 As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice. |
| You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've put on weight. |
| I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort. |
| Yoga gave me the ability to calm down. |
| I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within. |
| I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me. |
| It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying. |
| A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion. |
| Sacred spaces can be created in any environment. |
| Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us. |
| Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks. |
| It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is. |
| So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma. |
| I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do. |
| Yoga is not a religion to me. |
| Parents should be the most important examples for their children. |
| I'd rather go naked than wear fur. |
| Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements. |
| When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out. |
| Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word. |
