Hannah Murray found the wellness business to be "seductive and addictive" during her younger years.
The 36-year-old actress - best known for playing Gilly in the fantasy series Game of Thrones - became drawn into a wellness cult in her 20s, and after surviving life in the "the underbelly of the wellness and spiritual world", Murray now stays away from the industry altogether.
"Even the tame stuff can feel quite distressing," the actress told the Guardian newspaper.
"I don't meditate any more. I wouldn't go into a crystal shop. I don't do yoga, because I don't quite know what might come up that might feel a bit too woo-woo for my personal threshold. But I realise now how pervasive it is.
"How often people you don't know will offer it as a remedy. You'll say, 'I'm not really sleeping,' and they'll say, 'Have you tried meditation?' It's everywhere, seen as an inherently positive solution. And there are harmless or positive versions.
