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HowHollywood's biggest stars use yoga to stay fit, manage stress, and maintain peak performance

HowHollywood's biggest stars use yoga to stay fit, manage stress, and maintain peak performance

ETimes.in / Updated: Jun 1, 2026, 13:47 IST

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Madonna

Madonna, the versatile songwriter and actress, has promoted yoga in many of her interviews, saying, “I don't workout anymore. I do yoga. Yoga is so simple; it is much better than working out.”

Madonna has long embraced Ashtanga yoga, which has helped her become strong from within.

Speaking about yoga, she said, “One can sit in a lotus position and still do yoga. You can walk on a beach and start doing yoga; it starts with your state of mind.”

For her, it is more than a fitness routine that requires rules and regulations. According to her, yoga is a meditative process that she enjoys deeply and finds spiritually enriching. The mother of four associates yoga with her daily cardio-driven workout sessions.

The pop icon has had a shining career, with eighteen multi-platinum albums globally, including Like a Virgin, True Blue, The Immaculate Collection, and many more.

Image credit: Instagram/@madonna

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Matthew McConaughey

Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey loves to stay flexible and fit through yoga. He has been practising Bikram yoga, which has helped him in his holistic journey.
The Interstellar actor grew up in Texas, where temperatures often ranged around 35°C.
This made him more inclined towards Bikram yoga, as it is practiced indoors in rooms where the temperature is 35°C or higher and where sessions last 90 minutes.

In 2022, the actor had a conversation with Sadh guru in which they discussed how yoga is a technology that inherently means "union".

Image credit: Instagram/@matthew mcconaughey

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Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston, well known for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, is a constant advocate of yoga who frequently includes it in her fitness routine.

“I was crying through the moves; you feel like you're having a therapy session. Yoga helps prepare you for everything. It is like meditation,” she said.
The star has been training with yoga and wellness instructor Mandy Ingber, who happens to be an actress as well. She is one of Aniston's closest friends.

She has been doing yoga since 2005, as she told People.
Her yoga routine involves doing Spin-yoga, which couples 30 minutes of spinning with 30 minutes of yoga.
Aniston is one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses and has starred in films like Office Space, Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up, Marley & Me, and Just Go with It.

Image credit: Instagram/@jenniferaniston

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Way to yoga

Yoga has become a way of life for many Hollywood stars. From maintaining physical flexibility to finding mental clarity, these stars have incorporated yoga as an essential part of their daily routine. Here are some Hollywood celebrities who swear by yoga and have made it an important part of their wellness journey.

Image credit: Instagram/@yoga