Notable Quotes

Dr. Andrew Weil

"If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly."

The Bible

"Blessed are they who are intimate with their Breath, for they shall receive the 'I Can' of the Universe." -The Beatitudes (as translated directly from the Bible in Aramaic)

Dr. Deepak Chopra

“Prolonged stress can make you sick and can accelerate aging. Over time, the stress response can cause high blood pressure, heart disease, stomach ulcers, autoimmune diseases, cancer, anxiety, insomnia, and depression."

"The bodily changes of restful awareness in meditation are almost the exact opposite of the fight-or-flight response. During meditation, breathing slows, blood pressure decreases, and stress hormone levels fall. The consumption of oxygen during meditation falls almost twice as much as during sleep.”

Thich Nhat Hanh,
Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Nobel Prize nominee, 1967

“Breath is the bridge, which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Learn to practice breathing in order to regain composure of body and mind, to practice mindfulness, and to develop concentration and understanding.”

Michael Grant White

"Vince Lombardi once said ‘There are no new fundamentals.’ It's the same with breathing"

Carmen Harra,
author

"The breath is a powerful tool...it creates a bridge between the subconscious and conscious mind, and connects the mind and the body. When you sit and breathe deeply, your physiology will change, and both your mind and your body will relax and become open. Breathing helps clear your head of the thoughts of the emotions and ego, and it allows you to get closer to your true self."

Nicephorus the Solitary, 1250 A.D.
From Calabria (the “toe” of Italy), was a monk at Constantinople and then on Mount Athos.

"You know that our breathing is the inhaling and exhaling of air. The organ that serves for this is the lungs that lie round the heart, so that the air passing through them thereby envelops the heart. Thus breathing is a natural way to the heart. And so, having collected your mind within you, lead it into the channel of breathing through which air reaches the heart and, together with this inhaled air, force your mind to descend into the heart and to remain there."

Sheldon Saul Hendler, MD Ph.D.,
Author, The Oxygen Breakthrough

"Breathing is the FIRST place not the LAST place one should investigate when any disordered energy presents itself."

Oprah Winfrey

“Nothing is more effective than a deep, slow inhale and release for surrendering what you can’t control,” states Oprah’s website. “So stop. Go mindless. Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”