Mystic

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INTO
THE
Mystic
The transformation
of Hollywood’s
Jaimyse Haft
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ACHIEVING THE LOOK
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Call it the Eastern diet or just dropping out of the fast lane. When L.A.’s
‘IT’ girl of 2008 turned down a life of glamour and fame, it was to search
for a better path. Here’s what she learned.
By JP Faber
I
co-host Mehcad Brooks (Necessary Roughness, True Blood)
seek to discover the intangible. Mystic Seekers is about
understanding each countries culture through the spirituality
t was 2008 and Hollywood’s up and coming “IT” girl,
Jaimyse Haft, was coming off the set of John Patrick
Shanley’s play Where’s My Money when she realized
there must be more to life than this. “Every dream I
had as an actress was coming true - movies, offers,
sold-out plays, even a full spread in the calendar section
, but I just didn’t feel it - I wasn’t
of
happy,” says Jaimyse. ‘I was stressed out and full of anxiety,
it was the moment I was forced to re-examine my life”
transforming for both.
Jaimyse (pronounced Jay-Meese, a combination of her
parent’s names, James and Mary) packed her bags and
For Jaimyse, and her career, walking on fire clearly seems to
be a step a right direction.
a former top fashion model, who had also found himself.
Cameron Alborzian, who famously appeared in Madonna’s
Express Yourself video is now a published author on
spirituality and host of Veria’s A Model Guru, introduced
Jaimyse to the art of yoga which set her on her path. Off
she went to where it all began, India. Under the tutelage of
Guru Vasudevan, she explored and absorbed the ancient
world of ayurveda, a system of healing native to India.
“I ended up living there for a long time, studying their culture,
experiencing for years in Hollywood started to diminish.
Jaimyse returned to Los Angeles - but not to her old ways.
Years later, stronger and fulfilled, her life came full circle.
Mystic Seekers, a new docu-series which she co-created and
produces, follows her travels to mystic places where she and
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India where she and Mehcad walked on fire. “We’re not
talking Tony Robbin’s fire walk of coals, this started as a 12
foot high bonfire” says Brooks “it was so hot you couldn’t
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“My advice is to develop healthy
habits, and devote that time to
yourself to slow down,” says the
actress-turned-documentarian.
“Instead of grabbing a coffee
and sitting in a coffee shop, go
out in the park, sit on a bench or
the grass. Stillness changes your
mind and your life, you become
happier with less angst - you
become a more joyful person.”
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ACHIEVING THE LOOK
JAIMYSE CLEANS UP HER ACT
Even the healthiest of lifestyles won’t keep you away from the
toxins we endure by living in the modern world. So a big part
of living well is protection. “I have a water filter at the house,
and I don’t drink water from plastic bottles, because of the
chemical leeching,” says Jaimyse. “It’s amazing that people
aren’t aware [of the dangers of plastic toxins] and chug away
from plastic bottles. They don’t know what they are putting
in their bodies!”
Even with lots of protection, the body occasionally needs
a little housecleaning. Jaimyse does a juice “cleansing” in
winter and spring in order to “give the digestive system a
break” and flush out toxins. “I’m extreme. I started five years
ago with a few days at a time, but now I do it for a week. I will
have one or two juices a day, but the majority of what I drink
is water with ginger in it.”
“My advice is to develop healthy habits, and devote that
time to yourself to slow down,” says the actress-turneddocumentarian. “Instead of grabbing a coffee and sitting in
a coffee shop, go out in the park, sit on a bench or the grass.
Stillness changes your mind and your life, you become
happier with less angst - you become a more joyful person.”
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ACHIEVING THE LOOK
WHAT SHE EATS
• Mostlyvegetarianwithsomefishincorporatedwhen
shefeelsthenecessity.
• Atbedtime,Ashwagandharoot–anIndianginseng
thatisamildsedative.
• Shatavariroot(asparagusroot)whichhelpsbalance
herhormones.
• Greenteawithsomeaddedmatcha(greenteapowder)
tomakeitstronger.
• Nopillsexceptforherfavoriteessentialomega3fatty
acidgelcap,OmegaXL.Evenherdogisonasimilar
product,MusselDog.“Withintwoweekshewasno
longerstiffandwasrunningaround”.
HOW SHE MOVES
• Yoga–threetimesaweekdoingdifferentasanas
(postures).
• LonghikesthroughthecanyonsofHollywood.
“Beingoutsideisabigpartofwellness”.
• PowerPlateexercises-“Vibratingplatesthatyou
layonforsitupsandpushups.Yourheartrate
reallyspikeswhenyoudojumpingjacks”.
HOW SHE LETS GO
• Breathingexercisesshelearnedfromherguruto
helpherslowdown.“It’sreallyaboutstillingthe
mind.TheyogisinHinduismandBuddhismspend
timewithstillness.Tostayinthenowisthewayto
relax.It’smentalhygieneinsteadofphysicalhygiene”.
• Positiveattitude.“Gratitudeismyattitude.That’show
simpleitis.Indiaisthelandofmantras,but‘thankyou’
istheonlymantrathatmatters.Lastyearwhenmydog
diedandmycarwasstoleninthesameweek,afterthe
grief,Imovedintogratitudeandeverythingchanged.” N
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