Gudjon Bergmann Quotes

Restlessness is the number one enemy of people who have just quit smoking.

I believe that if you truly understand the importance of relaxation, you will make time for it in your schedule.

Not everything that is related to yoga is equally beneficial.

Get to the point. Don't waste the reader's time.

Self-confidence is not a fixed way of being. People are not born with certain levels of self-confidence, it can be acquired, and it can be lost.

Life is not only measured by what happens to us. It is measured by the way in which we interpret what happens to us.

You must make a clear distinction between your creative mode and your critical mode. The two are like water and oil, they do not mix.

It's a really simple formula: Your experience + Yoga = New Students.

Success is not attained when the goal is reached; success is attained from the time when the first step is taken towards that goal.

We all want results and we want them fast. But, when practicing meditation, impatience is a hindrance.

The most powerful word in time management is NO.

I will not like everyone, not everyone will like me, and that is OK.

Self-confidence can be defined in two sentences. (1) I trust myself to face life's challenges and (2) I trust myself to follow my dreams and goals.

Why lie, Robert? Why lie? You know that lying is the alcoholics kryptonite, you can't afford it, the reasonable voice in his head screamed.

Regretful and negative thoughts about the past can effectively induce the same kind of fight or flight response that external threats stimulate.

Stop wishing that other people would act differently, either accept them for who they are or stop being around them.

Concentration is the doorway through which the meditative state becomes available.

Write a book, not the book.

Motivated authors sacrifice TV time, sleep, hobbies, and even family time.

Tobacco is the enemy, disguised as a friend, and if you are to win the war you must get to know your enemy.

You can't take it personally when something you have written sucks. Just delete it and write something else.

Instead of pitting nature against nurture, we must understand that both work in harmony. We can influence our nature through nurture.

Would you ever buy chocolate with DDT? How about Cheerios with arsenic? Not very likely!

The term trans-rational is emblematic of a worldview within which rationality is included and transcended, not repressed or dismissed.

Write until you have nothing left to say and then stop writing. Focus on content and quality rather than word count.

The moments of peace in between the mental practices are meditation.

Stop hoping for the weather to change, this is where you chose to live, either accept it or move.

Clear, direct and vibrant instructions will inject energy into the class, and create a feeling of safety for the students.

Self-confidence is built from the inside out and has little or nothing to do with outside circumstances.

In essence, oversimplification tends to take a partial truth and make it all powerful.

The first men to set foot on the moon were sent to Iceland for acclimation - that's how unlike to anything else the Icelandic landscape is.

Stop wishing that the traffic wasn't so heavy, you live here, this is rush hour, deal with it.

Writing is a psychological process. It is the process of taking what is in your mind and sharing it with others.

We were the first latchkey-kid generation. Our parents believed in free love, and for many of us, that meant broken homes.

I realized that moderate amounts of stress, when directed or funneled in specific directions, could be both beneficial and practical.

Yoga teachers must be willing to step down from this imagined pedestal and utter the words "I don't know" on a regular basis.

If knowing about the dangers of smoking were enough, almost no one would smoke.

Speaking softly and slowly, and breathing through the vocal chords in a low voice, has become the mythical ideal voice for a yoga teacher.

Dreams seem to generate a special kind of passion and willpower, both of which help people navigate the seas of life.

Many people say that time heals all wounds, but that simply is not true. People can become more bitter, arrogant and spiteful with age.

Nicotine is a fast acting drug with short lived effects, which you can assume by the fact that you need to smoke often.

Folks who only battle the symptoms of stress are losing the battle because the symptoms are sure to return if the causes aren't dealt with.

Short term goals are often based on dissatisfaction, and actions based on dissatisfaction will eventually lead to a life of unhappiness.

No one can quit smoking for you, or make you want to change your life. No one can make you do anything that you don't want to do.

She had lived in Iceland from birth, a total of 36 years, without knowing that she had the right to live, work and vote in the USA.

The masses are not happy enough to want more out of life and not unhappy enough to reject their way of living or want a better life.

Teaching should not be confused with personal practice.

When people ask us why we moved to Austin we can truthfully answer: We pointed at the map.

I say we make our voices heard. For us, for our kids, I say that it is time to figure out a new approach to spirituality, one that honors rationality.