Melanie Macleod
Meghan Markle’s mother Doria Ragland started teaching her daughter yoga when she was 7 – here’s everything we know about their shared passion
It’s no secret that Meghan Markle loves yoga – she even reportedly had a yoga studio built into Frogmore Cottage – and her passion for the calming, toning practice is down to her mother, Doria Ragland.
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Doria, who is a yoga teacher in LA, introduced The Duchess of Sussex to yoga when she was just seven years old. In 2016, Meghan told Best Health Magazine: “Yoga is my thing. My mom is a yoga instructor and I started doing mommy-and-me yoga with her when I was seven. I was very resistant as a kid, but she said, ‘Flower, you will find your practice – just give it time.’ In college, I started doing it more regularly.”
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“I’ll do yoga a couple of times a week – hot yoga, specifically,” Meghan continued.
Meghan has also previously said: “I love an intense vinyasa…
