Christy turlington quotes

If you truly want to make an impact on the world, you can and you will.

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

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

I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.

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.

My middle name is Nicole. It's so weird because my mom is from El Salvador, but my sisters and I have Irish names - Christy, Kelly, and Erin. And Christy and Kelly, they're not even girls' names! In Ireland, they're boys' names. And somehow, my mom was in El Salvador dreaming about Shamrocks before we were born.

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

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

I strongly believe that each preventable death is one death too many.

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.

For me, true beauty really does begin within and when it comes to skincare that means Imedeen.

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 think a lot of little girls like riding, but sadly not that many people live in a place where it's an option.

I KNOW THAT I CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN THE WORLD BY MYSELF. I NEED AND WANT OTHERS TO JOIN ME.

I'd rather go naked than wear fur.

Going to a fashion show is almost as painful as being in one.

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

I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within.

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

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.

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.

Yoga is so universal in its principles and so holistically beneficial, it is possible for any person, young or old, religious or agnostic, to embrace and enjoy a practice.

I don't really have an anti-aging strategy. I accept it. It is what it is. I think about how I feel. So to me, yoga and running and doing work that is meaningful to me is the best way to look and feel good. I think happiness and living a life that you feel good in and you don't feel compromised - that all makes a big difference to the way that you look. I don't give a lot of thought to aging.

All women deserve access to care that can save their lives.

Being of service to others daily makes me feel alive.

There's nothing that hasn't happened before, guys. In the '80s we were all doing the '60s. In the '90s, we were doing the '70s. There's not one way to wear jeans anymore though. Flared, skinny, ripped, high, low, whatever. It used to be that there was one cool jean. There was a while where it was stonewashed, god forbid.

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

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

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

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 brought me to the part of religion I really like - the positive sides of religion, the parts we all share, rather than the things that create separation.

I like the big questions.

I'm flattered by the offers I receive, but there's no real strategy to the way I choose what to do these days. If I'm in a good mood and have the time, I'm more likely to consider it. Often the photographer and team are important factors, too.

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

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

Now every model wants to be an actress

I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.

or those who have one, please use your voice. So many of us don't have that ability.

I'm not entirely comfortable with myself in underwear.

Yoga is an integral part of my daily routine. That definitely helps me approach all aspects of my life from a place of mindfulness and clarity, through the meditation that usually accompanies this practice.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

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

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.

I survived a potentially life-threatening childbirth-related complication after delivering my daughter. I learned that hundreds of thousands of girls and women die each year due to similar and often manageable complications. They die because they don't have access to critical maternity care that could easily save their lives.

Love is connection with others. Union with another human being or living thing. That's also Yoga.

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

We should all reevaluate advertising that contradicts what we know to be the truth; especially when the ads are harmfully manipulative.

I love fashion, but I'm not obsessed with it.

In retrospect, I think a lot of '80s fashion shoots are the ones that look the most modern. The fitness-based ones that are really minimal. It's clean, healthy, t-shirt, beach hair... it's athleisure.

I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself - -it's eerie.

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

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 has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs.

Yoga is not a religion to me.

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

Participating in a sisterhood with other women is hugely important in my life and a source of joy.

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.

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

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 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. Designer jeans were really popular - Sasson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Calvin Klein, Jordache. Once I started modeling, I began to learn about these things, and magazines helped me to understand who was who.

You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained weight.

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

It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.