyMovingSpaceWalksDoorsWalkingBreathsLeavingDeeperBreatheYour BodyOpeningMind And BodyInhale Author:Tara Stiles
“Music. I live it and breathe it. It wakes me up in the morning, puts me to sleep at night and is with me all day.” NightSleepMorningBreathe Author:David Guetta
“Almost religiously, I step away from everything and close my eyes and breathe deeply for a few moments. It helps solidify my focus and aligns everything in my body to take care of the task at hand - which is winning, of course.” MomentsHelpingBodyHandsEyeCareCoursesWinningStepsFocusTasksTake CareBreatheTask At Hand Author:Amanda Beard
“That part of us that is meant to lead us in life, from which we are meant to lead, and from which we are meant to have guidance. The very thing that compels us to breathe, compels us to find hope in the midst of darkness - that part of us gets buried and overshadowed by fear.” DarknessBreatheGuidanceMidstBuried Author:Rod Stryker
“I'm so busy trying to breathe through the pain that I'm breathing through the pain of being with people, and that is no way to spend a life. Eventually, they'll just go away, because you will make them sad. That's something I've proven quite adept at doing over the years.” PeopleWayTryingYearsPainBusyBreatheBreathingGoing AwayProvenAdept Author:Adam Duritz
“I'd so much rather have exciting architecture that causes one to stop, breathe, and reflect on the potential of the human mind, the craft, and exploring things.” MindHumansCausesExcitingBreatheArchitectureCraftsHuman MindExploring Author:William McDonough
“People have to realize that the air we breathe and the water we drink come from the ocean and will go back to the ocean one way or another, no matter how far away we may be from it. It's a perpetual cycle.” PeopleWayMayMatterWaterRealizingAirDrinkOceanBreatheOne WayCyclesPerpetualFar Away Author:Walter Munk
“Work hard, play fair, be kind to all living creatures, and take a moment to just sit back and breathe.” KindHardPlayMomentsHard WorkCreaturesFairsBreatheBe KindLiving Creatures Author:Tricia Helfer
“If you just breathe, and go slower, you will have enough energy. It's really important because there are people who wait in line, and your work has changed their lives. You will need to listen to them because they are also going to feed you and give you confirmation of the prayer you asked before you spoke.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingImportantEnoughEnergyWaitingLinesPrayerChangedBreatheSpokesConfirmation Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Throughout all of human history we've enjoyed certain benign circumstances: an envelope of atmosphere, an envelope of temperature. A kind of resilience that if you cut down trees, then they'll grow back. You take fish, they recover. You put stuff into the atmosphere that you know is not good for us, but we can still breathe. We haven't awakened, generally, to the sense of urgency that does exist.” IfsKnowsHumansKindDoeStillsCertainGrowsStuffCuttingTreeHavensCircumstancesFishesBreatheResilienceEnjoyedAtmosphereOver YouHuman HistoryTemperatureAwakenedUrgencyEnvelopesBenignSense Of Urgency Author:Sylvia Earle
“Through the craziness, yoga classes allow me a safe space to breathe and put energy into myself.” EnergySpaceClassSafeYogaBreatheCrazinessSafe Space Author:Sadie Calvano
“After all, the same steps that reduce carbon pollution also clean the air we breathe, which saves lives and reduces disease.” StepsAirDiseaseCleanBreathePollutionCarbonSave A Life Author:Michael Bloomberg
“I obtain my center by remembering to breathe when in a difficult situation. My daily routine includes prayer, workouts, and meditation.” RememberDifficultPrayerSituationMeditationBreatheRoutineWorkoutDifficult SituationsDaily Routines Author:Ruthie Foster
“Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful.” GratefulBreatheShipsCaptainsBe Grateful Author:Michael Lomenda
“Love is when I smile and breathe deeply down to my toes. I've given myself a gift of caring for myself and learned a new way to look at my issues. And I'm lying in some fresh sheets looking out the window at some visual beauty... a mountain, an ocean, a stream, a forest. A lovely man lying next to me or my babies sleeping.” MenWayLooksLyingNextGivenSleepLove IsIssuesBabyMountainOceanWindowCaringBreatheLovelyForestsStreamsVisualsNew WaysToesSheetsMy BabyI SmileLovely Man Author:Taylor Dane
“When you read a book, and it's really, really beautiful, you're so engaged you forget to breathe. If you're in a car accident, and everything moves slowly, you can be shocked into the present. The past and the future disappear.” IfsBookPastBeautifulMovingForgetCarBreatheAccidentsDisappearEngagedShockedReally BeautifulBeautiful YouCar Accident Author:Russell Simmons
“You just have to smile and breathe. You do the best you can with what you have and that's it.” BreatheDo The Best Author:Russell Simmons
“Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.” IfsThinkingTryingSometimesCultureWhiteSupportAirPrivilegeBreatheConvinceRacistWhite Privilege Author:Nate Parker
“Relax. Breathe in deep. Hold it. Let it out. Loosen your shoulders. Smile. Close your eyes. You'll be surprised at how many voices you'll hear, whispering sweet encouragement into your ear.” EyeHateVoiceInspiringSweetEarsI HateEncouragementBreatheShouldersRelaxHate YouI Hate YouIntriguingWhispering Author:Mike Dooley
“Life is movement-we breathe, we eat, we walk-we move!” LifeMovingLife IsWalksMovementBreatheBreathing Author:John Pierrakos
“Be kind. Always. Give love freely and never wait for it to come back. If it breathes, grows, or has even a single cell bouncing around inside it, love it, too. Each and every thing deserves and has earned more respect than it's given so start the trend and I promise, promise that you will feel part of it all when you hold life in your hands.” IfsGivingFeelsKindHandsMotivationalGivenGrowsWaitingPromiseDeserveBreatheCellsBe KindTrendsI Promise Author:Tyler Knott Gregson
“I guess if you're that thin and that small you don't need to take up too much space or breathe that much air. You just keep on going.” IfsNeedsSpaceToo MuchAirBreathe Author:Truman Capote
“You can't be a band and not play, and playing is so invigorating. It breathes life into you. So does creating something out of nothing.” DoePlayBandCreatingBreatheCreating SomethingInvigorating Author:Taylor Momsen
“We need to breathe, come back to our hearts, and connect into more of a stable place within ourselves, not allowing that drama to affect us, and through this process we transcend that drama experience.” NeedsHeartProcessDramaBreatheAllowingStable Author:Christine McCormick Day
“This is the time for us to just let go, to breathe, to come into our hearts, and know everything is in hand, and not to take everything at face value within the illusion as it plays out, because that will accelerate.” KnowsHeartPlayHandsFacesValuesLetting GoIllusionBreatheAccelerateJust Let GoFace Value Author:Christine McCormick Day
“It's a very important process of self-recognition, self-introspection, by just daily accepting our creation, accepting what is right in front of us, breathing, letting go, and coming into the heart space and knowing that that fear or the struggle is part of the illusion. Just breathe that truth, because as you breathe, it filters through and you'll find that that tightness, that intensity, the fear, the worry, will dissolve. Just allow yourself not to get stuck in that.” HeartImportantSelfProcessSpaceAcceptingWorryStruggleKnowingFrontsCreationTruth IsLetting GoIllusionBreatheStuckRecognitionBreathingIntensityIntrospectionFiltersSelf RecognitionAccepting What Is Author:Christine McCormick Day
“Scott Derrickson breathes humour into a character with a very strong identity in the '60s and '70s, that psychedelia era of Eastern mysticism meeting the West.” CharacterStrongIdentityHumourMeetingsWestBreatheErasMysticismVery StrongEastern Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I've seen looks before that have literally taken my breath away - like someone on the red carpet and it's just like I can't even breathe, like you get some type of amazing anxiety.” LooksI CanTakenLike YouTypeAnxietyRedBreathsBreatheCarpetRed Carpet Author:Zendaya
“There is a wonderful documentary called 'A Room to Breathe,' where a school brought in a TM instructor, to try and establish a better classroom environment, and the results and transformations were profound. It's impossible to ignore, and we make some passing references in my film, but 'A Room to Breathe' is a closer look at just how powerful meditation can be.” TryingLooksSchoolFilmRoomsResultsPowerfulEnvironmentMeditationWonderfulImpossibleTransformationProfoundBreathePassingPassingsClassroomDocumentariesInstructors Author:James Redford
“My fourth mother, my godmother, she passed away a couple years ago - her name was Gwen. She was the theater director over at the gym where I grew up and learned about all those awesome things I told you about already. She was the one who taught me terms like "upstage" and "downstage," all those technical things about the art of what I do - how to breathe what I see, how to move. They were all her tactics, not anything learned or given to me through a theory, but rather by her natural abilities.” YearsArtMovingMotherNamesGivenTermNaturalAbilityTaughtTheoryGrewCoupleDirectorsGrew UpYears AgoTheaterBreatheGymFourthTacticsPassed AwayNatural AbilityGodmotherAwesome Things Author:Erykah Badu
“I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.” RunningRaceBreatheRelaxConsistentTransitionStarters Author:Donovan Bailey
“I don't think I can break down any doors, but I'm thinking, "Maybe I can be a cameraman, because I love the cameras." And the cameraman would show me how to thread the film, how to repair it, the lenses. That's when you become, like, goony goo-goo about it. You breathe and eat camera, and all of a sudden, you don't want anything else in the world. You finally know, "This is my calling." When you're passionate about something, it doesn't become work. It's art and it's fun. It's arduous, it's sweaty.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantArtI CanShowsFilmFunBreakDoorsCallingCamerasPassionateBreatheWorking ItThreadShow MeBreaking DownLensesCameraman Author:Pam Grier
“I studiously avoid the darkest places of the Internet. Sometimes you can't avoid it because you're doing a legitimate news search and something pops up, but I don't breathe that stuff in because I think it's a carcinogen.” ThinkingSometimesStuffInternetNewsPopsBreathe Author:Megyn Kelly
“I studied other singers, so I would learn how to phrase, and learn how to breathe. And the main thing was, I learned how to inhabit my song.” SongBreatheSingersPhrases Author:Bruce Springsteen
“We are blessed with a place that is open to the universe and, despite this, supports this very thin envelope of air we call atmosphere, which holds just the right amount of oxygen for us to breathe.” UniverseSupportAirAmountBlessedBreatheDespiteAtmosphereOxygenEnvelopes Author:Sylvia Earle
“Suppose you are drinking a cup of tea. When you hold your cup, you may like to breathe in, to bring your mind back to your body, and you become fully present. And when you are truly there, something else is also there - life, represented by the cup of tea. In that moment you are real, and the cup of tea is real. You are not lost in the past, in the future, in your projects, in your worries. You are free from all of these afflictions. And in that state of being free, you enjoy your tea. That is the moment of happiness, and of peace.” MindMayRealStatesMomentsBodyPastLostEnjoyWorryProjectsDrinkingBreatheYour BodyCupsTeaThat MomentAfflictionBeing FreeCups Of TeaReal YouMoments Of Happiness Author:Nhat Hanh
“I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?” IfsThinkingMenLifeLongI CanHomeCan DoPoorHusbandTablesBreatheBest ThingsRelaxComing HomeDistractionRelaxationPoor Man Author:Jackie Kennedy
“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.” InspirationalChildrenMotivationalScienceDeathPeaceCommonAirDyingPlanetsFutureDiversityOur ChildrenBreatheMortalsCherishLinksOur FutureBrotherhoodMy FutureMissilesUnity In DiversityCommon InterestsInspirational DiversityProfiles In CourageCuban Missile CrisisFuture Development Author:John F. Kennedy
“I think I'm a bit like a kind of shark, that if I stop swimming, I won't be able to breathe, something like that.” IfsThinkingKindAbleBitsBreatheSwimmingSharks Author:Alan Moore
“If NASA were advancing a space frontier there would be challenges you've never seen before. You have to be creative and you have to patent some new idea. You get to Mars...well, how do we get the water from the soil? I gotta invent a new device that will do that. And the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, how can we use that? Can we breathe the oxygen from the carbon dioxide?” IfsWellsIdeasUseWould BeWaterChallengesSpaceCreativeBreatheAtmosphereSoilDevicesNew IdeasMarsCarbonBe CreativeOxygenFrontiersAdvancingNasaPatentsCarbon Dioxide Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When you think about what Homo sapiens are about, you almost feel that we are replacing ourselves. We won't be able to breathe and breed on this earth, so we replace ourselves with androids that can do. The androids can go up into space and take the future of humanity forward because maybe we just bow out with a carbon-based epoch.” ThinkingFeelsAbleEarthHumanityCan DoSpaceBreatheBowsCarbonHomo SapiensEpochAndroidsFuture Of Humanity Author:Irvine Welsh
“I don't seem to have time to breathe. Everything's happening so quickly, and so much is happening all the time.” SeemsHappeningsBreathe Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Hearing your voice and your instrument kind of breathe in the room, it affects the way you perform the songs. For instance, if you have that reverb, you can give the songs a little more space. You can play them a little slower or you can play less of the guitar part and just let it open up, which I really love. It's so nice to play a listening room, because the audience feels a certain way too.” IfsWayGivingFeelsKindLittlesPlayCertainSongVoiceSpaceRoomsAudienceNiceListeningInstrumentsGuitarHearingBreatheInstanceHearing Your Voice Author:Denison Witmer
“You don't always get lucky enough to have songs that can breathe and shift meaning. But every once in a while you open up a window and something passes through. It's really nice for me when I discover those songs in my catalogue. It's one of the reasons I try not to get too specific about what my songs mean.” TryingMeanReasonEnoughSongNiceLuckyWindowBreatheReally NiceCatalogues Author:Denison Witmer
“I always wanted to be an NBA ball player since I was eight years old. I kind of went on the road of sports and I ended up on the stage with the microphone. For me it's like a dream come full circle. I think some people do it because their agent tells them it's a good look to get some publicity. But myself, I eat, live, and breathe basketball.” PeopleThinkingYearsLooksKindDreamWantedSportsPlayerStageBasketballBallsEightBreatheCirclesAgentsNbaLooking GoodPublicityMicrophonesFull CircleBall Players Author:Michael Bivins
“God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So to confess is to breathe in and to ask God to forgive me of my sins. And as we breathe out we breathe out the impure air and breathe in the pure air. I would say the pure air is knowing that God has forgiven us of our sins.” AsksSinKnowingAirPureForgivingBreatheFaithfulForgivenForgive MeGod Is FaithfulUnrighteousness Author:Vonette Bright