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"Whatever we focus our attention on will expand in our experience. If we focus on cultivating the higher qualities of love, compassion, joy and peace, they will expand - not only in our own lives, but also into the world beyond."
"The body is holographic; therefore, when you change one biomarker you influence them all."
"There are foods that accelerate aging and entropy, and others that renew and revitalise the body."
"The jihadists ideology cannot be wiped out with force much less killed. You know, unless we understand the root causes of this, we're going to perpetuate this violence over and over again."
"What we do wrong with teenagers is we talk down to you instead of treating you as equals. Adults complain that you're not good listeners but really, adults are not listening to what you're trying to tell us. We're always trying to give you advice. We should treat you with lots of respect and dignity and groom you to be future leaders."
"Remember, whatever we put our attention on expands in our experience, so consider where you are focusing your time and energy."
"What you experience as "reality," including your physical body and aging, is shaped by your habits of perception."
"Perception is a selective act of attention and interpretation."
"An endangered planet may depend on the evolution of consciousness."
"The interesting thing is that you don't have to know the answers - simply asking the questions and your reflection itself causes the rewiring of the brain."
"Self-awareness includes awareness of your mental realm, which encompasses your thoughts, feelings, energy, and emotions."
"Your brain is waiting for you to give it direction."
"The Yoga Sutras offers a clear roadmap for the evolution of consciousness from ordinary states of awareness such as waking, dreaming, and sleeping - to higher states of consciousness."
"The Rig Veda defines yoga as a union or "yoking" of the material and spiritual worlds, and it doesn't describe any physical postures other than the traditional cross-legged meditation pose."
"Yoga has moved from relative anonymity in the West to a well-recognized practice offered in thousands of studios, community centers, hospitals, gyms, and health clubs."
"Consider that in this very moment, your body is changing as it reshuffles and exchanges its atoms and molecules with the rest of the universe - and you're doing it faster than you can change your clothes."
"Long-term meditators can have a biological age 5 to 12 years younger than their chronological age."
"Although yoga is commonly portrayed as a popular fitness trend, it's actually the core of the Vedic science that developed in the Indus Valley more than 5,000 years ago."
"When we meditate, we go beyond the swirl of thoughts, memories and emotions that tend to keep us stuck in our ego's story of who we are. We enter an expanded state of awareness and discover our own inner fountain of joy, a source of happiness that isn't dependent on anyone or anything."
"Don't shut down the feedback loop with judgment, rigid beliefs, and prejudices."