Hollywood is a challenging and rigorous industry. Thus, there are more and more Hollywood celebrities who practice Yoga and meditation today.
Yoga and Meditation are two activities that don’t just help you stay physically fit, but also makes you mentally strong. Both go hand in hand, and if practiced on a regular basis, they have the potential to turn your life around. Probably that’s the reason why quite a lot of people have started to prefer them over other forms of exercise today.
Famous Celebrities Who Do Yoga and Meditation
Practicing this ancient art has helped them cope up with the challenges in their personal and as well as their professional lives.
1. Matthew McConaughey
This Academy Award-winning actor, known for his amazing performance in Dallas Buyers Club, can often be spotted in beaches exercising and practicing mainly Yoga and Meditation.
Needless to say, he is one of the fittest and the best looking actors in all of Hollywood. He likes to think that his daily yoga and meditation practice is responsible for his excellent body and a great state of mind.
2. Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston is a popular Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress. She is known for her outstanding role in hit series, Friends. She is considered one of the most attractive and successful actresses in Hollywood.
Jennifer Aniston is known to practice Yoga and Transcendental Meditation. She says that they haven’t just helped her stay fit, but also made her strong and more confident
3. David Beckham
Probably one of the most famous footballers of all time, David Robert Joseph Beckham, is an English retired professional footballer who played for clubs like Real Madrid, Manchester United, A.C. Milan, L.A. Galaxy and many more.
Being a highly celebrated and successful footballer, he is fit very fit and disciplined. Moreover, he not only runarounds on a football pitch but also practices Bikram yoga off the field. The British athlete fell in love with yoga after a one-on-one session with Bikram Choudhury.
David’s body and soccer skills benefit from the practice that he instantly fell in love. It’s a love that he shares with his equally hot wife, Victoria Beckham, as the power couple is known to engage in couple’s yoga together.
4. Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel has spoken openly about how yoga has changed her life. During her twenties, she spent a lot of time feeling lost and out of touch with herself and was struggling to find direction. Yoga helped her to channel into herself and focus on finding her inner spirituality.
Biel has also reflected on the sense of community she feels when going to yoga classes. She finds classes have a real sense of belonging to a group that shares a lot of the same values. She practices yoga on a daily basis for at least half an hour and swears by the practice for keeping stress-free and calm.
5. Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. is one of Hollywood’s most highly paid actors. He is a fan favorite especially because of his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is 65 years old and he still looks as if he’s in his early 30s.
He believes that it’s all due to yoga and meditation. Practicing them hasn’t just helped Robert stay fit but it also helped him in the past to overcome his drug problems.
6. Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone, simply known as Madonna, has been robbing hearts off of people for decades now. She’s often seen flaunting her yoga moves on the stage during her live performance. Also referred to as the Queen of Pop, Madonna has numerous bestselling albums in her name.
She’s 60 years old, but still, she looks as if she’s in her 30s. Needless to say, she’s gorgeous and has a great physique. And all credits go to yoga and meditation.
7. Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is a veteran Hollywood actor, and a two time Academy Award Winner. More significant than the awards, he’s won the hearts of millions of fans worldwide with his amazing performance.
Even at the age of 62, he looks fit and rejuvenating as ever. He is quite outspoken about him taking up and practicing yoga and meditation, and so far, he’s liked the experience.
He believes it to be one of the best forms of fitness regime out there. Hanks started doing yoga to help with persistent aches and pains and he cannot believe the staggering results that he has found.
8. Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, also known as Sting, is a famous musician, who played bass guitar and wrote songs for the popular rock band The Police.
A recipient of 16 Grammy Awards, Sting feels like a teenager even at the age of 67, as if his age is reversing, and he believes that it’s due to yoga and medication. He is a daily practitioner of meditation and yoga, mainly Ashtanga Yoga.
9. Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow practices yoga every morning at 4:30 a.m., 6 mornings a week. Apart from being a busy mother, actress, singer, and writer, Paltrow makes sure that yoga is always on her daily list of things to do.
Gwyneth swears by the practice for improving her self-awareness and reducing stress as well as keeping her body in shape. As a busy mum and businesswoman, Paltrow finds that yoga helps her have a calm hour just for herself.
10. Beyonce
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, simply known as Beyonce, is one of the most popular singers in the world and is a recipient of 5 Grammy Awards. She is known to be quite fit and good looking. On the stage, she likes running around and singing and being all energetic.
She believes that it’s very crucial for artists to be fit as it helps them perform. One of the secrets of her fitness is her indulgence in yoga and meditation.
11. Adam Levine
When he isn’t hitting high notes with Maroon 5 or judging fresh-faced artists on The Voice, Adam Levine practices yoga routinely. At the beginning of his career, the singer didn’t practice yoga because of the stereotypes surrounding yoga.
After years of pain from weights at the gym, Adam took a yoga class. He noticed the difference with his body and hasn’t stepped foot in a gym since. His godly physique is quite impressive. We say, keep on practicing, Adam, because from the looks of it yoga is doing your body well!
12. Miranda Kerr
Miranda Kerr is famous for her amazing body and health-focused way of life, so it is no surprise that she practices yoga on a daily basis. Kerr is a very busy and successful businesswoman and mother and finds that the daily pressures of life can sometimes be extremely consuming and stressful.
Yoga helps her feel grounded and has been the core of her wellness and health routine for the past 15 years. She loves the practice for its core strengthening abilities and how it helps to improve her overall wellness.
13. Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba has her own activewear line so it is no secret that she is dedicated to being fit. Alba has said that her favorite most noteworthy workouts that achieve the best results are yoga and yoga sculpt.
Alba is often seen coming to and from LA Yoga studios which is where she says she spends her “me time”.
14. Ashton Kutcher
Having started to practice yoga with his ex-wife Demi Moore, Kutcher is adamant that Bikram yoga, as well as Krav Maga will help him save the lives of the people he loves if the apocalypse were to occur. His fitness routine keeps him fit, agile and alert.
15. Kate Beckinsale
Having never been a gym fan, Kate Beckinsale has always prided herself in her yoga and Pilate’s regime. Giving a far more natural and sleek muscle tone than weight training, it’s understandable why she’s seen as one of the most beautiful women alive.
16. Lady Gaga
According to Tricia Donegan, the personal trainer of Lady Gaga, “her success is down to yoga”. The Paparazzi singer and former dancer started Bikram yoga before she was famous in 2004 and has kept it up throughout her fame.
Donegan said,
“Lady Gaga is something very special because she is a woman of service. She uses her talent to make this world better, and that’s because she practices yoga.”
17. Katy Perry
The “Firework” singer told Marie Claire magazine that she starts every day with Transcendental Meditation. “It puts me in the best mood,” she said. “I wake up and just prop myself up in bed for 20 minutes. It’s the only time my mind gets absolute rest.”
18. Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand is an award-winning English comedian, writer, actor, and presenter. After beginning his career as a stand-up comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter.
Sadly, when Russell Brand and Katy Perry split up and had their divorce, Russell looked towards the east for help. Later he commented that he’s happier than ever due to yoga and meditation.
Russell says,
“I’m dedicating myself to all sorts of interesting things you know…Transcendental meditation, kundalini yoga, these things are right good for the old spirit. It’s mantra meditation.
Anyone can learn to do it and anyone should…You can just use it to have a relax instead of having a fag or a drink, or you can use it to connect with a different form of consciousness. It’s like a shower for your brain. God knows I needed one, the muck that goes on in there.”
Russell also met the Dalai Lama, who called him a”strange” and “wonderful” man.
In Conclusion
Hollywood celebrities are great examples of the fact that yoga and meditation are two things, which, if practiced daily and in the right way can help you get better at what you do.
Yoga and Meditation don’t just improve your physical and mental state, they also help you by making you more confident, and by improving your self-esteem, as experienced by these celebrities.
