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

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

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

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

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

Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

Nicotine is both a stimulant and a depressant, so that can make one feel quite imbalanced.

Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives.

Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks.

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.

I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort.

I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me.

I started practicing Yoga at about 18. I had a friend who was doing it and was incredibly disciplined and meditated all the time.

I really wanted to share with people the day-to-day joys that yoga can bring into one's life-not just the physical aspects.

I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted.

I like the big questions.

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.