{"id":4705,"date":"2011-08-09T12:41:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T16:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2012-05-11T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T21:07:17","slug":"clint-eastwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/people\/clint-eastwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Clint Eastwood: TM is a Great Tool to Overcome Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Clint-Eastwood-video-post.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Clint-Eastwood-video-post\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4709\" \/>Iconic actor, director, composer, filmmaker Clint Eastwood has been dedicated to his daily practice of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/meditation-techniques\">Transcendental Meditation<\/a> technique for more than 40 years. He spoke about the technique during a videotaped message he prepared for the launch of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlynchfoundation.org\/\">David Lynch Foundation<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlynchfoundation.org\/military.html\">Operation Warrior Wellness<\/a>\u201d\u2014a nationwide initiative to teach TM to the tens of thousands of veterans suffering from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/PMH0001923\/\">post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is this the video from the Operation Warrior Wellness event:<br \/>\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/utmo3k-mMm8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&#038;showinfo=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/utmo3k-mMm8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&#038;showinfo=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am a great supporter of Transcendental Meditation. I have been using it for almost 40 years. I think that it is a great tool for anyone to utilize as tool for stress. Stress of course comes along with every business, but especially considering the stress that our men and women of our armed forces go through\u2014the anxieties of going to or coming from combat, and the stress syndromes of various types\u2014I think that it [TM] is a great tool. There are enough studies out there that show that Transcendental Meditation, or TM as we all call it, is something that can benefit everybody\u2026.  I think that it is a great system to use in life in general\u2014otherwise why would I have been doing it all these years.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Eastwood first spoke publicly about Transcendental Meditation in 1975 when he appeared on \u201cThe Merv Griffin Show\u201d with the founder of the Transcendental Meditation program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/maharishi\">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi<\/a>. He\u2019s been quietly enjoying his daily TM practice ever since.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Clint-Eastwood1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Clint-Eastwood1\" width=\"160\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4714\" \/>During a December 2009 interview in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/entertainment\/men-of-the-year\/2009\/badass\/clint-eastwood-legend-invictus-director#ixzz1SmeZGQEO\">GQ Magazine<\/a>, which coincided with the release of his new film, <a href=\"http:\/\/invictusmovie.warnerbros.com\/dvd\/index.html\">Invictus<\/a>, Mr. Eastwood was asked about whether he continues to practice TM. He responded in that typical Eastwood-like simple and direct way: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTwice a day. It works great. Because it just gives you a chance to gather your thoughts. I&#8217;m religious about it when I&#8217;m working.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic actor, director, composer, filmmaker Clint Eastwood has been dedicated to his daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique for more than 40 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/people\/clint-eastwood\/\">Read more <\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_excerpt -->","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,61],"tags":[57,36,63,299,300],"class_list":["post-4705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-video","tag-celebrity","tag-clint-eastwood","tag-interview","tag-people","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}