Richard Gere is a Hollywood veteran, known for his roles in films such as An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman and Days of Heaven. However, for decades, Gere has also been a proponent of an Eastern way of life.
An activist, actor and long-time devotee of holistic, meditative systems, Richard Gere recently showed his son, Homer, how to do yoga breathing techniques while the two were at a basketball camp – which is to say, Gere meditated while his son played basketball, according to the New York Post.
The 61-year-old father and sometime California resident is a Hollywood veteran, known for his roles in films such as An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman and Days of Heaven. However, for decades, Gere has also been a proponent of an Eastern way of life.
He regularly meditates, holds mindfulness workshops at his country inn in Westchester and practices yoga, according to New York Magazine. Even at the East Hampton Knicks Basketball Clinic, he did not miss an opportunity to take off his shoes and reflect in serenity, the Post reported.
Gere did "complicated floor stretches," followed by meditation in the "lotus" position, for a total of nearly two hours of virtually uninterrupted yoga breathing exercises, the news source said.
Engaging in stretching, meditation, deep breathing and mindfulness exercises can radically improve one's peace of mind, and Gere is not the only Hollywood star to have discovered this.
Recently, actresses Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart, Tori Spelling and even singer Lady Gaga have been spotted heading to yoga classes or leaving them looking energized.
What do they find pleasing about yoga? It could be its tendency to help individuals who are tense or stressed out to unburden themselves of some of their pent-up energy. It might also be that yoga sessions help them stay fit, since several of the actresses mentioned above attended yoga during pregnancy, apparently as a way to keep healthy.
No matter why they do it, in the end, Hollywood stars and run-of-the-mill folks have this in common: many of them love yoga because they can use it to pursue both individual health and interpersonal connections.
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