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"Jon Gosselin is ready to go to the mat: the yoga mat!\r\n\r\nThe latest stop on his quest for inner peace was a yoga studio at a Los Angeles hotel Nov. 5. As exclusive photos at Usmagazine.com show, the 32-year-old reality star -- in shorts and a tattoo-revealing tank top -- tried out basic poses, stretches and breathing and meditation exercises.\r\nYoga may help the embattled star &amp;quot;find balance in his life,&amp;quot; Michelle Demus, Programming Director at Manhattan&amp;apos;s Pure Yoga, tells Us.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m sure with all that has been going on in Jon&amp;apos;s life, things are out of whack,&amp;quot; Demus tells Us. &amp;quot;He&amp;apos;s got to let go of external distractions and tap into his spirituality.&amp;quot;\r\nObserving snapshots of Gosselin&amp;apos;s novice yoga session, Demus says that his body seems &amp;quot;closed off&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;holds a lot of tension.&amp;quot;\r\nThat&amp;apos;s no surprise. Facing numerous legal battles from his estranged wife Kate Gosselin and cable network TLC, Gosselin stormed off an Entertainment Tonight set recently after getting into a shouting match with girlfriend Hailey Glassman -- who had previously accused him of throwing &amp;quot;mantrums.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nPrior to this outburst, Gosselin admitted Oct. 29 that &amp;quot;I have allowed myself to become somewhat severed from my own moral anchor and be carried away by the challenges of fame,&amp;quot; and that he yearned to &amp;quot;reconnect with my deeper, more spiritual, more altruistic self.&amp;quot;\r\nThe first step in this spiritual rebirth, he said, would be lots of quality time with his new spiritual advisor Rabbi Shmuley Boteach -- and with his eight kids.\r\nSee photos of today&amp;apos;s top news stories\r\nYoga, says expert Demus, could also help him become a better father.\r\n&amp;quot;A big tenant of yoga is to let go, to be present in the moment,&amp;quot; she tells Us. &amp;quot;So when he&amp;apos;s with his children, he could actually be present and be a father.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn addition to his yoga session, he took a break by the pool to munch on a green apple, chat on his phone and catch up on some reading.\r\nHis books of choice? Tao Te Ching, a Taoist self-help tome,  and a children&amp;apos;s book."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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