Kareem started practicing Hatha (physical) Yoga in 1976 and continued to practice consistently for more than 30 years! "Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get..."
When he wasn't producing arguably the greatest album of all time, Quincy Jones was a dedicated devotee of the Bikram system of Yoga for 15 years. He's even quoted as saying that Yoga was the most important thing in his life at one point. Though you
“Just the physical part was a help, in my case, because I couldn’t leave the cell for regular exercise. I have never used Yoga as an end in itself but merely as a means to prepare myself for a more effective struggle.”
