Gina Turner and the unlikely harmony of motherhood on the dance floor

"For the first two years, she was free to fly with me, but now it’s just such an expense to bring my daughter and a sitter and pay for all the extra tickets on tour. Now I’m away from her for two to three days at a time, and Luke also travels, and that hurts."

But she emphasizes that between her and her husband Laidback Luke's vigorous travel schedules, they make it work. They coordinate schedules and balance the shared time away with help from Gina's mom and sitters, but it's obvious that through even the distractions of two successful careers, she's got EvaLina's interests at heart.

"A lot of women think their lives are over once they have a kid. That’s so not the case, because your life is just beginning in the most incredible way," she says. "If anything, being a mom has inspired me to make more music and do bigger and better things to be a better example for my daughter. Your life just shifts a little bit, it doesn’t end. It’s even more awesome."

As an example, she points me to a yoga video she was attempting to film at home for The Divine Movement. A seemingly straightforward few minutes of her giving instructions to the camera are quickly interrupted by a curious EvaLina, who wanders into the frame and into her mom's embrace as she laughs and just goes with it. It's not over, it just requires a little shifting.

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