Patrizia Collard > Quotes

“Around this time Jon wrote Full Catastrophe Living – the title is based on Alexis Zorbas in the film Zorba the Greek, played by Anthony Quinn, who says: ‘Am I not a man? And is a man not stupid? I’m a man, so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe!”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace

“With a sense of adventure and curiosity, we can learn and experience more, moment by moment”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 Minutes a Day to Less Stress, More Peace

“What Is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is being aware of or bringing attention to this moment in time, deliberately and without judging the experience.”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace

“Mindfulness is being aware of or bringing attention to this moment in time, deliberately and without judging the experience. So, when we go for a mindful walk we really notice every little detail and all we encounter – trees, cars, flowers growing out of small cracks, or a cat crossing the road – rather than creating to-do lists.”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 Minutes a Day to Less Stress, More Peace

“A Daily Meditation Let us be still for a few moments,
without moving even our little finger
so that a hush descends upon us.
There would be no place to go,
nor to come from, for we would
have arrived in this extraordinary moment;
there would be a stillness and silence,
that would fill all of our senses,
where all things would find their rest.
Everything would then be together in a deep connection,
putting an end to ‘us and them’, this against that;
we would not move in these brief moments,
for that would disturb this palpable presence;
there would be nothing to be said nor done,
for life would embrace us in this wondrous meeting,
and take us into its arms as a loving friend. Christopher Titmus”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace

“we are all different and special, so we do not attempt to become like somebody else, but connect more deeply with our true selves. Their”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 Minutes a Day to Less Stress, More Peace

“These brief weekly sessions helped to bring about valuable changes and health improvements in the participants. The motto was: we are all different and special, so we do not attempt to become like somebody else, but connect more deeply with our true selves.”
― Patricia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace

“Mindfulness works out your brain and builds ‘thinking roads’ that enable you to be less fearful of the future and the now, and fully immerse yourself in truly living life. The more you practise, the more your brain structurally changes and engages your self-soothing system.”
― Patrizia Collard, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Dummies

“Am I not a man? And is a man not stupid? I’m a man, so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe!”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace

“Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Depression”
― Patrizia Collard, The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace

“The thoughts or feelings we observe are not us, they are just something that is happening to us.”
― Patrizia Collard