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.

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

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

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

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

I'd rather go naked than wear fur.

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.