“I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.” KindBrainMeditationYogaVery Good Author:Cara Delevingne
“The author isn't altogether certain that there is any such thing as exaggeration. Our brains permit us to use such a wee fraction of their resources that, in a sense, everything we experience is a reduction. We employ drugs, yoga techniques and poetics - and a thousand more clumsy methods - in an effort just to bring things back up to normal.” UseCertainEffortBrainDrugThousandNormalYogaResourcesMethodTechniquePermitReductionExaggerationFractionsClumsy Author:Tom Robbins
“Mood reflects the biology of the brain. How you feel is affected by the chemicals in the brain, and these are the same chemicals that form the basis of mood-altering drugs. You may use yoga, meditation, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) or exercise to alter your mood, or revert to healthy eating, regular exercise and getting enough sleep.” FeelsMayEnoughUseFormSleepBrainMeditationExerciseHealthyDrugEatingYogaBasesMoodTherapyBiologyAffectedChemicalsBehaviourHow You FeelCognitiveHealthy EatingYoga MeditationEnough SleepRegular Exercise Author:Liz Miller
“Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down. My brain and body can go into overdrive - yoga teaches me to focus on the moment and not get ahead of myself.” MomentsBodyRunningBrainTeachFocusYogaDestroyingJointsGet AheadOverdrive Author:Julia Stiles
“Yoga stimulates different nerves in your body, especially the Vagus nerve that carries information from the brain to most of the body's major organs, slows everything down and allows self-regulation. It's the nerve that is associated with the parasympathetic system and emotions like love, joy and compassion.” DifferentSelfBodyJoyEmotionBrainCompassionInformationMajorsYogaDown AndYour BodyCarrieNervesOrgansRegulationLike LoveSelf Regulation Author:Deepak Chopra
“The practice of yoga certainly is a fantastic practice. I only wish I would do it more. I find I can do it alone but it is much better if I have some guidance. Although I can do it alone it is a little bit sloppy. Ultimately, all of those techniques try to bring more oxygen to the brain. We can think and love better if we have more oxygen.” IfsThinkingTryingLittlesI CanWishBitsCan DoLove IsBrainPracticeLittle BitYogaAnd LoveTechniqueFantasticGuidanceOxygenI Can Do ItSloppy Author:Laura Huxley
“We spend the early years feeding our brains with information and the latter half trying not to think about it all.” ThinkingTryingYearsBrainHalfInformationYogaLatterFeeding Author:George Carlin
“Anything that is secret and mysterious in this system of Yoga should be at once rejected. The best guide in life is strength. In spirituality, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you. Have nothing to do with it. Mystery-mongering weakens the human brain. It has well-nigh destroyed Yoga, one of the grandest of sciences” ShouldHumansWellsMatterLife IsSpiritualitySecretBrainMysteryYogaGuidesDestroyedMysteriousRejectedHuman Brain Author:Swami Vivekananda
“It is only the Sahasrara has to grow, not the Spirit. The more sensitive the Sahasrara is, the more it receives the spiritual qualities of the Spirit. Actually the peace is felt in the Sahasrara. The bliss is also felt in the Sahasrara because that is the brain and the brain is the epitome of our nervous system, central nervous system, of consciousness itself.” LoveWisdomSpiritualSpiritGrowsFeltBrainConsciousnessQualityMeditationYogaNervousSensitiveBlissWellnessNervous SystemEpitomeCentral Nervous System Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Enlightenment of your brain means the limited capacity of your brain has to become unlimited in its capacity to realize God.” LoveMeanWisdomSpiritRealizingBrainMeditationEnlightenmentYogaCapacityWellnessUnlimited Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Divinity cannot be perceived through your brain, unless and until this light of your spirit shines into it.” LoveWisdomLightSpiritBrainMeditationYogaShiningWellnessDivinity Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“It is impossible for you to judge a person about his divinity unless and until the Kundalini reaches at least this part, which is the limbic area. You cannot make out whether a person is real or not, whether a guru is real or not. Because divinity cannot be perceived through your brain, unless and until this light of your Spirit shines into it.” LovePersonsRealWisdomLightSpiritBrainMeditationImpossibleJudgingYogaAreasShiningWellnessDivinityGuruMake Out Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Yoga breathing control is practiced to influence our thinking. The lungs correspond to our fore brain and can influence our consciousness.” ThinkingBrainConsciousnessInfluenceYogaBreathingLungs Author:Michio Kushi