I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment - sore throats, earaches, flus - warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.

I had been on this insane diet for almost 17 years to maintain the weight that was demanded of me when I was modeling. My diet was really starvation. I am not naturally that thin.

I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.

But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.