Favorite Movement Quotes


  • "Move a Little, Lose a Lot...Your brain works better on the move. There's no time like the present." --James A. Levine

  • “I move, therefore I am.” -- Haruki Murakami

  • “Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional and mental states.” --Carol Welch

  • “The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.” --Sakyong Mipham

  • "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." --George Bernard Shaw

  • “Function maintains structure.” --Thomas Hanna

  • “Embodiment - Use movement to reconnect with your body and bring the body back into your experience.” --Ben Medder

  • “The body will become better at whatever you do, or don’t do. You don’t move? The body will make you better at NOT moving. If you move, your body will allow more movement.” -- Ido Portal

  • "Movement practice gets all your creative juices flowing. It doesn’t just release your body, but it opens up your heart, and empties out your mind, as well.” --Gabrielle Roth

  • "Making the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy graceful." --Moshe Feldenkrais

  • “Physical Literacy - Moving with CONFIDENCE and COMPETENCE in a wide variety of ACTIVITIES and ENVIRONMENTS.” --Robert Bettauer TedX Penticton

  • “Traditional body exercises make the muscles stronger. Somatic Exercises make the brain more intelligent in sensing and controlling the muscles. It is the inner change in brain function that makes possible outer change in muscle function.” --Thomas Hanna

  • "Motion is Lotion" --Thomas Hanna

  • “Moving slowly, you give your brain the chance to notice all that is happening in your body as you move. Slow-motion films are essential in sports training because they allow athletes to study the details of a movement or play. The same goes for focusing attention on the internal sensations of your own movements: The slower you go, the more you perceive.”