Quotes for All
For some of us love comes into the room, kicks her shoes off, finds the most comfortable sofa, and lies down, rests, has no intention of going anywhere. For others love walks in smoking a cigarette, checking her watch every two seconds, jittery, with one hand on the doorknob, heart rate up, always in sprinter’s … Read more
Anything that’s slightly dangerous and gets the heart rate going is my kind of workout. Ellen Hollman
I am never out there just jogging for the heck of it. I never do that. I start to run with a goal in mind, whether it’s a certain time or certain distance or a specific heart-rate goal, and then I am done. Drew Carey
More than anything, rave was an intentionally designed experience. The music, lighting, and ambience were all fine-tuned to elicit and augment altered states of consciousness. The rhythm of the music was precisely 120 beats per minute, the frequency of the fetal heart rate, and the same beat believed to be used by South American shamans … Read more
During meditation, our breathing slows, our blood pressure and heart rate decrease, and stress hormone levels fall. Deepak Chopra
The everyday brain could be dubbed the baseline brain, because it operates at the minimum functioning to keep you alive and healthy. It controls your heart rate, your blood pressure, your immune function, all of your subconscious impulses. That’s not a minor role; the baseline brain is a marvel of complexity and efficiency. But too … Read more
What can you say about a man who leaps from a helicopter over Manhattan without a parachute in the hope that by increasing his heart rate he’ll transform into an iridescent lime-green behemoth so he can take on an even bigger behemoth? That he knows he’s living in a computer-generated universe in which gravity is … Read more
You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats. Chris Kyle
I go to practice each and every day, but my intensity is not the same. If I get tired, I’ll go sit down. If I want some water, I’ll go drink it. When I’m in training camp, I don’t. I’ve got to push through being tired. I’ve got to push through being uncomfortable. That’s really … Read more
This very deep, soothing voice came on, saying: You now have permission to be strong and healthy and calm and relaxed. There’s no place else to go. There’s nothing else to do. I could feel it in every cell of my body, and I immediately realized, there’s something here. I could feel my heart rate … Read more