The 29-year-old singer enjoys spending time by the ocean and says it puts her life in perspective.
“It reminds me I’m a very little piece of this huge earth and it humbles me and grounds me. It makes me feel almost like I’ve been baptised and I’m born again when I get out of the ocean.”
Beyonce – who’s married to Jay-Z – took a year off from work in 2010 after being urged to take a break by her mother Tina, and admits the experience left her revitalised.
She explains, “After I finished the last tour, I was a bit overwhelmed and overworked and my mother was the person who preached to me – almost harassed me – every day, saying, ‘You really need to live your life and open your eyes, you don’t want to wake up with no memories and never being able to see the world.’
“I went scuba diving in the red sea and the coral was spectacular, it was unreal that something that beautiful exists and I was so close to it.
“I was in such a great, peaceful state it inspired purity. I was able to spend time with my family and pick my nephew up from school and it gave me time to reflect and think about my life.”
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