Gwyneth Paltrow reveals her longevity routine — which includes bizarre eyes-open meditation

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Business Insider. At the time, the Oscar-winning actress was too busy appearing in star-studded blockbusters, partying in the pre-camera phone era and dating Hollywood hunks like Brad Pitt.“I was either going out with friends and sleeping late or getting up really early to go on set,” she added.It’s a stark contrast from the Paltrow fans know and love — or love to hate — today, someone who has built a formidable wellness empire and impressive longevity routine.Now, Paltrow’s morning routine “involves some meditation and some exercise.” Specifically, she practices “eyes-open” meditation — meditating while focusing on both the environment around you and connecting with yourself during daily activities — and says it helps her “stay present” and “feel more whole.”“I relied on my eyes open meditation to connect to my highest self, to not lapse into reactivity, to try and keep my ego out of it,” she said, per the Independent. “Especially when we feel something is not fair, or unjust, someone’s not living up to their end of the bargain, or something.”She also apparently envisions a lofty higher purpose for the practice.“I believe eyes-open meditation could be potentially important for changing the world and deepening how we connect to ourselves, and others,” she told the Independent. “That meditative state, that oneness, I feel that so much and I think us connecting to that oneness just intrinsically heals division.

Because you feel the interconnectedness of every human being, it brings empathy into the forefront.”This isn’t the first time Paltrow has been linked to unorthodox wellness rituals.

She previously faced backlash for her bone broth meals and has participated in “pretty weird” rectal ozone therapy, in addition to.