Quotes By Christy Turlington

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

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

I like the big questions.

A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.

I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within.

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.

I'd rather go naked than wear fur.

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

I have a beer belly.

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.

Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.

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.

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

Yoga is not a religion to me.

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

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

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.

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.

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

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

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.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.