A Practical Guide to Mindfulness Quotes

“Bible contains passages in which Christ encourages his listeners not to worry about material provisions, and celebrates the value of being rather than always doing.”
― Tessa Watt, A Practical Guide to Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

“Being mindful can also help us to be less swept away by our powerful, habitual currents of thought and emotion, which can manifest as stress, depression, negative thinking, anxiety, anger, resentment or self-doubt.”
― Tessa Watt, A Practical Guide to Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

“Taking the Leap, ‘We can always connect with the openness of our minds.”
― Tessa Watt, A Practical Guide to Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

“being gently curious about them and giving them your attention –”
― Tessa Watt, A Practical Guide to Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

“how often is he or she telling you that things aren’t as they should be, that you’re not as good as you should be, or that something or someone should be different?”
― Tessa Watt, A Practical Guide to Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

“The clouds may seem to fill the sky, but we begin to understand that we are not the clouds; we are the sky which holds them.”
― Tessa Watt, A Practical Guide to Mindfulness: Be Present in this Moment

“I used to size people up to see whether they were a good advert for meditation. Then at some point it clicked that there wasn't a type of person they were going to become. They were each just more and more themselves. Jim was very Jim, Isaac was unique in his Isaac-ness and Debbie was increasingly Debbie. That was a great relief - that I could relax into being Tessa.”
― Tessa Watt, Introducing Mindfulness: A Practical Guide