“I’m not an expert in meditation, but I once worked out with someone in the mid 1970s that was an expert in Transcendental Meditation. He invited me to the TM® Center in Brentwood, where they taught me how to meditate. At the time, my life had a lot of pressure. I was bodybuilding, training to compete for Mr. Olympia again, doing construction work for extra money, going to acting classes, and attending college. There was a lot of stuff on my plate, and I needed to find a way to calm down from my anxiety.
“Transcendental Meditation® really helped me. Ever since, I started seeing different goals in my life that I could sort out calmly and emphatically.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was a two-term governor of California from 2003 to 2011, and is an actor, producer, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, and former professional bodybuilder.
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