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Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh
1998·Plum Village, France

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

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Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda·1946

Fixity of attention depends on slow breathing; quick or uneven breaths are an inevitable accompaniment of harmful emotional states — fear, lust, anger.

Thich Nhat HanhThich Nhat Hanh·1999

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.

SvātmārāmaSvātmārāma·~1450

When breath is unsteady, the mind is unsteady. When breath is steady, the mind is steady. The yogi should therefore restrain the breath.

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