Childhood Quote by Satish Kumar

I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam…

— Kabir Bedi

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

— Uma Thurman

Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative prayer". It…

— Sara Maitland

I got started on my spiritual path when I was a kid. My mom taught me how to meditate and brought me to ashrams…

— Gabrielle Bernstein

While I was in India, my yoga teacher asked me to start teaching, and my life became about that for years. I taught 18…

— Johnny Colt

Originally, I was interested in athletic pursuits like snowboarding, martial arts and surfing. When I went to the Himalayas and met a number of…

— Frederick Lenz

Learning to meditate is one of my earliest memories. I started when I was maybe three or four. I mean, I didn't know I…

— Jamal Murray

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years.

— Daniel Goleman

My mom was a practicing Hindu, and my dad was a Catholic who practiced yoga meditation and karma yoga. My earliest memories are of…

— Tulsi Gabbard

I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I'd get her up and off…

— Alice Walker

At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as…

— Alice Walker