Mariel Hemingway

I began by doing physical yoga, initially just for the workout, as exercise. I would get peaceful and calm at the end of it, and I was curious about that. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#began #calm #curious #doing #end

I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#before #easy #i #just #out

Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#else #fellowship #finding #ground #job

A lot of exercise is mindless; you can have music or the radio on and not be aware. But if you're aware in anything you do - and it doesn't have to be yoga - it changes you. Being present changes you. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#aware #being #changes #exercise #lot

Cancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#came #cancer #either #getting #guess

I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#believe #certain #comes #dysfunction #everybody

I don't have to go to church. The church is within me and the experience is my own. It's my life experience. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#experience #go #i #life #life experience

I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#honest #i #i can #incredibly #life

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#enjoyed #i #just #kid #lipstick

Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

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