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"A lot of people over the years have been doing yoga and I think even more these days are expressing an interest in it. So there are a lot of manifestations of spirituality here in town"

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Judd’s line lands with the disarming plainness of someone describing a weather pattern: yoga is in the air, spirituality is showing up, the town is humming. That casual tone is the point. As an actress who’s spent years moving between Hollywood visibility and activist seriousness, she’s not preaching belief; she’s tracking a cultural shift the way a local might notice new cafes popping up. The language is observational, almost demographic: “a lot of people,” “even more these days,” “expressing an interest.” Spirituality becomes less a private revelation than a public trendline.

The subtext is about legitimacy. By framing yoga as something “a lot of people” do, she converts what could be dismissed as woo-woo into a normalized practice with social proof. “Manifestations of spirituality” is a deliberately roomy phrase: it nods to religion without committing to it, makes space for wellness culture, meditation, therapy talk, church, activism, and whatever else “counts” in a modern town where identity is curated and belief is often à la carte. It’s spirituality as lifestyle infrastructure.

Context matters: this is post-1990s America where yoga migrated from counterculture and immigrant communities into gyms, Lululemon, and celebrity routines. Judd’s wording reflects that mainstreaming. She’s not selling enlightenment; she’s sketching a civic mood, hinting that people are hungry for meaning but prefer it in accessible, consumer-friendly forms that can sit beside brunch and Pilates.

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Judd, Ashley. (2026, January 17). A lot of people over the years have been doing yoga and I think even more these days are expressing an interest in it. So there are a lot of manifestations of spirituality here in town. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-lot-of-people-over-the-years-have-been-doing-43497/

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Judd, Ashley. "A lot of people over the years have been doing yoga and I think even more these days are expressing an interest in it. So there are a lot of manifestations of spirituality here in town." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-lot-of-people-over-the-years-have-been-doing-43497/.

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"A lot of people over the years have been doing yoga and I think even more these days are expressing an interest in it. So there are a lot of manifestations of spirituality here in town." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-lot-of-people-over-the-years-have-been-doing-43497/. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is a Actress from USA.

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