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.

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.

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

That's a girl's life for the rest of her days- somewhere between a lollipop and shots.

I'm not a morning person.

I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people.

When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

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

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

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

Books should not be loved selfishly. Neither books nor anything else, in fact.

Spiritual maturity is a natural part of sentient evolution

Take your million smiles through billion miles

Every summer there are a number of nights, not many, but a number, when everything is perfect. The light, the warmth, the smells, the mist, the birdsong – the moths. Who can sleep? Who wants to?

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.

The 20th century ended with a single surviving model of human progress.

Decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Only those who do not fight are never wounded.

When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of