And apparently Monroe was also fond of yoga. She first mentioned yoga publicly in 1956, according to The Subtle Body, a history of yoga culture in America, and she was pictured doing moves like boat pose and shoulder stand in a photo shoot as early as 1948. 

The art of yoga is thousands of years old. But although it came to America in the late 1800s, it wasn’t truly embedded in U.S. counter-culture until the 1960s, according to the American Yoga Association. One of the first studios was opened in Los Angeles (where else?) at the end of the 1940s, and the practice grew to become popular among those with a growing interest in alternative and Eastern practices in the ‘60s. Clearly Monroe was an early adopter.