The ‘Zen Mayor’: How Eric Adams Mixes Tough Talk With Spinach Smoothies
The New York Times
Mr. Adams has tied his interest in nutrition, meditation and fitness to his views on how to lead New York at a challenging time.
He shares a meditation mentor with Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, adores books with titles like “Becoming Supernatural” and “You are the Placebo” and has tried to battle the toxic aspects of social media by leading a Twitter campaign to fight “negativity in this space.”
He is a vegan cookbook author and self-identified Virgo who is conversant with astrology, although not devoted to the practice.
And as a New York City media firestorm brewed over whether his diet is as strictly plant-based as he has professed — it is not, he would later admit — Mayor Eric Adams sat in his workout room at City Hall last week, demonstrating how deep-breathing exercises can help combat adversity.
