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Meghan Markle shares 'inner work' that helps her move on from anger

The Duchess has a very Californian approach

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Melanie Macleod
Wellness Editor
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Meghan Markle spoke candidly about the "inner work" she's done to move on from anger.

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During an interview with Variety, the Duchess of Sussex explained how her Californian upbringing influenced how she moves on from anger, sharing: "I've done a lot of internal work — I'm from California, it's in the water — and whether you're exercising or meditating, you’re sometimes asked to picture a person that makes you angry.

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"You think about them, you get it all out, and then you're asked to think about them as a 6-year-old child. Can you forgive them? That's how I contextually approach that."

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Meghan is known to be dedicated to her wellness habits, and is a fan of Vedic meditation, according to a post on her now-defunct blog, The Tig.

Written in 2015, Meghan said that she found meditation: "endlessly daunting at first [the thoughts, the distractions, the boredom of it]".

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Meghan Markle has many wellness habits, including Pilates

The 41-year-old persevered, and said it quickly became the "quietude that rocked my world."

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After a year, she realised: "I am just happier. And meditation has much to do with it."

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Meghan Markle is dedicated to wellness

Meghan encouraged her readers to meditate at least once, writing: "The worst thing that can happen is that you gave yourself 10 minutes of quiet in an endlessly loud world."

Exercise-wise, the mum-of-two is known to love Pilates, hiking, boxing and yoga – something she has practised since she was eight years old, with her mother Doria Ragland, who is a yoga teacher.

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