Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected.

Even though we all have genetic predispositions, our health and aging aren't predetermined.

If I find a green meadow splashed with daisies and sit down beside a clear-running brook, I have found medicine. It soothes my hurts as well as when I sat in my mother's lap in infancy, because the Earth really is my mother, and the green meadow is her lap.

You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.

Total self acceptance is empowering. It means allowing others to see you as they choose, without being offended.

Fear of pain has resulted in many women losing sight of birth as normal and natural, and of themselves as powerful and capable. Labor is an opportunity for women to learn about themselves and discover the strength and wisdom inherent in their bodies.

I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.