Christy Turlington Quotes
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I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.
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Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.
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I was a regular kid with a normal family life.
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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.
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I grew up Catholic. My mother is from El Salvador, so my family on her side is Roman Catholic. My father is Protestant, and while he was spiritual, he wasn't much of a churchgoing person. I think it's fairly common for families to be brought up in the mother's religion.
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The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.
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There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all health systems could and must be improved upon if we want to create healthy families who will thrive.
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The word 'yoga' means union. It's like everything in yoga yokes or unites you to something higher, the highest part of yourself.
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I do everything in moderation.
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Cholera is even more severe among populations who are immunologically naive.
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I associate wisdom and grace with age.
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Everybody is so anti-aging, but I don't want to look younger than I am. Our face is a map of our life; the more that's there, the better.
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You know, all these sentiments about beauty coming from within, they've always resonated when I've read them, but it takes a bit of living to truly appreciate them. To realise we are so much more than our experiences, that we are who we are because of the lessons we've learnt, now that's what true 'beauty' is for me.
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If we can't support a woman while she is giving life, then we don't support women.
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Access to maternal healthcare is a human right.
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I was really gangly and uncoordinated as a kid. I couldn't even do a cartwheel.
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I haven't left modeling completely; I just took a step out, and I now have the rare luxury of picking and choosing how to spend my days.
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There have been so many photographers and editors who mentored me over the years. At the very beginning, the person who taught me the most was Arthur Elgort. I always loved working with him. We traveled a lot together.
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With every passing year, I feel more fulfilled.
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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.
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Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.
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My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.
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On the days I don't run, I do yoga and cross-training.
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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.