Viktoriya Babenko

“In the same way that exercise can change both the appearance and the strength of our muscles, meditation can change both the structure and the effectiveness of our brains.”
― Holly B. Rogers, The Mindful Twenty-Something: Life Skills to Handle Stress…and Everything Else

“The great environmental activist John Seed embodies this when he says, “I try to remember that it’s not me, John, trying to protect the rainforest. Rather, I am part of the rainforest protecting itself. I am that part of the rainforest recently emerged into human thinking”
― Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices

“Another study found that having weak social ties is as harmful to our health as being an alcoholic and twice as harmful as obesity. Sit with that for a second: Having poor social connections is as bad as being an alcoholic and twice as bad as being obese.”
― Radha Agrawal, Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life

“And the true story that we told about ourselves six months ago may no longer be true today. We need one another to help us reexamine the words coming out of our mouth, to reflect on what is happening with our bodies and spirits”
― Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices