Salma Hayek knows the secret to forever being young and thankfully, she is ready to share the secret with the world.

Salma Hayek turned 57 this September and fans are always swooning over the celebrity‘s grace and elegance as she ages like fine wine. The TV star has recently opened up about her easy ways of keeping up with her health and surprisingly, it is not exercising.

Salma Hayek stays young with easy daily habit

Salma Hayek is candid in her latest interview gushing over her lifelong friendship with Angelina Jolie and revealing the secrets of her evergreen youth. The star shares that she is not into exercising but the magic to her health is actually ‘meditation.’

“I really believe it is. People say it’s exercising. I think it’s meditation,” she shared. “You have to find your way. For me, exercising is hard… It’s really, really difficult to have the discipline to do it. But meditation is a walk in the park, because it’s my own form of it,” she told ET.

Meditation does not have to involve a thousand steps as the movie star says, “You sit in a moment with yourself, that’s already meditation” adding, “But I do it every day.”

Studies show meditation can help improve physical functioning and mental health

Salma Hayek’s mantra for a better life and youthful glow is actually supported by various science studies. As per a meta-analysis of mindfulness-based interventions in 2015, meditation aka mindful interventions can help decrease depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress levels along with enhancing quality of life and physical functioning.

Another study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder who joined an eight-week mindfulness course experienced a significant decrease in aggressive symptoms compared with those given group talk therapy.

Salma joins a long list of celebrities who have talked about meditation

Salma Hayek joins a long list of celebs who are equally into the benefits of meditation. Oprah Winfrey said learning meditation was the “most life-enhancing things” she ever did. Music legend Beyoncé once shared how she took the help of meditation to recover from a difficult pregnancy.

“After having a difficult pregnancy, I took a year to focus on my health. I have researched information on homeopathic medicines.” Queen B said, adding, “I don’t just put any prescription in my body. My diet is important, and I use tools like acupuncture, meditation, visualization, and breathing exercises.”

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