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Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz uses is devoted to transcendental meditation and uses it as a tool to minimize stress and combat life struggles.

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"I practiced meditation as a teenager, I stopped for a while, then I took the transcendental meditation courses and I chose to dedicate myself to it,” Cruz was reportedly quoted as saying.

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Speaking to media source, Cruz talked about her mother’s trait that she seems to have inherited, “I have a trait that I inherited from my mother, who was equally demanding with herself: she was very busy and yet very generous she managed to give everything to her three children. Now she says to me: you have to relax, you have to rest, you have to find time for yourself.”

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The actress is married to fellow Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem and has two children with him: Leo and daughter Luna.

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Cruz, who has spent the last 30 years in the film industry, has always been passionate about the craft and is not ‘bored’ of it.

"Acting was my dream since I was maybe two years old. A dream that does not bore: with each role you start from scratch. So I think: thank you!” Penelope Cruz concluded.