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Coronation Street’s Ken Barlow admits he meditates on the toilet for up to three hours at a time

CORRIE legend Bill Roache has revealed he meditates on the toilet — for up to three hours.

The spiritual 86-year-old, who plays Ken Barlow in the ITV soap, also insisted he is going to live to 107.

 Coronation Street's Ken Barlow, aka the actor Bill Roache, advises meditation as a way of putting all life's worries behind you
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Coronation Street's Ken Barlow, aka the actor Bill Roache, advises meditation as a way of putting all life's worries behind you

Explaining how quiet contemplation on the loo can beat stress, he said: “Meditation might sound complicated or alien, but it is a discipline.

“You find a place in your home where you won’t be bothered — it might be the loo.

"If it’s the loo, use it.

"Sit there and balance your breathing.

 Bill Roache has revealed he got to a point where he could sit on the toilet for up to three hours at a time
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Bill Roache has revealed he got to a point where he could sit on the toilet for up to three hours at a timeCredit: Rex Features

“I think about the waves on the seashore coming in and going out.

"You leave all your worldly goods outside.

"I go into a peaceful state, I feel wonderful.

"I got to a point where I could sit for three hours.”

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Bill, a healer at the Cheshire-based Pure Love Movement, an organisation who believe love can eradicate war and famine, and cure illnesses, also predicted he will live another two decades.

He said at a talk in Canada: “You set your time clock to a certain age — I decided on 107.

“Ageing is a belief system.

"If you believe you get older, your energy goes down so your cell renewal process goes down.”

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