Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.
A lot of exercise is mindless; you can have music or the radio on and not be aware. But if you’re aware in anything you do – and it doesn’t have to be yoga – it changes you. Being present changes you.
Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living.
I do a lot of work with mental health and wellness, which I also believe has a lot to do with your lifestyle as well – what you’re eating, how you’re living, what you’re thinking. How you live your life can affect your mental state.
I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don’t know it’s happening.
You have to have a little faith in people.
I did Star 80, which was a magnificent experience as well, but still, I was at the height of my career at the beginning. Then I had to jump down the ladder and climb back up again, which I didn’t understand. That was very hard.
I’ve suffered from pretty dark depressing times, and it’s probably – not probably – it is the reason why I chose to lead a healthy lifestyle.
I really believe that we all have the ability to come out of our story. But you have to tell your story first in order to come out of it.
I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction.
Sometimes you can’t see your way out. The “dark night of the soul” – it’s a reality for many, many people.
I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.
If you don’t step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.
I use nothing but homeopathic remedies, for my girls as well.
Mental health and mental balance is critical to leading a healthy life.
Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body.
I don’t have to go to church. The church is within me and the experience is my own. It’s my life experience.