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He’s a Grammy winner, knight, and, after all, a Beatle. But did you recognize Sir Paul McCartney can be a yogi?

In 2020, McCartney revealed in an interview with the “Smartless” podcast that he maintains an everyday practice with “a few mates,” amongst them Lorne Michaels and Alec Baldwin. “We now have this little thing,” said McCartney. “It’s called ‘The Yoga Boys,’ and we do yoga together, and we’re terrible.”

His last point seems unlikely. Back in a 2013 interview with Politico, Baldwin praised his yoga partner’s practice, saying McCartney was the one real practitioner of the bunch. “He’s serious,” he said. “He’s got the body of a 17-year-old boy.”

McCartney’s also serious about not limiting his practice to the physical. In an interview for his blog in 2015, he said he recurrently turns to transcendental meditation, which he learned in India from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. “I believe it’s at all times superb to get a type of still moment in your day,” he said within the post. “Each time I even have a likelihood in a busy schedule, I’ll do it…I at all times prefer to take a moment and just meditate. It’s an excellent thing.”

He also embodies yogic philosophy through his well-known charitable donations, profit concert appearances, and community outreach. Recently, his book, Grandude’s Green Submarine, served because the inspiration for an episode of “Cosmic Kids Yoga.”

In that “Smartless” interview, McCartney responded to a matter about how he stayed so fit. “I don’t think I’m, after all,” he quipped in response. McCartney went on to elucidate his health regime, which incorporates a longstanding practice of vegetarianism and each day workouts.

What exactly is McCartney’s workout routine? During the podcast, he explained it typically starts with him and his mat. After starting with some floor work, including with a foam roller, he does some cardio. He concludes together with his favorite a part of the routine, a Headstand, which never fails to attract a response from the the heavy weightlifters when he goes to the gym as an alternative of practicing at home. “At the tip, I do a Headstand, they usually come over to me, [and say] ‘Hey, that’s pretty impressive, man,’” he said.

Although for McCartney, it’s about greater than flipping himself upside-down in an inversion. He also does eye yoga regularly and is a robust proponent of the practice. On a 2021 episode of the podcast “Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware,” he credited the exercises with preserving his sight. He learned the practice while he was in India. “[The guide] explained that your eyes are muscles,” he said, explaining that it’s essential to strengthen them, just like all other muscle in your body.

His passion for the visual practice extends beyond the causal podcast mention. McCartney created a video for interested practitioners, guiding you thru his typical routine. Within the video, McCartney says he complete three sets of every of the next groupings. “We don’t use [our eyes] well enough,” he says. We sit at computers or watch [television] all day, or read books. So, you’re just using one set of muscles.” (Or perhaps for searching into packed crowds of individuals, for the rockstars amongst us.)

He starts by looking up, center, and down, holding each gaze for just a few seconds. Then, he works on his side-to-side movement, shifting his eyes (but not his head) from left to right, before moving to the diagonal lines. He finishes his exercises by taking a look at his nose, rolling his eyes in each directions, looking at a distance object, and, finally, shifts his gaze to his hand.

Need to try McCartney’s eye yoga exercises for yourself? Try his video below. (The Beatle’s practice is comparable to the attention yoga practice we love—or more truthfully, like to hate—at Yoga Journal.)