Best of 2009: 5 Celebrities Who Embodied MindBodyGreen

When most people think of David Lynch, they think of surreal and bizarrely creative films and programs such as Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks. How does David Lynch come up with his material? Meditation -- more specifically, Transcendental Meditation.

I first discovered that Lynch had practiced meditation for more than 35 years when I picked up his book Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity just a few years ago. But in 2009, Lynch put meditation on the map with his launch of the David Lynch Foundation, "dedicated to providing students with the opportunity to learn how to meditate."