Katy Perry performed at David Lynch's Meditation Benefit Concert in New York at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old singer took part in the event, a benefit concert called Change Begins Within, which was put together by the David Lynch Foundation, according to Rolling Stone.

During the night, Jerry Seinfeld offered up his comedy act, followed by a moment of silent meditation requested by the night's host George Stephanopoulos and his guest, meditation teacher Bob Roth. The venue, which housed almost 3,000 people, managed to stay pretty quiet for the full three minutes of meditation, with the exception of a few cell phones buzzing.

This exercise was followed by musical performances by Perry, Sting, Angélique Kidjo, Jim James and classical guitarist Sharon Isbin. Each of these performers also took the chance to speak on their own personal practices of transcendental meditation.

"I started TMing about five years ago, and it's changed my life," Perry told the crowd. "It's changed the way I've thought about things, and it's changed my attitude. You know how you have a crappy day and something just doesn't want to go right? I always excuse myself for 20 minutes, and then I'm back."

Last year, Perry even went as far as teaching transcendental meditation to her tour crew.

During Perry's five-song set, she wore a pale pink gown. She opened with an emotional, slowed down version of "Roar" and continued the performance with the upbeat "Teenage Dream." After speaking to the crowd about meditation, she proceeded to sing her hits "Wide Awake" and "Dark Horse," before closing with "Firework."

A previously recorded video of Lynch making his own speech was shown at the end of the night. He was not present at the concert, due to his prior obligation filming the new season of "Twin Peaks."

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