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== Personal life ==
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Gabbard is an [[Samoan Americans|American Samoan]] from [[Hawaii]] and a lifelong [[surfer]].<ref name = NYT2019>{{cite news |last= Bowles |first= Nellie |author-link= Nellie Bowles |title= Tulsi Gabbard Thinks We're Doomed |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |date= August 2, 2019 |access-date= September 21, 2019 |page= A1 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-presidential-race.html |quote= Ms. Gabbard … would be the first female president, the first American Samoan, the first from Hawaii, the first surfer, the first vegan.}}</ref> She is a [[yoga]] enthusiast,<ref name=ETyoga>{{cite news|title=US commemorates the inaugural International Yoga Day |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/us-commemorates-the-inaugural-international-yoga-day/articleshow/47736962.cms
|date=June 19, 2015|work=economictimes}}</ref> and regularly does her morning yoga and meditation practice.<ref name=YahooYoga/><ref name=NDTVyoga>{{cite news|title=Hindu Lawmaker Introduces Resolution In US Congress To Celebrate International Yoga Day |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/hindu-lawmaker-introduces-resolution-in-us-congress-to-celebrate-international-yoga-day-1715866 |date=June 23, 2017|work=NDTV}}</ref> She has mentioned being a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]],<ref name="Sanneh"/><ref name="hindu-hearts"/> though some sources have reported her as a [[vegan]].<ref name = NYT2019/> She follows the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] tradition of the [[Hindu philosophy|Hindu]] faith,<ref name=huffpojan13/><ref name="hindu-hearts">{{cite news|url=http://www.indoamerican-news.com/?p=12109|title=Tulsi Gabbard's Run for Congress Carries with it Many Hindu Hearts|last=Malhotra|first=Jawahar|date=November 1, 2012|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121105052532/http://www.indoamerican-news.com/archives/12109|archive-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> and values as her spiritual guide, the [[Bhagavad Gita]],<ref name=huffpo-1stHindu>{{cite news|last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|title=Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, Poised To Be Elected First Hindu In Congress|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/tulsi-gabbard-hawaii-democrat-hindu-in-congress_n_2062358.html|access-date=November 11, 2012|date=November 2, 2012}}</ref> which includes the principles of [[Karma]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Concept of Dharma and Karma in Bhagavad Gita|url=https://medium.com/@niteshkhanal7/the-concept-of-dharma-and-karma-in-bhagavad-gita-understanding-duty-and-righteousness-3c75897d9d66|access-date=March 30, 2024|date=March 20, 2024|publisher= Medium}}</ref> and [[Dharma]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Karma and Dharma (in Bhagavad Gita)
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Earlier in [[Hawaii]], she was briefly associated with [[Science of Identity Foundation]] (SIF), a [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava Hindu]] and [[Bhakti Yoga]] affiliated organization.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowles|first=Nellie|date=August 2, 2019|title=Tulsi Gabbard Thinks We're Doomed|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-presidential-race.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802203429/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-presidential-race.html|archive-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Hurley" /><ref name="Howley">{{Cite news|last=Howley|first=Kerry|date=June 11, 2019|title=Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood|newspaper=[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/tulsi-gabbard-2020-presidential-campaign.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213235130/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/tulsi-gabbard-2020-presidential-campaign.html|archive-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref> She described that SIF's leader, Mr. Butler, was like a ''guide'' and "essentially like a [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava Hindu]] pastor" during her early years.<ref name = nytTG /> Gabbard has often mentioned that the teachings of ''selfless action'' from the ''Gita'',<ref name=huffpo-1stHindu/> motivated her towards social work.<ref name="TOI-Tulsi"/> Later in 2014, as a Congresswoman, she also presented a copy of ''Gita'' to [[India]]'s Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi|Modi]], on the latter's visit to the United States.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 29, 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|title=US lawmaker gifts Gita to Modi|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/us-lawmaker-tulsi-gabbard-gifts-copy-of-bhagavad-gita-to-modi/article6457406.ece}}</ref> Gabbard supported the efforts of PM Modi for declaration of an [[International Day of Yoga|International Yoga Day]] by the [[United Nations General Assembly|United Nations]].<ref name=ETyoga14>{{cite news|title=Tulsi Gabbard promises PM Narendra Modi to lead Congress resolution in support of International Yoga Day|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tulsi-gabbard-promises-pm-narendra-modi-to-lead-congress-resolution-in-support-of-international-yoga-day/articleshow/44080232.cms |date=October 2, 2014|work=economictimes}}</ref><ref name=NDTVyoga/>
At the age of 21, in 2002, Gabbard married Eduardo Tamayo.<ref name=resuming-maiden-name>{{cite web|last=Gabbard|first=Tulsi|title=On a Personal Note…|url=http://www.ourhonolulu.org/community/update/70|publisher=Our Honolulu|access-date=November 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629222645/http://www.ourhonolulu.org/community/update/70|archive-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://issuu.com/indiaherald/docs/binder_feb_18 India Herald, February 18, 2015], page 11</ref> She was deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005, serving with the [[Hawaii Army National Guard|National Guard]]. Gabbard got divorced in 2006, citing "the stresses war places on military spouses and families" as a reason for their divorce.<ref name="leftward-journey">{{cite web |last=LaFrance |first=Adrienne |date=January 17, 2012 |title=Tulsi Gabbard's Leftward Journey |url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2012/01/tulsi-gabbards-leftward-journey/ |website=Honolulu Civil Beat |publisher=Civilbeat.com}}</ref> In 2015, Gabbard married freelance cinematographer and editor Abraham Williams, the son of her Honolulu office manager, in a traditional [[Vedic wedding ceremony]].<ref>{{cite news|work=People|title=Inside U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's 'Perfect' Hawaiian Hindu Wedding|url=https://people.com/politics/tulsi-gabbard-u-s-rep-weds-in-hawaii-in-vedic-hindu-ceremony/|first=Kathy Ehrich|last=Dowd|date=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Amanda|last=Mitchell|title=Tulsi Gabbard's Husband Abraham Williams Proposed on a Surfboard|website=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]]|url=https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a28542421/tulsi-gabbard-husband-abraham-williams/|date=July 29, 2019|access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> While on [[Meghan McCain|Meghan McCain’]]<nowiki/>s podcast in 2024, Gabbard shared that she and Williams had tried to start a family and undergone several [[In vitro fertilisation|in-vitro fertilization]] (IVF) procedures, however, were not successful.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvhiWVBoobw |title=Tulsi Gabbard's Battle With Infertility {{!}} Navigating Heartbreak & Finding Peace |date=2024-05-24 |last=Tulsi Gabbard |access-date=2024-07-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
Having grown up in [[Hawaii]], Gabbard has noted her lifelong appreciation for the Hawaiian culture and its [[Aloha]] spirit, which broadly refers to values such as peace, compassion, and pleasantness.<ref name="Aloha-Surfer">{{cite web |title= Hawaiian surfer Tulsi Gabbard is running for president in 2020 | url=https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/hawaiian-surfer-tulsi-gabbard-is-running-for-president-in-2020 |access-date=July 14, 2024|date=January 14, 2024|publisher=Surfer Today}}</ref><ref name="Aloha-Hawaii">{{cite web |title= What is the meaning of Aloha? | url=https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/what-is-the-meaning-of-aloha |access-date=July 14, 2024|date=January 14, 2024|publisher=Surfer Today}}</ref> She often greets others with the ''Aloha'' salutation, describing it as "I come to you with respect and with love."<ref name="Aloha-LMU">{{cite web|title= Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Brings the Aloha Spirit to LMU | url = https://newsroom.lmu.edu/campusnews/rep-tulsi-gabbard-brings-the-aloha-spirit-to-lmu/ |access-date=July 14, 2024| date=October 14, 2016|publisher= LMU|quote="I come to you with an open heart, I come to you with respect and with love"}}</ref>
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