An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath.
Its from the deep waters that we come. And we are heartfelt and treacherous like those waters. We come with an unflinching devotion to the mystical and to God - representing life and embracing death.
Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.
It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.
I'm learning more and more that love plus attachment equals pain.
My life is art. Its how I express God.
It's okay to be a freak.
I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.
I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.
I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.
That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.
What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.
I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.
Having a mate has given me that feeling of safety.
Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion.
Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.
Theres not a lot out there, and what is out there has to be really interesting to make me want to leave my life, which is really precious to me.
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.
I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.
Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.
My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap.
Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can.
I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.
Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.
A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.
