An old male stripper explained how he had abandoned his festive lifestyle to live to live a dedicated to peace and meditation.
Ashley Edelman said that he had trouble finding himself after leaving his native Australia and first obtained a job in Cornwell, in the southwest of England, as a male stripper.
Then he finally joined a monastery in Thailand.
“ I was in the army since the age of 17 and I have always had trouble with confidence, but at the time, drink masked my social anxiety ”, he Tented in a room for Newsweek.
“So, when I was lucky to undress, I said to myself:” I used to make myself laugh in the army for free – I can as well be paid for that. “”
Soon, Edelman said that he had obtained a concert in one of the biggest tour shows in the United Kingdom – even impressing his parents with their choreographed routines.
But while Edelman has succeeded more and more, he said that he had started bodybuilding – and took steroids and other drugs.
“It was part of the lifestyle,” he said. “Cocaine, grass, party – everything was together. But it was not durable.
“Finally, I burned,” said Edelman, writing that he touched the bottom in 2018.
“ I was in the army since the age of 17 and I have always had trouble with confidence ”, he said
Ashley Edelman explained how he abandoned his drug festive lifestyle as a male stripper to live a dedicated to meditation on it
At this point, Edelman decided to leave the stripper activity.
But when his marriage ended four years later, he “returned briefly” to the adult industry “, but something did not feel well.
“I felt like I was selling my soul,” he said, noting that he did not regret his time in the adult industry.
“He served his goal-but over time, I started to push my own limits just for money,” he admitted.
“It was then that it all started to move.
“I started exploring breathing, personal development and spirituality,” said Edelman – noting that the path led him to Imonastery in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he spent a month like a monk without phone or music.
He woke up every day at 4 am, sang, sorts and followed the Dharma lessons.
“I had deep spiritual experiences, including visions – or what I call” downloads ” – who told me that I had to move to Dubai and be a presence of foundation for others,” wrote Edelman.
The old stripper now communicates with its disciples on peace and meditation
After hitting Rock Bottom in 2018, he said that he had visited Imonastery in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he spent a month living like a monk without phone or music
He ended up being kismet because two days after leaving the monastery, he learned that he had to leave his house.
“Everything aligned himself effortless,” he said.
Edelman now lives in the Middle East, where he says that he meditates daily, organizes breathing sessions, coaches customers, help people regulate their nervous systems and “delete limiting beliefs”.
“I live in zero resistance,” wrote Edelman. “I feel calm, anchored and aware of myself in a way that I would never have imagined possible.
To maintain his new carefree lifestyle, the old stripper said that he had stayed out of social networks for six months – and that he was not back until April 2024, when he said he was promised that he would only publish “when he was aligning with whom I am today.”
Now, Edelman has more than 147,000 subscribers on Instagram, where he says shares his story to inspire others.
“So many people suffer in silence. They think they are alone. But we all go through the same things in different ways and the transformation is possible, “he wrote.
“I used to live a life that most men dreamed of – to the rapid, wild, attractive rhythm. Now, I live a life rooted in the service, ”concluded Edelman.
He said he wanted to return to the monastery in Thailand every year, “But I know that I am not supposed to live there full time.
“My mission is not to serve me, but to serve others.
“Everything I have experienced – each show, each error, each revelation – led me here,” he wrote.