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Friday, August 21, 2015

{allcanada} Step Inside Alanis Morissette’s Home Meditation Room: ‘It’s Where I Go to Tune In to Emotions’

 

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Alanis Morissette's meditation room, located in her newly renovated L.A. home, is perhaps the perfect physical embodiment of everything that her iconic album Jagged Little Pill is not: Serene. Spiritual. Nurturing.

In the September issue of Women's Health, Morissette gave readers a tour of her special '90s-angst-free room, which she calls her "talk pit."

"It's kind of where I go to tune in to emotions, get divine messages through prayer. I do my gratitude lists in there," she said. "I carve out different goals, I journal, I read, I listen to meditation — I do all my practices in there."

The singer, who meditates almost every morning, admitted she's trying to address her self-diagnosed work addiction.

"If I told someone I did heroin until 4 a.m. there would be this massive intervention, but if I tell someone I was working on a deadline until 4 a.m. they'd pat me on the back," she said.

Alanis
Courtesy Women's Health

Morissette spends anywhere from 30 seconds to an hour in the room, which is decorated with her favorite books, crystals, candles, an antique Japanese altar, orchids, an Indian rug and more curiosities, to do yoga or meditate or simply burn sage. A firm believer in aromatherapy, she utilizes "hundreds of oils."

"If I'm going through a particularly troubled time, I'll use grapefruit. If I'm mired in depression, lavender is kind of the panacea for everything," she said. "I've been obsessed with lime lately, and I'll put lime in hot, hot water and on a face cloth and put it on my face and just sit there and breathe. I'll make a lot of blends that I'll just pop in my purse."

Alanis
Courtesy Women's Health

Her holistic approach to health and well-being requires a balanced diet — "food is an incredible medicine" — and regular physical activity. She avoids dairy and gets enough of high-nutrient greens, beans, nuts, seeds, fruits, healthy grains and multicolored vegetables. ("And of course you've got to throw in a little bit of dark chocolate, just because that's mandatory.")

When asked to describe the vibes of her newly renovated house, she admits her aesthetic is all over the place.

Alanis
Courtesy Women's Health

"Externally, it's Mediterranean-esqe. Very California/West Coast meets … there's an internationalism to it, just in terms of how I decorated it," she said. "I'm a collector of very particular things. Whether it's shells or bottles of sand or oils or perfumes, or Quan Yun Buddhist statues, or lotus flower candle holders."

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