Deep Breathing Quotes:

Deep breathing brings deep thinking and shallow breathing shallow thinking.

- Elsie Lincoln Benedict

source: Elsie Lincoln Benedict (1920). “Practical Psychology”

topic: Thinking, Deep Breathing, Shallow, Deep Thinking

I find that deep breathing and meditation help me handle practically any situation.

- Nathan East

source: "Daft Punk Bassist Nathan East: Music is His Mission". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Deep Breathing, Meditation, Helping

We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.

- Seneca the Younger

topic: Air, Deep Breathing, Spirit

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

- Sylvia Plath

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Deep Listening, Deep Breath

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

- Byron Nelson

topic: Break Up, Breathing, Way, Deep Breath, Deep Breathing

Shallow breathing is the root of all evil but conscious deep breathing restores and secures our souls.

- Desmond Green

topic: Breathing, Roots, Evil, Deep Breathing

The single most important key to sex that I've yet discovered is conscious rhythmic breathing; the more you breathe the more you feel and the more you come alive. Many of us breathe only enough to survive but not to live fully. Deep breathing is a door to waking up to healing and to more personal freedom.

- Annie Sprinkle

topic: Sex, Healing, Doors, Deep Breathing

Reduce the stress levels in your life through relaxation techniques like meditation, deep breathing, and exercise. Youll look and feel way better for it.

- Suzanne Somers

topic: Stress, Exercise, Breathing, Stress Levels, Deep Breathing

I practice yoga on a regular basis at my gym and when I travel. Yoga not only keeps me flexible, but I feel it enhance the quality of my blood cells through deep breathing. I also feel energized when I practice yoga, which helps me cope with my demanding schedule.

- Nathan East

source: "Daft Punk Bassist Nathan East: Music is His Mission". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

topic: Yoga, Cells, Blood, Deep Breathing, Blood Cells

My preparation is always mediation and deep breathing. And the rubbing of my hands together just gets my energy going.

- John Edward

topic: Hands, Breathing, Meditation, Mediation, Deep Breathing

Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.

- Ronee Blakley

topic: Song, Drinking, Glasses, Deep Breathing, Brushing

Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower abdomen and his mental focus. He was always concentrated on the inner alignment through breath.

- A. G. Mohan

topic: Breathing, Practice, Long, Long Deep, Deep Breathing

At first, the idea of doing a 90-minute workout in a 40 degree room sounded like torture. But the sweating is exactly what I became addicted to. My body changed dramatically almost immediately. Within three classes, I noticed less belly fat. My knees and legs are stronger than ever now; my arms have definition for the first time in my life; and my posture is much, much better. I also feel completely energized from all of the deep breathing. I leave class relieved of any anxiety I went in with, and the sweating and detoxifying make my skin feel great.

- Rebecca Romijn

topic: Workout, Yoga, Breathing, Stronger Than Ever, Sweating

When you're all alone out there, on the end of the typewriter, with each new story a new appraisal by the world of whether you can still get it up or not, arrogance and self-esteem and deep breathing are all you have. It often looks like egomania. I assure you it's the bold coverup of the absolutely terrified.

- Harlan Ellison

topic: Self Esteem, Breathing, Typewriters, Appraisal, Egomania