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Oprah Winfrey, Media Proprietor, Actress, and Philanthropist
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Oprah Winfrey has made it her mission to spread messages of health, wellness, and mind-body balance to all with her talk shows, O: The Oprah Magazine, and her television channel, Oprah Winfrey Network. Oprah has curated meditation and wellness content for her readers, teamed up with spiritual gurus like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra for meditation podcasts, retreats, and discussions, and credited meditation with changing her life for the better.

In an article published on Oprah.com, Oprah explained that “Meditation is about getting still enough to know the difference between the voice and you. It's a heightened state of being that lets whatever you're doing be your best life, from moment to astonishing moment.”

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Katy Perry, Singer and TV Personality
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Singer Katy Perry has released more than nine No 1. songs in the last decade, positioning herself as one of the top pop stars in the world. But living on the road can be stressful, so Perry learned how to practice Transcendental Meditation.

In a 2022 interview with The Cut, Perry said the practice profoundly changed her life. “I can be too head-in-the-clouds, thinking too much about the future, and it helps me be more present,” she told the outlet. “I’ve dealt with depression and anxiety in my life, and TM is a huge tool.”

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Lady Gaga, Singer and Actress
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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, has been very open throughout her career about her mental health struggles. The singer and actress suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from a history of sexual assault and also lives with chronic pain from fibromyalgia.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey during Winfrey’s 2020 wellness tour, Germanotta spoke about her experience with transcendental meditation practice, saying, “sometimes I can be in a ton of pain, and meditate and it goes away. It’s amazing.”

She also shares the ways meditation benefits her with her followers on social media.

“Meditation really improves my mental health and reminds me it's important to stay calm so I can feel safe in my body,” the singer wrote on Instagram. “We are all one body, and the calmer we are, and the more we find inner peace, the more the world will too.”

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Sir Paul McCartney, Singer-Songwriter
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Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney began his journey with Transcendental Meditation over 50 years ago after attending a lecture with TM's founder himself, Maharishi Yogi. “It was very interesting. It was very calming and it seemed like something that was worth trying,” McCartney told David Lynch in an interview published on the TM Blog.

McCartney was in search of something to provide him with stability during the '60s, and he's maintained the practice ever since. “I think it’s always very good to get a sort of still moment in your day. Whenever I have a chance in a busy schedule, I’ll do it, if I’m not rushing out the door with some crazy stuff to do,” McCartney said in an interview published at TMHome.com. “In moments of madness, meditation has helped me find moments of serenity — and I would like to think that it would help provide young people a quiet haven in a not-so-quiet world."

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Hugh Jackman, Actor
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