I sit quietly and repeat my mantra until I'm in a meditative state, taking it all in but not focusing on any one thing.

Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.

When I see a non-yogi [benefit], that's when it really affects my life.

I feel at home most places I go, but my very top of the list are Bali, Italy, and London. Those are like second homes to me.

I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

When I came to Delhi first and said, "This is not India. And then I was taken to Varanasi and there I loved, loved the culture. It was a beautiful journey. The way the people dressed - even the poorest people, and the fabrics! With vegetable dyes, and I was fascinated by the color. But in the end I loved the men - all in white - so many shades of white. And I said, "What am I going to do? A color collection or a white collection?" I finally did a neutral white collection.