Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals How Meditation Changed Her Life

“I think it’s on-brand for me， isn’t it? I talk about things，” says Gwyneth Paltrow. We’re in the middle of discussing the way the actress and mogul recently spoke out about her experiences with perimenopause. But she could be referring to any number of things， given how much her buttoned-up appearance contrasts with her lifelong willingness to open up. Today， Paltrow is here to talk about how meditation changed her life. She started doing it in the ’90s， at the end of her yoga practice. Years later， she began studying transcendental meditation， or TM， though she admits， “I was very sporadic with that over the years. I was very much like， ‘Ah， I don’t have time，’ which I think is quite a common refrain for people. Especially if you have little kids. It’s really hard.” Paltrow found her way back to the practice in the early days of COVID， “when everything slowed down quite a lot.” Her husband， writer-director-producer Brad Falchuk， started studying with her TM teacher as well， and the couple began meditating together every morning， a tradition that they’ve kept up ever since. “I feel us go into this deeply personal， but intimate space. The space around both of us has the same tenor， but it’s very internal，” she says. “I’m not sure if it strengthens our relationship， but it feels like it does.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals How Meditation Changed Her Life

“I think it’s on-brand for me, isn’t it? I talk about things,” says Gwyneth Paltrow. We’re in the middle of discussing the way the actress and mogul recently spoke out about her experiences with perimenopause. But she could be referring to any number of things, given how much her buttoned-up appearance contrasts with her lifelong willingness to open up.

Today, Paltrow is here to talk about how meditation changed her life. She started doing it in the ’90s, at the end of her yoga practice. Years later, she began studying transcendental meditation, or TM, though she admits, “I was very sporadic with that over the years. I was very much like, ‘Ah, I don’t have time,’ which I think is quite a common refrain for people. Especially if you have little kids. It’s really hard.”

Paltrow found her way back to the practice in the early days of COVID, “when everything slowed down quite a lot.” Her husband, writer-director-producer Brad Falchuk, started studying with her TM teacher as well, and the couple began meditating together every morning, a tradition that they’ve kept up ever since. “I feel us go into this deeply personal, but intimate space. The space around both of us has the same tenor, but it’s very internal,” she says. “I’m not sure if it strengthens our relationship, but it feels like it does.”

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