Meghan Markle Snuck in a Yoga Class Before the U.S. Open
Meghan Markle seems to have a few non-negotiable rules when she travels. Number one, she’s always dressed like a walking outfit inspo Pinterest board. Number two, she must make time for some self care.
The Duchess of Sussex took a last-minute flight to New York City on Friday, September 6 to watch her close friend, Serena Williams, play in the U.S. Open finals. Before her Saturday afternoon appointment at the highly anticipated match, People reports that Meghan Markle and an unnamed friend dropped by Modo Yoga, an NYC studio that includes a specially heated room, for class on Friday evening.
Despite her high profile, Markle reportedly took her hot yoga class alongside 60 other people. But it seems no one asked Markle what she thinks of Brexit or the upcoming season of The Crown during savasana. A source told People that “there were lots of sweet, knowing smiles” between patrons—and that was it.
Yoga has been part of Markle’s workout regiment since her Suits days, when she could be seen walking around Toronto with her yoga mat. It’s also a pastime handed down by her mother, Doria Ragland, who teaches yoga classes in Los Angeles.
“My mom is a yoga instructor, and I started doing mommy-and-me yoga with her when I was seven,” Markle told Best Health Magazine in 2015. “I was very resistant as a kid, but she said, ‘Flower, you will find your practice—just give it time.’ In college, I started doing it more regularly.”
The studio she visited ahead of the U.S. Open was also part of her pre-royal routine. “She has been going to Modo Yoga for many years and tries to do so whenever she is in New York,” another source told People. “It was the perfect remedy for jet lag.”