20 Amazing Bodies of Celebs Who Swear By Meditation

Elle Macpherson isn’t just a supermodel who wants to look good; she believes in healthy living, as co-founder the supplement and wellness company WelleCo. So when she gives healthier living advice, it’s usually coming from a real place. For example, today she shared a photo of herself in a swimsuit, with her eyes closed, subtitled “Morning meditations.” (She tagged Mathilde Favier, the Public Relations Manager at @dior, for the “day in the life beauty challenge.”) How does she keep so fit and together? Read on to see 7 ways Elle Macpherson stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Meditates

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You don’t need to be solo in a studio with your legs crossed to meditate (though that certainly works). Meditation is about being present, focusing on your breath, and calming the mind by allowing thoughts to pass without judgement. Can’t do that on your own? No biggie. Download an app like Calm or Headspace, which will walk you through guided meditations, working to improve your breathing and, in turn, bring your cortisol levels back to normal. “I wake at around 5.30am, I set my intentions for the day, I try to be kind to myself and check in, to understand how I am feeling in my body and my mind. I try to take about 30 minutes every morning to meditate. It helps keep me stay balanced and feel strong and confident,” Macpherson told GettheGloss.

2. De-Stressing Helps You Lose Weight

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When you’re feeling overwhelmed by your stress and you allow it to run rampant, the effects on your body is nothing short of disastrous. “Stress in and of itself can literally shut down your metabolism,” says Jeffrey A. Morrison, M.D., C.N.S, an expert in integrative medicine and metabolism issues. “It is tremendously metabolically draining. Remember: your thyroid is the ignition switch for your metabolism.” That’s why meditation works. Chilling out has a direct impacton stress. Research out of Georgetown University Medical Center finds that after an eight-week course in mindful meditation, people with anxiety disorders lowered inflammatory markers and stress hormones in their blood by 15 percent.

3. Macpherson Eats Her Greens

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In addition to using her own brand of WelleCo products, “I’ll take a handful of natural organic pea sprouts with another handful of natural organic sunflower sprouts, then add a pinch of broccoli, some alfalfa sprouts and half an avocado. I drizzle a mix of lemon juice, avocado and coconut aminos, otherwise I enjoy a tahini dressing – manuka honey, apple cider vinegar and a handful of sprouted seeds over the top,” she told Dr. Barbara Strum. Avocado is indeed a superfood. Research conducted in Mexico found that monounsaturated-rich oil pressed from the fruit can help mitochondria survive attack. Researchers say the results jive with low-disease rates in Mediterranean countries where olive oil—nutritionally similar to the avocado—is a diet staple.

4. Here’s Her Take on Wellness

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“I believe in maintenance, I’m not a big binge and purge person. I think it’s really important to maintain wellness year-round. Not because it looks good but it actually feels good – which is really important when you’re running a business and you’ve got kids and a full life. It’s easy – I just make good choices and I enjoy the choices that I make. I really enjoy a plant-based diet, I love vegetables,” she said once.

5. Here’s Her Eating Schedule

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“I have three meals a day and two snacks, mid-morning and afternoon. I have a bit to eat with my son at 6:30am after my drinks. I might have a poached egg sometimes, or half an avocado or some muesli that I make in the dehydrator with nuts and seeds and a little bit of coconut and cinnamon, and I’ll mix that with some fresh hemp or almond milk that I make myself,” she has said.

Patricia Manterola is sharing inspirational words—and swimsuit pictures—with her fans. The Mexican actress and singer, 51, shared a reel of herself relaxing in the sun in a red bikini, reminding people to live authentic lives. “Believe in yourself!!! Because what people say about you does not define you, their words simply define them,” she captioned the post. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Manterola stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. Celery Juice In the Morning

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Manterola makes her own fresh celery juice, which she drinks on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. "There is nothing like waking up, doing a good meditation, thanking life for being alive, for breathing, doing a little exercise or a little yoga, and something that I had not told you is that I have been taking celery juice," she says. "Celery has wonderful benefits.”

2. Vegan Diet

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Manterola gradually switched over to a vegan diet after making healthy changes, and finds it works for her so long as she gets the right nutrients. “As soon as I started eating healthy, the natural progression for me was to become vegan,” she says. “I researched, and concluded that veganism was right for me. I practice veganism correctly, often checking my vitamin and protein levels. Constancy comes when you are healthy inwardly and outwardly.”

3. Postpartum Yoga

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Manterola opted for regular yoga sessions to help get her back into shape after welcoming her twins in 2013. "I believe that when you are so blessed with such beautiful gifts from God, it makes you want to look beautiful, take care of yourself,” she said at the time. “I do my yoga, which for me is wonderful… In this second pregnancy with the twins, it took me a little bit of work to recover, but I started healthy, doing a lot of exercise and here we are back.”

4. Meditation Sessions

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Manterola is a proponent of regular meditation sessions, which research shows has immense health benefits. One study shows 8 weeks of mindfulness meditation can alter the brain’s gray matter. "Although the practice of meditation is associated with a sense of peacefulness and physical relaxation, practitioners have long claimed that meditation also provides cognitive and psychological benefits that persist throughout the day," says Sara Lazar, PhD, of the MGH Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program.

5. Weight Training

Manterola uses weights and dumbbells at the gym as part of her workout routine. "Just doing aerobic exercise is not adequate," says Dr. Robert Schreiber, physician-in-chief at Hebrew SeniorLife and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. "Unless you are doing strength training, you will become weaker and less functional."

Salma Hayek has got the blues in her swimsuit. In a new social media post the actress shows off her amazing body in a bathing suit and matching sunglasses. “It’s okay to be blue,” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps. “Always gorgeous!” commented one of her followers. “Beautiful In any color,” added another. How does the 57-year-old manage to look forever young and fit? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Restorative Yoga

“‘I don’t have time to exercise, I am working,” Salma told People. Restorative yoga is her exercise of choice. “I work with a woman in London who taught me how to hold my body in a way where the muscles are activated all day long,” she explained. “So even when you brush your teeth, you’re working the muscles,” she continued. “She taught me to tone my muscles without clenching them. You relax them and focus on the parts that need to be used, but never with tension. If you’re aware of your body, you’d be surprised by the effect it can have.”

2. Plant-Based (Mostly) Diet

“I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it,” Salma confessed on her website. She eats fruit, veggies, and leans meats, fish, and juice. “When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort,” she continued. “The only thing I do is that I don’t eat animals every day. I eat all kinds of meat, but I consume it sparsely,” she added to the New York Times . “I would never eat two meats in a day. Sometimes I go several days without eating meat, but then I’ll go back.”

3. Meditation

Hayek told Entertainment Tonight that the secret to her forever young body has more to do with her mind. “I really believe it is. People say it’s exercising. I think it’s meditation. You have to find your way. For me, exercising is hard. It’s really, really difficult to have the discipline to do it. But meditation is a walk in the park, because it’s my own form of it. When I don’t for some time, guess what? Not only the face starts to drop and everything starts to drop, but my herniated disc, the problem in my neck, the problem in my hip, my ankles. I start breaking down.” She added that she practices it “every day” and uses it to “sit in a moment with yourself.”

4. Emotional Eating

“My relationship with food is extremely emotional, as I eat when I am sad, I eat when I am happy, I eat when I‘m relaxing,” Salma told Hello! Magazine. ”That’s why it is important for me to make good choices when it comes to the food.” When stressed, “I turn to food for comfort,” she added to Canada’s More magazine.

5. Massage

Salma loves getting massages. “You have to find a good person that gives a good massage,” she told Inquisitr. “I have a [massage therapist], but she lives in Japan. She only comes to London every once in a while. But when she comes, she's my secret weapon. Massage oxygenates, activates the circulation, and keeps the muscles healthy and firm. I cannot tell you, even just for the lymphatic [system], what the massage does for the face.”

6. Cleanses

Salma loves juicing. “After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button,” she said.

Camila Cabello rang in the new year—in her swimsuit! The gorgeous latina star steamed up social media this week, wishing fans a happy 2022. “Feliz año nuevo! can’t wait to give you guys my/ our next album, Familia in 2022 🏄‍♀️” she captioned the sunset snap of herself rocking a swimsuit on a boat. How does the singer keep herself in such phenomenal physical form? Read on to learn about Camila Cabello’s top 6 tips for staying in shape—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. Do Strength Training Workout

Camila is a fan of strength training workouts, relying on Jenna Willis to keep her fit with three times per week sessions. In one Instagram story she revealed her workout, which includes using a resistance band for tension while doing lunges.

2. Try Stand Up Paddleboarding

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Camila is a fan of standup paddleboarding. “Nothin to do nowhere to be,” the 24-year-old captioned a recent photo of herself standup paddleboarding. According to the The American Council on Exercise (ACE,) the outdoor exercise offers a majorly beneficial core workout and is also a great form of cardio.

3. Celebrate Your Body

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Camila is a beacon of body confidence. One one her TikTok video’s titled “I luv my body” recently went viral. In it she explains that no matter her size, she is full of self-love. “Being at war with your body is so last season. I am grateful for this body that lets me do what I need to do. We are real women with curves and cellulite and stretch marks and fat and we gotta own that baby!" she said.

4. Eat Lots of Veggies

Camila’s healthy eating habits were inspired by her former boyfriend, Shawn Mendes. “Shawn has influenced me to be healthier. I was not healthy at all before. I never ate vegetables before. Just like, easy vegetables like cucumbers or cold carrots with caesar. Which I wouldn’t say are hard vegetables,” she told BBC Radio.

5. Meditate for Mental Health

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Mediation is one of Camila’s go-to mental health tools. “Meditation has changed my life in the last few months,” she wrote on Instagram. “I didn’t share this with you guys at the time because honestly I was just trying to be okay, but I was experiencing severe anxiety. it was meditation- it was practicing every single day multiple times a day that has been healing me, and, more than just helping me manage strong emotions like anxiety and stress, it’s making me a better human. not only does it help in times like this with stress and anxiety, meditation is the practice of strengthening habits like empathy, love, and compassion- making you feel more connected to not only everybody around you , but living beings in general like animals, plants, and the earth, which is a living being, itself.”

6. Treat Your Anxiety

In a recent interview with Apple, Camila revealed that she battles anxiety. "Before the pandemic, I felt really burnt out. I had been working pretty nonstop since I was 15. And the rigor with which I started working, there was just no time off. I was barely home. I didn't have time to get to know who I was outside of my career. Pile that onto struggles with mental health, with anxiety, with these toxic levels of stress, it wasn't even a meltdown because I would just work through it," she said."I was just exhausted in every way and at that point, I felt like I was running a marathon with a broken leg. I kept going, but it was extremely hard. And I wish that I would've just been like, 'Let me just stop for a second and get a nice cast for my broken leg and get some physical therapy.' But I didn't. COVID stepped in and kind of did it for me." She ended up in a bad place, crying nearly every day. "I felt so anxious, cripplingly anxious. I just felt really unstable, and I just felt a mess because suddenly, this thing that was distracting me, my work and filming, was not there. And so I was just left with my anxiety and my mind. And it was getting in the way of my relationship. It was getting in the way of my friendships, my time at home." Finally she asked for help. “I asked for time. And I learned a lot of tools," she said. "I tried a lot of different things, different kinds of therapy, meditation, exercise, changing the way I eat, definitely changing the way I schedule my time and making sure that there's balance, that I have time for friendships and connection with people and I'm not just nose to the grindstone, not paying attention to my body and my needs."