{"id":9911,"date":"2013-07-19T13:53:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T17:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=9911"},"modified":"2014-06-19T12:43:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T16:43:56","slug":"meditation-has-changed-my-life-says-hugh-jackman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/meditation\/meditation-has-changed-my-life-says-hugh-jackman\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Meditation Has Changed My Life,\u201d Says Hugh Jackman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Jackman lives, by his admission, a very fortunate and very demanding life\u2014physically, mentally and emotionally. Beyond the intensity of celebrity, and the daily challenges of playing a starring role in blockbuster Hollywood films or nightly Broadway performances with singing and dancing, he\u2019s a devoted husband and father of two children who cherishes quality time with his family.<\/p>\n<p>Jackman has recently talked about the importance of his daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.<\/p>\n<p>Here are excerpts from interviews with Mr. Jackman in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/07\/01\/hugh-jackman-workout_n_3527552.html\">UK edition of the Huffington Post<\/a> and from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/omagazine\/Oprah-Interviews-Hugh-Jackman\/4#ixzz2XmeFajDH\">interview with Oprah Winfrey<\/a> where he discusses the fundamental role meditation has played over the past 20 years in his personal and professional life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cMeditation Has Changed My Life\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/meditation\/meditation-has-changed-my-life-says-hugh-jackman?leadsource=CRM1407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9915\" title=\"Hugh Jackman-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Hugh-Jackman-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cNothing has ever opened my eyes like Transcendental Meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what\u2019s a pretty chaotic life!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe activity of being a husband, a father\u2014those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects us all, and that&#8217;s what\u2019s most important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIn meditation, I can let go of everything. I\u2019m not Hugh Jackman. I&#8217;m not a dad. I&#8217;m not a husband. I&#8217;m just dipping into that powerful source that creates everything. I take a little bath in it.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nWhen asked how he can take the time to practice TM twice a day, Jackman comments:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/meditation\/meditation-has-changed-my-life-says-hugh-jackman?leadsource=CRM1407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9914\" title=\"Hugh Jackman 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Hugh-Jackman-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cEveryone takes a shower every day, and we don\u2019t complain about it. We do it out of discipline. There will always be an excuse not to meditate\u2026. The ego says, \u2018You don&#8217;t need to meditate, man. You\u2019re really busy. What about the kids?\u2019 But do I say, \u2018I can\u2019t shower today because I have to make time for the kids?\u2019 No.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-53a09e1e4833e437\"><\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Jackman lives, by his admission, a very fortunate and very demanding life\u2014physically, mentally and emotionally. Beyond the intensity of celebrity, and the daily challenges of playing a starring role in blockbuster Hollywood films, he\u2019s a devoted husband and father of two children who cherishes quality time with his family. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/13q9s25\">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":11541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditation","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911","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=9911"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11543,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9911\/revisions\/11543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}