Latest Brenda Strong Quotes from Interviews

• The only unifying thought is one of LOVE.

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  Unifying

• You can still do all the same things. How you do them is what will shift.

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  Stills

• The mind and heart is the field upon which war is waged within us. If we can stop that internal fear-based battle, then those outside of us will be affected as well.

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  War, Heart, Mind

• It feels good to rail against what is wrong in the world, to fight the good fight, to beat the drum of making a difference. I am right there with you.

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  Fighting, Differences, Feel Good

• I am not advocating doing nothing. I am advocating for you to energetically, actively and vigilantly monitor how you are BEING.

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  Doing Nothing, Advocating

• I am giving myself permission to love - ALL of it.

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  Giving, Permission

• After all, if we are co-creators of our reality, as so many philosophies have espoused, then we have a say in how it is, how it goes and our participation in it, right?

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  Philosophy, Reality, Participation

• I have recently decided that there is no place in my head or my heart for fear anymore.

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  Heart, My Heart, Decided

• Most of us are facing big changes in our lives. But, in our more evolved moments, I think we can all agree that fear-based worries are a waste of time and only create the experiences we are trying to avoid.

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  Thinking, Worry, Trying

• Being inundated with constant "bad" news from the media doesn't help.

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  Media, News, Helping

• I truly have come to believe that there are only two states of being that generate our thoughts: LOVE or FEAR.

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  Believe, Two, States

• It is a crucial time to be mindful of our thoughts.

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  Our Thoughts, Crucial

• There is a push and a pull almost like an isometric stretch. Our literal flexibility and our physical, psychological and spiritual practices are more important now than ever to balance the boat.

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  Spiritual, Practice, Balance

• We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

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  Opportunity, Challenges, Growth

• There is a polarizing and dualistic experience occurring politically and economically in the world, and I believe we are near the peak of a cyclical and truly chaotic time.

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  Believe, World, Chaotic

• As yogis, we are constantly exploring the world of duality, while being acutely aware of the unity of all things.

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  Exploring The World, Unity, Yogi

• We explore within postures everything we deal with in life: the interplay between resistance and surrender; establishing stability and maintaining flexibility; learning to receive and release; being present to all the complexities of our lives, and returning to the fundamentals of our "beginner's mind" again and again.

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  Mind, Beginners, Fundamentals

• Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.

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  Strong, Mean, Roots

• I make the necessary "corrections" if I find myself leaning too far in one direction.

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  One Direction, Ifs, Corrections

• In yoga practice, over time you use fewer muscles more efficiently. Expansion does require energy, but it should not require a great deal of effort.

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  Yoga, Practice, Effort

• Until my Yoga practice became the great facilitator of all things in my life, the integration of career, purpose and motherhood felt like an unattainable dream.

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  Dream, Yoga, Motherhood

• Nine times out of ten it's a minor shift in your focus and your attitude that makes the difference.

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  Attitude, Differences, Focus

• "Balance" as a verb doesn't mean "stillness," but the constant act of making minor corrections from one side to another to bring one towards a center of stability.

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  Mean, Balance, Verbs

• In life, when you start to fall, you don't have to go crazy, scolding yourself and further throwing yourself off balance. Instead, simply make adjustments.

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  Crazy, Fall, Balance

• I saw that all aspects of my life had been pulling me out of balance because I hadn't perceived them as part of a "whole," or the totality that was "me."

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  Balance, Saws, Aspect

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