Amanda Gorman Writes Poetry in the Bath

How the first National Youth Poet Laureate practices self-care.

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AMANDA GORMAN is a poet, an activist, a lover of hair accessories and also a domino. "When I decide to do a partnership or some type of work with an organization or brand, the question I ask is, 'How can we knock down as many dominoes as possible just by flicking one?" she says. And so when Estée Lauder approached her, Gorman didn't become a face of the brand-she became a Global Changemaker, an exclusive title created just for her. It has allowed her not only to talk about her favorite beauty products but also to create Writing Change, a $3 million, three-year initiative that grants funds to promote equitable access to literacy. Here, Gorman talks to ELLE about practicing body neutrality, cloudy skies in her meditation practice, and how she's rewired her brain.-KATHLEEN HOU

On her morning ritual