People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.

Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself.

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did.

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.

Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs.

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.

Every actor is a model to a certain extent, since they have to do so much press.

I'm not an everyday fragrance person usually. I wouldn't put fragrance on before dropping off my kids or going to the gym.

My day-to-day life changes; I don't have any standard day.

I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.

As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!

I do everything in moderation.

There has been a lot of media attention around the dangers of drugs used to treat mental illness on the fetus.

Giving birth was probably the most empowering thing I've ever done physically. I was like, 'Now I can do anything. I can run a marathon... I can run three marathons!'

Like so many new moms, I felt anxiety over the impending birth of my daughter. However, most of the anxiety I felt was around the idea of raising a child. I wasn't focused on potential risks to my health or hers that could occur during the actual birth.

In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.

There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all health systems could and must be improved upon if we want to create healthy families who will thrive.

Access to maternal healthcare is a human right.

I never looked at magazines before I started modeling. I was 13 or 14, and none of my friends were into magazines. We were into the fashion of the day, though.

There have been so many photographers and editors who mentored me over the years. At the very beginning, the person who taught me the most was Arthur Elgort. I always loved working with him. We traveled a lot together.

I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.

I never thought I would model for more than a few years.

I have a very heavy-footed walk; I always have.

In my teen years, I was hanging out with adults - Steven Meisel, Francois Nars, Oribe, Paul Cavaco. We had so much fun! We'd go out in New York.

I'm not a morning person.

I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.

Mothers need mothers. Let's be there for one another.

In many countries, women aren't jubilant when they learn they are pregnant. Quite the opposite - they're terrified.

I have good skin, but it's dry - drier than you would think, considering I have Latin skin. It's fairly transparent, too, so I'm constantly trying to give it nourishment and moisture, but nothing really holds.

You know, all these sentiments about beauty coming from within, they've always resonated when I've read them, but it takes a bit of living to truly appreciate them. To realise we are so much more than our experiences, that we are who we are because of the lessons we've learnt, now that's what true 'beauty' is for me.

When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting.

I remember doing a shoot for Herb Ritts, hanging off the Eiffel Tower - that wasn't your usual day at the office. It was terrifying, and in the end, you couldn't really tell how high I was because the photographer was scared of heights, so he was quite far away from me.

Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.

Fashion is all about references. All these names being thrown around.

I was a regular kid with a normal family life.

I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'

Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studies to my father's death was eased by my practice of it.

I haven't left modeling completely; I just took a step out, and I now have the rare luxury of picking and choosing how to spend my days.

I was really gangly and uncoordinated as a kid. I couldn't even do a cartwheel.

Walking strengthens my legs, and I swing my arms to tone my upper body.

On average, African-American women are 4 times as likely to die from pregnancy related complications. Latina women are at 2 times greater risk.

America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.

When 1970s feminism hit the United States, women demanded the right to natural childbirth and to have their husband or another support person in the delivery room. My mother gave birth to me during this time.

May is the month when people focus on mothers more than any other time of year.

Even though Haitian women are considered the 'poto mitan' - the 'central pillars' of the family and their communities - they are often the most underserved members of already poor communities.

We're living in miraculous times where connections are made at the blink of an eye, the tap of a thumb, and the click of a mouse. We can never replace human interaction, but these simple actions can be powerful and meaningful to those we connect with.

In parts of the world where basic infrastructures like paved roads and transportation systems are underdeveloped, people walk for days to reach a health care provider.

In the world of maternal health, cell phone technology is being used to provide prenatal care, linking pregnant women to health care providers when they can't otherwise reach healthcare facilities.