Why Your Favourite Stars Practise Yoga and Mindfulness

In the same interview, Haaland talked about the stress people carry and the difficulty of properly relaxing both mind and body. His interest in meditation makes sense alongside the demands of his sport: it gives him a way to make room for stillness in a very busy life.

For a young football fan, that is a useful image to carry. You can love a fast, competitive game and also enjoy a quiet pause. Before your next match, feel your feet on the ground and notice a comfortable breath. Your boots are ready. Give the rest of you a moment to arrive.

She wrote about yoga helping her through intense days before and after shows. Later, she created a yoga session and a guided meditation for her podcast’s summer series, explaining that these practices were among the ways she found calm when life felt hectic.

There is something wonderfully ordinary about that. A person whose job involves being watched by thousands still needs time to check in with herself. Apparently, being a pop star does not come with an automatic inner-peace button.

Your version could be a comfortable stretch after dance practice, or moving to a favourite song when you get home. Pay attention to what your body enjoys. Your yoga mat is one place where nobody needs you to deliver a five-star performance.

He also acknowledged that he does not manage it every day. In earlier reporting about his work with Team Razer, ONE Esports described his use of stretching, meditation and attention to breathing before matches to help him focus.

That detail about missing days matters. Even a gaming legend can have an imperfect routine. A missed morning is a missed morning. You have not been permanently banned from breathing.

Between games, try putting the controller down, uncurling your hands and noticing what is happening in your body. Jaw clenched? Shoulders up? Stomach asking whether lunch is ever coming? You are the person playing the game, and you get to decide when that person needs a break.

That is a reassuring reason to practise. Even the person who played Hermione is learning to live with things she cannot neatly organise. Somewhere, a colour-coded revision timetable has just fainted.

A balance pose gives you a tiny experiment. Stand comfortably, use a wall if you like, and explore lifting one foot a little. Wobble? Congratulations: you have located your balance by temporarily misplacing it. Notice how you talk to yourself. Would you speak that way to a friend? You can try again, ask for support or laugh and put both feet down.

He also described surfing as a favourite way to become absorbed in the present moment. His account opens up a helpful possibility: paying attention can happen through movement as well as sitting quietly.

Try noticing the feeling of your arms reaching or your body moving through a gentle stretch. Your brain may wander off to snacks. When you notice, you can come back. Nobody needs a superhero costume for this. Or superhero muscles. Your actual body, as it is today, is welcome.

In remarks reported by Lakers Nation and republished by SportsCity, he described breathing and centring himself. He also emphasised the value of talking to his children and his mother.

That combination matters. A quiet practice can sit alongside the comfort of people who know and love you. You might stretch after a hard day and still need to say, “Actually, something happened and I want to talk.” Your heart gets a vote too. Even very strong people need their people.

The same answer included doing a little yoga. Her reason is refreshingly practical: enjoyment helps movement belong in everyday life.

A yoga class can have music, laughter and room for your ideas. Invent an animal sequence with a friend. Make a circle of tree poses and see how many different trees you can become. A forest would be rather dull if everyone insisted on being the same pine. Enjoying yourself belongs in this picture.