Separating from Arbaaz Khan and ending 19 years of marriage was not easy for Malaika Arora. Recalling the most challenging and lowest phase of her life, she called it a “huge upheaval”. In a recent interview, Malaika opened up about how her mind was cluttered with thoughts about societal pressure and how her son Arhaan would cope with the separation.
Malaika Arora on separating from Arbaaz Khan
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Speaking to Bollywood Bubble, she said, “I went through my personal struggles. I went through separation, I went through having to deal with family pressures, I went through having to deal with how would my child cope with it, how would I cope with it, how would society be, will I be able to work, will I be able to just be myself. All these thoughts went through my head. I think that probably for me was my lowest in life because it was such a huge upheaval in my life and such a change for me to deal with. It was not just me personally, there was family involved, there was my kid involved, there were so many other aspects involved.”
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Talking about how her decision would impact others around her, and especially her family, she said, “I can’t be like that because like I said, my decision was going to impact all the lives around me. When I say mine, at the end of the day, we were two people. As a couple, as husband and wife, we together decided that this was what was best.”
Yoga was her rescue
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However, it was yoga that helped her survive the storm inside her. She said, “But yes, it was definitely the most difficult, the lowest phase in my life where I probably did turn to a lot of aspects, like yoga, meditation, because I felt that these were outlets that would help me channelise better, that would help me sort whatever upheaval that I was dealing with internally.”
Earlier, in an exclusive interview with iDiva, Malaika shared how yoga helped her battle tears and made her more confident: “Yoga has made me more sure of my practice, more self-confident, it gave me better balance not just physically but also mentally. It is one of my strongest weapons to stay stable in the path of consistently working towards my physical, mental and emotional health.”
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