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Line 339: == Personal life == [[File:Tulsi Gabbard 113th Congress.jpg~~\|125px~~\|thumb\|~~Tulsi~~ Gabbard in 2013]] 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) Line 349: 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> 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 undergone several unsuccessful [[In vitro fertilisation\|in-vitro fertilization]] (IVF) procedures.<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> She was later diagnosed with [[Unexplained infertility\|unexplained infertility.]]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tulsi Gabbard Reveals ‘Heartbreak’ of ‘Unexplained Infertility’ Diagnosis and Failed IVF Procedures \|url=https://people.com/tulsi-gabbard-unexplained-infertility-diagnosis-8652360 \|access-date=2024-07-12 \|website=Peoplemag \|language=en}}</ref> == Awards and honors == Line 422: [[Category:21st-century American legislators]] [[Category:21st-century American women politicians]] [[Category:21st-century Hawaii politicians]] [[Category:21st-century Hindus]] [[Category:American drug policy reform activists]] [[Category:American Hindus]] [[Category:American people of Samoan descent]] [[Category:American podcasters]] [[Category:American women environmentalists]] [[Category:American women podcasters]] [[Category:Asian American ~~podcasters~~and Pacific Islander state legislators in Hawaii]] [[Category:Asian-American members of the United States House of Representatives]] [[Category:Candidates in the 2020 United States presidential election]] [[Category:Converts to Hinduism]] [[Category:Democratic National Committee people]] [[Category:~~Members~~Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives]]▼ [[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii]] [[Category:Female candidates for President of the United States]] [[Category:Female members of the United States House of Representatives]] [[Category:~~Hawaii~~Female ~~Democrats~~United States Army officers]] [[Category:Hawaii Independents]] [[Category:Hawaii National Guard personnel]] Line 441 ⟶ 445: [[Category:Honolulu City Council members]] [[Category:Leeward Community College alumni]] ▲[[Category:Members of the Hawaii House of Representatives]] ~~[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii]]~~ [[Category:National Guard (United States) officers]] [[Category:United States Army personnel of the Iraq War]] Line 448 ⟶ 450: [[Category:Women city councillors in Hawaii]] [[Category:Women in the Iraq War]] ~~[[Category:Women in the United States Army]]~~ [[Category:Women state legislators in Hawaii]]