Emily Carpenter famous quotes

The greatest motivator and leveler in my life has been my yoga practice. It has taught me how to be a grown-up, follow through, give back, be compassionate, be a better mother, wife, daughter, sibling, friend, and just show up.
-- Emily Carpenter

#Daughter #Mother #Sibling

Before I had my son, I learned that I had previa and he was breach. When this happened, I felt so out of control. I decided to stay strong and kept doing the poses that help turn the baby. After several disappointing doctor's visits with the same scenario, I realized that I was stuck on my birthing plan.
-- Emily Carpenter

#Baby #Stay Strong #Son

I had judgments about how to have a baby that are not realistic for every woman. So I surrendered, let it go, and was willing to accept the outcome. All I really wanted was a healthy, happy baby.
-- Emily Carpenter

#Baby #Healthy #Let It Go

When I retired from the championships in 2012, I had finished in fourth place in the international division, second place in nationals, and first in our state three years in a row. This journey not only helped me overcome my fears, it taught me discipline and perseverance. The biggest medals were the friendships that I still enjoy today.
-- Emily Carpenter

#Perseverance #Journey #Years

I practice yoga nidra to support my mental health and clear my mind space.
-- Emily Carpenter

#Yoga #Practice #Space

I obviously swear by yoga for staying mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually balanced.
-- Emily Carpenter

#Yoga #Balanced #Swear

I can't stress how much my daughter is an inspiration to stay sober. When I come home and she opens those big blue eyes at me, it's the most amazing feeling I could ever feel.

Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.

I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl Jam. My favorite directors are Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Patrick Daughters.

I feel betrayed by own mother.

When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

I am the only one who is not married among my siblings.

A sibling is the lens through which you see your childhood.

With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain.