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Russell Brand explains yoga love

Feb 9, 2013, 11:01 GMT

Russell Brand

Russell Brand finds yoga 'trippy'.

The British comic - who has battled drug and sex addiction but been clean for nine years - starts every day with transcendental meditation then Kundalini yoga and finds the techniques 'overwhelming'.

He said: 'It changes consciousness, it's really good if you've had addiction issues. It's highly psychological, and very beautiful, and overwhelming, and real, and trippy.

'To have some meeting about a film that'll never get made, and then I go home and do a meeting about the TV show, then have a meeting about a film that might get made, so there's a lot of meetings.'

While Russell is still 'ambitious' he admits his current focus is helping other addicts seek help to get clean.

He said: 'I'm still ambitious, I'm very driven, but all I want to do is carry on doing things like this. Make people feel better in a way that is truthful and legitimate. Not temporary, in a sugar rush of nonsense.'