Louise Hay Quotes

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

I can meditate anywhere, anytime, even whilst talking to you.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

I try to take each moment at a time.

Yoga always helps me slow down, be present, and be grateful for my health and well-being.

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.

Meditation is not concentration. It is simple awareness. You simply relax and watch the breathing. In that watching, nothing is excluded. The car is humming - perfectly okay, accept it. The traffic is passing - that's okay, part of life. The fellow passenger snoring by your side, accept it. Nothing is rejected. You are not to narrow down your consciousness.

When you get into your car, after you close the door, pause for a few seconds and observe the flow of your breath. Become aware of a silent but powerful sense of presence.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

Walking is Zen, sitting is Zen. Then what will be the quality? Watchfully alert, joyously unmotivated, centered, loving, flowing, one walks. And the walking is sauntering. Loving, alert, watchful, one sits, unmotivated - not sitting for anything in particular, just enjoying how beautiful just sitting doing nothing is, how relaxing, how restful.

One way of pointing to this realization is, when you think you have big problems, ask yourself, "What problem do I have at this moment?" Usually, you will find that you don't have a problem at this moment because you're sitting here and you're breathing, you're looking out the window, and it's fine.

Relax, let go. But remember only one thing: You are a witness.

There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

So being present becomes more and more the exercise the older you get.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.

I had a friend who introduced me to a meditation practice which involves a couple of half-hours a day of meditation, where essentially you try to achieve a stillness that allows you to just be there in the moment.

You don't always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that's plenty.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.