{"quotes":[{"text":"I'm a peasantI'm the muzhikA pest you're destined to play the musicAnd yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty I'mIndebted to rest respecting it truly.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["admiration","art","beauty","comfort","creation","creativity","credit","destiny","humble","indebted","love","low-life","lyrics","music","muzhik","peace","peasant","pest","pleasant","poem","poetry","poverty","praise","relaxation","relief","respect","response","rest","song","songs","songwriting","worker"],"id":5589,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"During relaxation we drop our guard. Particularly in conversation. Relaxed conversation leads to openness. And in openness we often reveal what should never be revealed.","author":"Edward Carey","tags":["conversation","introversion","openness","relaxation","reveal","secret","self","social"],"id":6659,"author_id":"Edward+Carey"},{"text":"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["ambition","attitude","bills","business","busy","career","design","enjoyment","enjoyment-of-life","ethics","food","hard-labor","hard-work","humanity","hustle","hustler","idleness","intent","job","labor","laziness","life","lifestyle","living","make-a-living","making-money","means","money","money-making","peace","peace-of-mind","purpose","reason","relaxation","resources","responsibility","slavery","slothfulness","vacation","vanity","vocation","work","work-ethic","working"],"id":8123,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Now to exert oneself and work for the sake of amusement seems silly and utterly childish. But to amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously. Relaxation, then, is not an end; for it is taken for the sake of activity.","author":"Aristotle","tags":["activity","amusement","ethics","philosophy","relaxation","work"],"id":8886,"author_id":"Aristotle"},{"text":"Sam Rayburn on LBJ's recuperation from his heart attack: 'It would kill him if he relaxed.","author":"Robert A. Caro","tags":["idolatry","job","leisure","relaxation","vocation"],"id":15351,"author_id":"Robert+A.+Caro"},{"text":"A human being can only endure depression up to a certain point; when this point of saturation is reached it becomes necessary for him to discover some element of pleasure, no matter how humble or on how low a level, in his environment if he is to go on living at all. In my case these insignificant birds with their subdued colourings have provided just sufficient distraction to keep me from total despair. Each day I find myself spending longer and longer at the window watching their flights, their quarrels, their mouse-quick flutterings, their miniature feuds and alliances. Curiously enough, it is only when I am standing in front of the window that I feel any sense of security. While I am watching the birds I believe that I am comparatively immune from the assaults of life. The very indifference to humanity of these wild creatures affords me a certain safeguard. Where all else is dangerous, hostile and liable to inflict pain, they alone can do me no injury because, probably, they are not even aware of my existence. The birds are at once my refuge and my relaxation.","author":"Anna Kavan","tags":["birds","depression","despair","distraction","refuge","relaxation","security"],"id":16103,"author_id":"Anna+Kavan"},{"text":"Anything worth anything can be found in books.","author":"Nora Roberts","tags":["adventure","fantasy","relaxation"],"id":20894,"author_id":"Nora+Roberts"},{"text":"Universe doesn't even know that you exist, so relax!","author":"Carl William Brown","tags":["carl-william-brown","existence","human-being","man","quotes","relax","relaxation","universe"],"id":45134,"author_id":"Carl+William+Brown"},{"text":"She always said, 'When I'm home, I've got to get things done, even if there are visitors. Elizabeth knows how to relax in her own house.' And then she would shake her head, as if Elizabeth had remarkable powers.","author":"Jane Smiley","tags":["anxiety","cleaning","home","housework","relaxation"],"id":49111,"author_id":"Jane+Smiley"},{"text":"Relaxing the shoulders is vital for relaxation in general. However, owing to the effects of gravity, relaxation is problematic unless we let the shoulders remain in their natural place. Let the shoulders drop, or settle in harmony with gravity, into their most comfortable position. It isn’t too difficult to do this for a moment, but to sustain this condition unconsciously in our lives is another matter. We raise our shoulders unnaturally when we lean on a desk or hold the telephone between our shoulders and ears, when we are shocked by a loud noise, and who knows how many other times throughout the day. And the unsettling of the shoulders doesn’t have to be large to produce anxiety, stiff necks, and headaches. Just slightly raising them will create tension, and this tension throws the nervous system out of balance.When do we raise the shoulders in daily life? What are we feeling at that moment and leading up to that moment? Remembering that the body reflects the mind, and that the raising of the shoulders not only creates tension but also is a physical manifestation of psychological tension itself, what are the roots of this tension? Bringing the mind into the moment, let’s observe ourselves in a state free of preconceived ideas or beliefs. Don’t guess at these questions. Observe yourself in relationship to others and the universe.","author":"H.E. Davey","tags":["ki","meditation","nakamura-tempu","relaxation","shin-shin-toitsu-do","shoulders","tension","yoga"],"id":71326,"author_id":"H.E.+Davey"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":95,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}