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- Russell Simmons. Music producer, entrepreneur.
For Sharon Salzberg, world-renowned meditation teacher, bestselling author of Real Happiness and nine other books, it all comes down to advice her teacher gave her in Calcutta, India, in 1974.
Meditation has been found to be the most effective means of training the actors attention. Its regular practice allows us to think what we choose to think, instead of being a slave to the past and our unconscious desires.
Although there are countless yoga playlists populated entirely with Billie Eilish tracks, her own practice leans toward meditation. According to an interview with the then-20-year-old star in V Magazine, she experienced a “very, very dark situation” following her sudden celebrity status.