When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace. – Author Unknown
What we call ‘I’ is just a swinging door, which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. – Shunryu Suzuki
When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath. – Svatmarama, Hatha Yoga Pradipika
A healthy mind has an easy breath. – Author Unknown
If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance. – Andrea Boydston
Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God. – Krishnamacharya
Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life. – Giovanni Papini
Smile, breathe and go slowly. – Thích Nhất Hạnh
Breath is Spirit. The act of breathing is Living. – Author Unknown
Ancestral Teacher Qiu said, “If the breathing is at all unsettled, life is not your own.” – “Heaven and Earth,” c. Ming dynasty work Anthology on the Cultivation of Realiza
For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. – Sanskrit Proverb
The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. – Proverb
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. – Thích Nhất Hạnh
Walking through the house at night is wonderful to me; a symphony of breath, each person a separate instrument as they collectively breathe in time to the metronome of life itself. – Edwin Leap, www.edwinleap.com
He lives most life whoever breathes most air. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. – Thích Nhất Hạnh
Focusing on the act of breathing clears the mind of all daily distractions and clears our energy enabling us to better connect with the Spirit within. – Author Unknown
As a fire blazes brightly when the covering of ash over it is scattered by the wind, the divine fire within the body shines in all its majesty when the ashes of desire are scattered by the practice of pranayama. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Breathing, according to me, corresponds to taking charge of one’s own life. – Luce Irigaray, Between East and West
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am. – Sylvia Plath
