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What’s the solution to addiction? | Sadhguru at Columbia University | #7
Synopsis: On the note of what we’re consuming and what we’re putting in our bodies, one of the things that I would like to know the truth about is the increase in addiction. I would say, in the US, is the length that I’m looking at. It’s something that has personally touched a lot of the loved ones in my family and friends. And I see it as a growing trend amongst my generation...
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Synopsis: On the note of what we’re consuming and what we’re putting in our...
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January 7, 2021
The importance of food | Sadhguru at Columbia University | #6
Synopsis: You cook yourself. I believe Isha has also published a cookbook. Can you talk a little bit about food from the yogic diet perspective? Or what are things that we should be actively doing on a daily basis when it comes to food? What are tenants of the diet that we should be looking at? And, if you have a favourite recipe.
Synopsis: You cook yourself. I believe Isha has also published a cookbook. Can...
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January 7, 2021
Is being ecstatic the best way of being? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Ranveer Singh | #9
Synopsis: So then if peace is the basic requirement, what’s a better way of being? Ecstasy, ecstatic?
Synopsis: So then if peace is the basic requirement, what’s a better way of being?...
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January 6, 2021
Entertaining the people around you | Sadhguru in Conversation with Ranveer Singh | #7
Synopsis: I feel a compulsion to entertain people. Does that make any sense to you?
Synopsis: I feel a compulsion to entertain people. Does that make any sense to...
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January 6, 2021
Is sports all about winning? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Ranveer Singh | #3
Synopsis: You thoroughly enjoyed watching the football. But what do you think about, what is your take on sports? It’s competition, it’s, isn’t it based on one-upmanship? Aren't you telling young kids that it’s about winning, you know? As a child, I didn’t get any kick from winning. It was very minimal for me. I used to really just enjoy playing cricket, playing football....
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Synopsis: You thoroughly enjoyed watching the football. But what do you think about,...
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January 6, 2021
How does one find their values? | Sadhguru at University of Michigan | #7
Synopsis: How does one truly find their values, and then eventually stick by their values? Or should they even be sticking by those values that they find throughout their life?
Synopsis: How does one truly find their values, and then eventually stick by their...
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January 4, 2021
How do we balance between the present and future? | Sadhguru at University of Michigan | #6
Synopsis: So in working towards our ambitions, we sometimes forget to enjoy the present, experience life as it is. And we strive towards making a beautiful future. Now how do you recommend that we think about balancing the two? That is, enjoying the present versus working towards a future.
Synopsis: So in working towards our ambitions, we sometimes forget to enjoy the...
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January 4, 2021
How should we adapt to the changes in the world? | Sadhguru at University of Michigan | #1
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Synopsis: In the past couple of years we’ve seen that change is coming in multiple...
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January 4, 2021
How to cope with negativity around you? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Matthew Hayden | #13
Synopsis: Sometimes, we’re in a situation where we’re surrounded by people who have a very high expectation of us. And when you can’t fulfil their expectation, you start feeling a very terrible feeling of guilt. And, it’s okay when it’s your mother-in-law, I’m kind of cool with that. But, sometimes it’s your parents, for example. Sometimes it’s the people who are...
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Synopsis: Sometimes, we’re in a situation where we’re surrounded by people...
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January 2, 2021
How to think positively? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Matthew Hayden | #12
Synopsis: How do you think positively in circumstances or, you know, external factors that are very negative?
Synopsis: How do you think positively in circumstances or, you know, external factors...
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January 2, 2021
How much time do we really have? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Matthew Hayden | #10
Synopsis: Sadhguru, my question is about boundlessness. Earlier today you mentioned that there is something within us that is seeking to express in different ways and it comes as different forms. Every morning when I get up, there are always two voices at least, and while I know that, I’m sorry. One of the things that you said is, ultimately you’ll have to come to yoga because...
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Synopsis: Sadhguru, my question is about boundlessness. Earlier today you mentioned...
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January 2, 2021
How to not be affected by our surroundings? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Matthew Hayden | #9
Synopsis: My question is regarding, because I’ve been following most of your videos. So, you always mention a need for collaboration of other people to be successful. You always mention that, to be successful, that’s the only time that we need the collaboration of other people. For other things, like our energy and our emotions, everything can come from within. My question...
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Synopsis: My question is regarding, because I’ve been following most of your...
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January 2, 2021
Sadhguru, what was your first impression of Australia? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Matthew Hayden | #6
Synopsis: Tell me, you also mentioned that your first visit here, your trip to Australia. And, my first impression of India was that there are a lot of people. And there’s also, in India because there are so many people, there is so much energy. Human energy. Chances are, that if you’re having a bad day, it’s like the whole India is having a bad day. Because there is so...
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Synopsis: Tell me, you also mentioned that your first visit here, your trip to...
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January 2, 2021
Should happiness be given more importance than any other emotion? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #15
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Synopsis: You were talking about how important happiness is. And to be happy, so...
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January 1, 2021
How to learn to accept the truth? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #13
Synopsis: How to learn to accept the truth? Because most of the time, truth is bitter and it is a hard path. So I always tend to make few adjustments and assumptions, which will make my life little easy, but I’m far from the truth. So how do I start learning to accept the truth?
Synopsis: How to learn to accept the truth? Because most of the time, truth is...
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January 1, 2021
How are we expected to live a simple life with such a complex body? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #8
Synopsis: Human body is made up of an unimaginable number of atoms, particles, and molecules. And, even the mind is really very complicated. With these two complicated instruments, how is one expected to live a simple life?
Synopsis: Human body is made up of an unimaginable number of atoms, particles,...
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January 1, 2021
How do we make time for yoga? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #6
Synopsis: Sadhguru, a lot of us youth, how do we make time for it? How do we make time to do sadhana? Because, we’re so tied up. We probably stay up a little late completing projects and assignments. Not just the youth, a lot of the seniors also. They probably stay up till 12 O’clock, 1 O’clock and then wake up again by 6 O’clock in the morning, and then rush to their...
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Synopsis: Sadhguru, a lot of us youth, how do we make time for it? How do we make...
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January 1, 2021
How to help those who are unwilling to do yoga? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #5
Synopsis: In helplessness, many youngsters start thinking about taking the extreme step of ending their life. On this topic, many questions were asked. One of them is, many of my close friends are suicidal. What could I do to help my friends to get rid of this thought? And, they don’t want to do yoga.
Synopsis: In helplessness, many youngsters start thinking about taking the extreme...
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January 1, 2021
How can we get back our interest and enthusiasm in life? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #4
Synopsis: There are times when you feel worn out. It might be because of the external pressure, or emotional trauma that we’re going through. Or because of the lack of inner strength. In such a situation, or such a circumstance, what do you think would help us get back our interest and enthusiasm in life?
Synopsis: There are times when you feel worn out. It might be because of the external...
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January 1, 2021
How to build self-esteem? | Sadhguru at Christ University | #2
Synopsis: I often find myself in a situation where I’m not happy with myself. I compare my abilities, achievements, and even my appearance, with that of others. Also, I think since I’m a humanities student, people around me constantly compare me with my other friends who have taken up medicine or engineering. And that really puts me off. And I think that’s one reason for...
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Synopsis: I often find myself in a situation where I’m not happy with myself....
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January 1, 2021
What is the relationship between work that I need to do within myself and work that I need to do outside? | Sadhguru at Harvard University | #2
Synopsis: Taking forward the theme, Sadhguru, about the process inside and work outside. When we look around the country today, we see so many problems affecting our fellow Indians. Poverty, discrimination on the basis of religion and caste, and inequality. And of course, when I look inside myself also there are problems. I’m very far from having a good process, I’m definitely...
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Synopsis: Taking forward the theme, Sadhguru, about the process inside and work...
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December 31, 2020
Don’t protect the environment – protect yourself
Transcript: The idea that we need to protect this planet itself is a convoluted idea. Because it is not because of us that the planet is there, it is because of the planet we are there. Even to think, me and the planet, is a completely wrong notion because what you call as myself, the physical presence of who you are, is just an outcrop of this planet. Whatever you experience as a part of yourself, with that,...
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Transcript: The idea that we need to protect this planet itself is a convoluted idea. Because it is not because of...
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December 15, 2020
Is culture still relevant in the modern hyper-connected world?
Transcript: Truth is a natural happening. If you invent it, that's called a lie. Truth is not something that you invent, truth is something that you realize. Lie is something that you invent. So you don't have to say truthfully, naturally, what is natural is truth. So should one follow the precepts of the past or should one come to something new? There should not be a compulsion about breaking the rules of the...
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Transcript: Truth is a natural happening. If you invent it, that's called a lie. Truth is not something that you...
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December 12, 2020
Did you know – Most of the yoga being taught in the world is not right
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Transcript: Most of the yoga being taught in the world is not right
Transcript: Most of the yoga being taught in the world is not right
December 8, 2020
Just drinking water the right way will cure minor ailments
Transcript: The way the water has to be kept in one's home, there is a whole science about it. How to keep it, in what kind of material, how to treat it. Nobody drinks water, traditionally in the East, without first bowing down to it. Because how the water behaves, depends on how you treat it. The volume of memory and intelligence that the water carries, and every molecule of water, and every body of water, is...
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Transcript: The way the water has to be kept in one's home, there is a whole science about it. How to keep it, in...
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December 3, 2020
The significance of dancing and singing
Transcript: So in terms of dance, see, I must tell you this. We come from a culture where all our gods dance. Everywhere else god is a serious guy, a very serious guy. But in India, if he doesn't dance, we won't treat him as a god. All Indian gods, male and female, always dance because if they can't dance, he can't be god. Because dance essentially means that life is happening, see dancing in a particular style...
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Transcript: So in terms of dance, see, I must tell you this. We come from a culture where all our gods dance. Everywhere...
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December 1, 2020
Not finding time for yoga?
Transcript: So my question, it's a little personal, based on where I live. So I live in Montana. Much of Montana is very rural, they're only about 900, 000 people in the whole state. There are more cows than people in Montana. But there's a lot of poverty in Montana, people really struggle to earn a living there. So people often are working 2-3 jobs, very busy, not such great access to fresh food or good food,...
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Transcript: So my question, it's a little personal, based on where I live. So I live in Montana. Much of Montana...
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November 28, 2020
Health tip – for good health eat water
Transcript: See, you see. Right now, I'm sure even in Ahemdabad it's true. Every city, it's true. At 40 degree centigrade, he's selling fruit. How much of it will be left? Even if the fruit is there, nothing is there in it because fruit is 90% water. There is substantial medical evidence to show you, any food that you eat, its water content should be higher than your body's water content. You must eat water, not...
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Transcript: See, you see. Right now, I'm sure even in Ahemdabad it's true. Every city, it's true. At 40 degree centigrade,...
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November 27, 2020
Health tip – 30% of your diet should be fruits
Transcript: So fruit is an important part of our diet. As far back as, Megasthenes, when he came, and Hsuan Tsang, when he came, and Kautilya, when he wrote his treaties. All three of them have mentioned how in the Indian diet there is an unusually large segment of fruit. It seems, Hsuan Tsnag somewhere says, I have not read it myself, it seems he says that Indian people are unusually intelligent mainly because...
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Transcript: So fruit is an important part of our diet. As far back as, Megasthenes, when he came, and Hsuan Tsang,...
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November 26, 2020
Is Chiropractic treatment for the spine safe?
Transcript: Dealing with the spine, being a chiropractor, I'm just wondering if the physical body can put limitations on what you commented on. I really don't know what a chiropractic does. I'm not aware of it, I just see the boards, chiropractic clinic, I just inquired what this is. And whatever people have told me, that's all. I really don't know what they do, but whatever they may be doing their knowledge of...
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Transcript: Dealing with the spine, being a chiropractor, I'm just wondering if the physical body can put limitations...
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November 24, 2020
How to stay fit for life? What does Sadhguru do to stay fit?
Transcript: Well, from the age of 12, I started a process. A powerful system of yoga called Angamardana. Angamardana literally means to have complete mastery over your limbs. This is a powerful way of strengthening your sinuses. This has kept me intact through the various rigours of life, variety of injuries, all kinds of mad things I have done with my body. Well here's my breakfast. It's very important that every...
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Transcript: Well, from the age of 12, I started a process. A powerful system of yoga called Angamardana. Angamardana...
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November 15, 2020
Was the 60s Hippie movement spiritual?
Transcript: This 60s business. The beauty about this is, a whole generation, at least a part of the generation, realized the existing society here, whatever they're talking about, they knew nothing. Stupid people talking all kinds of nonsense with great confidence. Not just about the world, about the other world, and the heaven, and the hierarchy in the heaven, everything they're talking but they don't know a...
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Transcript: This 60s business. The beauty about this is, a whole generation, at least a part of the generation, realized...
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November 14, 2020
Benefits of applying Red Kumkum
Transcript: So you need to understand what's colour, first of all. The colour of any substance is not because of what it is. It is what it rejects, or what it gives away, or what it reflects. Something looks red not because it's red. Because of the seven colors, that the white light contains, it holds back everything and reflects red. So it looks red. So red does not mean it is red. Red means it is not red. Do...
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Transcript: So you need to understand what's colour, first of all. The colour of any substance is not because of...
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November 12, 2020
Sexuality – No need to brush it under the carpet
Transcript: See, we have a biology, we cannot put it under the carpet. It's there. It's best we address it for what it is. But right now the problem in the world is, because certain religious institutions in the world took this attitude, that the very biology of the human being is wrong. Because of this, culture started hiding it under the carpet. Well in this culture we never had it, but after the British came...
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Transcript: See, we have a biology, we cannot put it under the carpet. It's there. It's best we address it for what...
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November 11, 2020
Health Tip – Do this every fortnight to purify your body?
Transcript: If you observe the natural cycle of the body, there is something called a mandala. Every 40-48 days, the system goes through a certain cycle. Every cycle of this, every single cycle, in this, three days will appear, where your body does not need food. If you are conscious of how your body functions, you will become aware that today my body does not need food. And without any effort you can go without...
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Transcript: If you observe the natural cycle of the body, there is something called a mandala. Every 40-48 days,...
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November 8, 2020
Mental health tip: Keep your colon clean
Transcript: Whatever cleansing process that happens in the body, whether emptying your bowels, or emptying your bladder, or exhalation, or sweat. These are all different ways the body is trying to clean itself. In all these things, different bodies have different levels of efficiency. If you are in good health, if you're in very good health and if you're eating the right kind of food, when you empty your bowels,...
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Transcript: Whatever cleansing process that happens in the body, whether emptying your bowels, or emptying your bladder,...
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November 5, 2020
Mental health tip: Eat the right food
Transcript: In this country, we made food like this. If you have to do only physical jobs you eat one way, mental things another way. But today none of us are in that condition. We have to be both physically sharp and mentally sharp, isn't it? That exclusivity of just physical work and mental work is gone. All of us need to be physically good and mentally good. So eating the right kind of food becomes very necessary....
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Transcript: In this country, we made food like this. If you have to do only physical jobs you eat one way, mental...
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November 4, 2020
Mental health tip: Connect with nature
Transcript: Today it's become like this. Sunrise means they watch it on the phone screen, sunset means they watch it on the phone screen. Yes? So losing connection with all that supports and manages our life is going to be a serious challenge of the future. But, this is one thing that you can do, if you have children. Vacation means don't take them to Mumbai, Bangalore, Dubai, some other place. Just take them,...
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Transcript: Today it's become like this. Sunrise means they watch it on the phone screen, sunset means they watch...
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November 3, 2020
Mental Health Tip: Use your body
Transcript: Within the human being there is a certain allotment of energy for action, certain allotment of energy for intellect, certain allotment of energy for emotion. Like this there are various allotments. This differs from person to person. But generally the amount of energy allotted for, particularly, for physical action and emotional dimension, these are two things which are going completely unused in today's...
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Transcript: Within the human being there is a certain allotment of energy for action, certain allotment of energy...
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November 2, 2020
Boost your immunity | Do this once every three days
Transcript: Most people develop relationship with the soil only after they die. But it's very important to develop relationship with the soil when you're alive. I would say especially now, with this virus around, believe me, those of you who are in some way in contact with the soil. Here we call this prithvi prema seva, that means getting involved with the soil in a very loving manner. Well, your ability to live,...
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Transcript: Most people develop relationship with the soil only after they die. But it's very important to develop...
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October 30, 2020
Groundnuts – A complete diet – The right way to eat peanuts
Transcript: Of all the things, a ground nut, you know. I'm particularly passionate about the groundnut because there was a period of my life when I just lived on groundnut and banana. That's all. Because it has everything you need. Just soaked ground nut, one handful, this much of groundnut soaked overnight, one banana. My entire day would go and perfectly active, more active than most people will ever imagine....
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Transcript: Of all the things, a ground nut, you know. I'm particularly passionate about the groundnut because there...
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October 28, 2020
Health tip – Detox your body – Proper way to drink water
Transcript: You must take enormous care about the water because it's 72%. And it has tremendous memory. If I open this water, or even without opening, if I say something to this water, it remembers. There have been lot of experiments in this direction. So, if you take this water, from wherever the water works is, and pump it to your house. Let's say, it went through 50 bends, forced. Pumped forcefully, with a...
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Transcript: You must take enormous care about the water because it's 72%. And it has tremendous memory. If I open...
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October 28, 2020
How to sense the energy in your house? How to energize your house?
Transcript: So the punya puja is to enliven the house. The space in the house should become alive. If you have lived in such a way in your home, that every moment your own, with love and light within you, then no punya puja would be needed. But today you have built homes which are so large. It's very difficult to make them alive, just by living. If you just had a one-room house and you lived in great sense of...
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Transcript: So the punya puja is to enliven the house. The space in the house should become alive. If you have lived...
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October 24, 2020
What is youth without adventure?
Transcript: So, see, when we say adventure, you can have ventures in your life, or you can have adventure. Adventure means, you don't know where your next foot is going to be. That's adventure, that means there is danger. No danger, everything's safe, there is no adventure, isn't it? It's a venture. I'm not against ventures but you're talking about adventure that means you want to step into something that you...
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Transcript: So, see, when we say adventure, you can have ventures in your life, or you can have adventure. Adventure...
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October 20, 2020
Are Tattoos harmful?
Transcript: So Sadhguru, I love tattoos. I have a lot of tattoos. And I'm sure a lot of people in this room do. So, when I got my first tattoo, there was a lot of clash of opinions between me and my parents. We fought a lot. They were like, why did you get this? So my question to you is, is getting tattoos something which looks unprofessional? Or is it something which lacks gravitas? Or, why? Why is this clash...
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Transcript: So Sadhguru, I love tattoos. I have a lot of tattoos. And I'm sure a lot of people in this room do. So,...
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October 17, 2020
Does sexual indulgence restrict the secretion of Amruta?
Transcript: Yes and no. In the sense, it is not the sexuality which limits it. But it is the excessive identity with the physicality, which limits it. So, it is not sexuality per say which becomes the barrier, but the attachment it creates to the physicality, which definitely becomes the barrier. This question is coming from certain amount of bits and pieces, the gossip that you have heard about how you could...
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Transcript: Yes and no. In the sense, it is not the sexuality which limits it. But it is the excessive identity with...
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October 16, 2020
Simple immunity boosting tips to fight Coronavirus
Transcript: One thing is, I must say this, you know, we are a sacred ash people. We're always ash-made, one way or the other. There are different types of ashes, if you know how to use it. I can't go about giving you instructions of this, over the, on the web. But, if you learn to use it properly, it helps. Neem is available almost right across the country except in the mountainous places. Daily consumption of...
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Transcript: One thing is, I must say this, you know, we are a sacred ash people. We're always ash-made, one way or...
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October 9, 2020
What if I get Coronavirus?
Transcript: This question is from Chaitanya. Sadhguru, the cases in India are increasing and with the lockdown opening, it might pick up the pace. I would like to know, if I get Corona, how do I deal with it emotionally? Oh! The virus does not understand your emotions. So, don't deal with it emotionally. First thing, don't get it. But it may happen. Once you're out on the street, it may happen. So please don't...
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Transcript: This question is from Chaitanya. Sadhguru, the cases in India are increasing and with the lockdown opening,...
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October 8, 2020
How to develop a child’s brain in the womb?
Transcript: The intelligence of the body is such, if you already do not know this, if a woman delivers a male child, the quality of the milk that she produces is in a certain way. If she delivers a female child, the quality of the milk is totally different. If she delivers twins, one male and one female, one breast will ooze certain type of milk, another breast will ooze another kind of milk. This is the level...
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Transcript: The intelligence of the body is such, if you already do not know this, if a woman delivers a male child,...
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October 6, 2020
The secret behind Bruce Lee’s lightening speed
Transcript: He kept his fist just three inches away from the journalist's body and hoo! The man went and fell in the pool. Because you're using the Manipuraka, hoo. The man will just fly. Bruce Lee, heard of him? He was not a yogi, okay? He gave a demo. So a journalist came and asked him, he was still not yet so famous in Hollywood, he had just come to Hollywood and talks were going on because he gave some demonstrations...
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Transcript: He kept his fist just three inches away from the journalist's body and hoo! The man went and fell in...
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September 30, 2020
Your body is just soil – Treat soil with reverence for good health
Transcript: Everytime I hear this, particularly when I'm in United States, I still can't come to terms with it. People calling earth as dirt. Dirt is trash, isn't it? Yes or no? Even in America dirt is trash. No? Something that you don't want. But soil, here we call it thaimanna, mother earth. And, when I hear this word dirt, I've heard it a thousand times. But still, something cringes in me. Once you make the...
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Transcript: Everytime I hear this, particularly when I'm in United States, I still can't come to terms with it. People...
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September 23, 2020
Go here for your next vacation – especially if you have children
Transcript: If you can find a place where there are no sounds of machines and your cell phone will not ting ting. Quietly if you can listen to the sound of the trees, the breeze, the water. Just the natural sounds. If you pay enough attention, tremendous things will happen to you. Many times I've been in the South Indian, you know, their kind of tropical rainforests. The longest I've been there, through the jungle,...
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Transcript: If you can find a place where there are no sounds of machines and your cell phone will not ting ting....
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September 21, 2020
The best way to consume honey
Transcript: If you cook honey, it'll become poisonous. Honey should not be cooked. I know people are baking it, cooking it in cakes and other things. It's not a good thing to do. Certain part of the honey turns poisonous if you cook it. You should put it in warm water, not in boiling hot water. If you put it in hot water, it sets off a certain kind of enzymes, behave in a certain way in the honey, that it tends...
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Transcript: If you cook honey, it'll become poisonous. Honey should not be cooked. I know people are baking it, cooking...
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September 19, 2020
Honey – The ‘Superfood’ for energy
Transcript: In Karnataka there are certain tribes called Jenakurubas. Jenakurubas means they're honey shepherds. Sometime ago I had the opportunity to live with them for a short while. There diet is like this. First thing in the morning, one bamboo glass, you know, bamboo's shoots sliced off like this. He takes about 3/4th of a litre. 3/4th of a litre of honey in the morning, that's all the diet. You drink 3/4th...
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Transcript: In Karnataka there are certain tribes called Jenakurubas. Jenakurubas means they're honey shepherds....
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September 18, 2020
The only real solution to phone addiction
Transcript: So, technology is not to be blamed. We have not addressed human compulsive nature. Human compulsiveness can only be addressed with consciousness. More conscious way of existing. To become conscious, there are many tools. We have not propogated this large scale in our society. It has to become a part of our existence. At a very early age, children should learn to live consciously. Once they are conscious,...
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Transcript: So, technology is not to be blamed. We have not addressed human compulsive nature. Human compulsiveness...
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September 8, 2020
Sleep Tips – How to sleep right? How much to sleep and in which direction?
Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I want to know the truth about sleeping right. Whether the duration, or the direction. What is the science behind it? Namaskaram Viru. About sleep. Sleep is a state of restfulness. Most human beings know sleep as the deepest state of restfulness. But it need not be so. There are yogic processes where far deeper states of restfulness can be achieved by dropping the metabolic activity...
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Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I want to know the truth about sleeping right. Whether the duration, or the direction....
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September 3, 2020
Why are more youngsters taking to intoxication?
Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I'd like to know the truth about the increase in alcohol usage and addiction in my generation, younger generation. Very young kids, kids in school are starting to use substances, and as a safe haven, as an escape for them. And that feels very scary and dangerous. I want to know why you think kids are using this and I want to know what you think is the best way, most organic way...
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Transcript: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I'd like to know the truth about the increase in alcohol usage and addiction in...
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September 2, 2020
How can we heal ourselves from our past pain? | Sadhguru at University of Toronto | #1
Synopsis: Nobody goes through life unscarred. Everybody has had a past experience with a person or a situation that left a permanent scar on them. Such that, whenever we are reminded of this, the sadness, or loneliness, or pain associated with the memory comes back regardless of how much time has passed. Is there truly a way for us to move on from things that have hurt us in the...
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Synopsis: Nobody goes through life unscarred. Everybody has had a past experience...
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August 26, 2020
How do I live in the moment? | Sadhguru at University of Toronto | #3
Synopsis: So Sadhguru, going back to what you were saying, that we need to be part of the solution. And going back to what Daniel was saying that mental health is such a problem here. At UofT we are constantly challenged by new ideas, by some of the great minds in the world. And in such a competitive environment, which I sometimes describe as a rollercoaster ride we got onto knowingly...
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Synopsis: So Sadhguru, going back to what you were saying, that we need to be part...
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August 26, 2020
How do we learn to see the bigger picture when we fail at something? | Sadhguru at University of Toronto | #6
Synopsis: When we’re all in this journey of life, we tend to set a lot of short-term goals. And when we don’t achieve them, we don’t know how to deal with failure. And that is something we deal with a lot at UofT in specific. But, in that moment when we can look back and say, ya this is fine. But in that moment, how do we hold our ground and how do we learn to see the bigger...
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Synopsis: When we’re all in this journey of life, we tend to set a lot of short-term...
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August 26, 2020
How do you take care of yourself when you are usually the one taking care of others? | Sadhguru at University of Toronto | #2
Synopsis: So Sadhguru, a lot of our students take leadership roles at school. A lot of them are just good friends, and are part of families where problems do exist. And they take the caretaker role a lot. So, what they’ve asked is, how do you take care of yourself when you are usually the one taking care of others?
Synopsis: So Sadhguru, a lot of our students take leadership roles at school. A...
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August 26, 2020
How do we counter-balance the power of social structures put on by popular culture? | Sadhguru at University of Toronto | #12
Synopsis: How do we counter-balance the power of social structures put on by popular culture? It feels like it sometimes holds youth in ignorance and has them carry out a sweet perception of self-worth. And can also lead people to destructive behaviours, drugs, and alcohol, because it’s ‘cool’. This is the most common thing amongst us young people. Marijuana, alcohol, bad...
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Synopsis: How do we counter-balance the power of social structures put on by popular...
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August 26, 2020
How to get out of depression?
Transcript: If things are going wrong with your life, it's bad enough. If you get depressed, you're only multiplying the problem. For this, the activists have been, you also, you also? Okay. Okay, I'll explain that. I very much understand, I'm closely associated with various people who are in the profession. And, there are many people, because everyday I'm meeting thousands of people, not everybody is perfectly...
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Transcript: If things are going wrong with your life, it's bad enough. If you get depressed, you're only multiplying...
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August 26, 2020
What is the one hope to cling to when you are fully shattered?
Transcript: When he's fully shattered, what can he do? The question is, do you want to allow yourself to be full shattered? That's the question. And many things that don't work out in your early life, you will see later on, it is a great blessing. Even if you're put through the most horrible situations, either you can come out, using that experience, as a better human being, or you can use the experience to become...
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Transcript: When he's fully shattered, what can he do? The question is, do you want to allow yourself to be full...
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August 25, 2020
Should Marijuana be legal?
Transcript: Is it true that this human mechanism is the most sophisticated chemical factory on the planet? So if you know how to manage this well, you can produce what you want in this. Anyway, there was an Israeli scientist. He was doing research on cannabis, and its impact on the neurological system. In about 4.5 years, he came up with this. He said, there are millions of cannabis receptors in our brain. But...
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Transcript: Is it true that this human mechanism is the most sophisticated chemical factory on the planet? So if...
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August 20, 2020
How to lose weight?
Transcript: A very stable and effervescent physiological condition is very, very important to have a certain level of psychological freedom. Otherwise, every little thing you do, you have to think. Once you think, inevitably you're confused about every damn thing that you do. This is, this is kind of a compensatory activity. That, you know, you will see this in the cinema theatres and everything. If you have nothing...
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Transcript: A very stable and effervescent physiological condition is very, very important to have a certain level...
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August 18, 2020
Why should children learn Yoga?
Transcript: See everybody can drive a car today. But not everybody can hold the car on the road at 200km/hr. They'll fly off. Because for that you need a lot of understanding, of how the machine functions. Similarly, if you function at a rudimentary level in your life, everybody will eat, sleep, reproduce, and die. But if you want to raise a human being to a higher level of function, then there has to be a more...
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Transcript: See everybody can drive a car today. But not everybody can hold the car on the road at 200km/hr. They'll...
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August 14, 2020
Lifestyle Tip – Is it better to stay up late or get up early?
Transcript: There are three types of people who do not sleep in the night. A rogue will not sleep in the night. A rogue means a sick person because he cannot sleep. A bogie will not sleep in the night. A pleasure seeker will not sleep in the night because night is conducive for him, for his kind of business. A yogi also will not sleep in the night because for him also night is very conducive. Which one are you,...
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Transcript: There are three types of people who do not sleep in the night. A rogue will not sleep in the night. A...
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August 13, 2020
Health Tip – Eat consciously – Don’t develop ‘good’ food habits
Transcript: I want to tell you, there is no such thing as good habit and bad habit. Habit means, you're functioning unconsciously. If you're functioning unconsciously, that's a bad thing. Because the whole thing about being human is, we're capable of doing things consciously. That is the beauty of being human. That we can do everything consciously. What an animal does unconsciously, we can do the same thing consciously....
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Transcript: I want to tell you, there is no such thing as good habit and bad habit. Habit means, you're functioning...
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August 10, 2020
For better health – Eat with Gratitude – try it for one week and notice the difference
Transcript: Your selection of food and consumption of food also must happen consciously. More than what you eat, how you eat it is also equally important. When I say how you eat it, these are all live substances. Every one of them had a life of their own. Whether it's a plant, animal, vegetable. Every one of them had a life of their own. Now, in some way, you're making food out of it, you must consume it with...
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Transcript: Your selection of food and consumption of food also must happen consciously. More than what you eat,...
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August 9, 2020
Health tip – Touch your food and eat with your hands
Transcript: When you, when you don't touch the food, you do not know what it is. If food is not good enough to be touched, I don't know how it's good enough to be eaten. So we should not listen to our mothers, and eat with our fingers, because touching our food helps us stay in contact with it. You can, the cleanliness of your hands, is entirely in your hands. The cleanliness of the fork, is not entirely in your...
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Transcript: When you, when you don't touch the food, you do not know what it is. If food is not good enough to be...
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August 8, 2020
Intermittent Fasting – When to eat and how many times in a day
Transcript: Empty stomach and hunger, are two different things. Hunger means your energy levels are dropping, but empty stomach is a good thing. In the yogic sciences, today modern science also is coming in line with it. But what we know by our experience, you will spend a billion dollars to come there. Because research is all about how many million dollars, that's how it is. Your body and your brain, work at...
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Transcript: Empty stomach and hunger, are two different things. Hunger means your energy levels are dropping, but...
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August 7, 2020
Who is responsible for the anger and resentment within you
Transcript: If you are given a choice, that you can either live joyfully, blissfully, or miserably, or in anger, or in stress, or in resentment. What is your natural choice? You must choose, I'm going to bless you right now. What is your natural choice? Joyfully, isn't it? Because every human being is looking for highest level of pleasantness for himself or herself. You can call it joy, you can call it bliss,...
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Transcript: If you are given a choice, that you can either live joyfully, blissfully, or miserably, or in anger,...
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August 4, 2020
The way you sit can alter the way you think | Why does Sadhguru sit this way
Transcript: There are many aspects to it. One simple aspect is, the left heel. The left heel is, there is a point on the left heel that today the medical sciences are calling it as the Achilles. You heard of that? You heard of the man? Achilles? You heard of the man? You saw the movie? You didn't see the movie? Troy? You didn't see? Innocent boy. So you put your Achilles to what is called as Muladhara or the perinium...
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Transcript: There are many aspects to it. One simple aspect is, the left heel. The left heel is, there is a point...
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July 29, 2020
How to Quit Smoking?
Transcript: Swami ji how to come off the addiction? I'm sorry? Addiction like smoking, like drinking, something like that. No, because we know that's bad thing but we are addicted to that. I don't know, because I do go for tennis, I go for. I'm sorry? I go for sports also but sometimes we smoke regularly in three hours once, or two hours once, or something like that. But I know it's a bad thing, I have to come...
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Transcript: Swami ji how to come off the addiction? I'm sorry? Addiction like smoking, like drinking, something like...
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July 27, 2020
Your lifestyle should enhance you and not entangle you
Transcript: It depends how you describe simple life. If you think being a simpleton is simple life, I don't recommend that. But simple life, generally meant that the arrangements that you make around your life are simple. So that it doesn't entangle you, it only supports you. A spider webs a web for other things to be caught. But if you're that kind of a spider, you build a web in which you're caught, you're a...
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Transcript: It depends how you describe simple life. If you think being a simpleton is simple life, I don't recommend...
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July 25, 2020
Health Tip – Tremendous health benefits of one glass of this juice everyday
Transcript: Particularly some of the things were very, very positive are the ashgourd. The ashgourd is very, very highly positive. You, I think these days you're only hanging it in front of your house or breaking at three corners of the road and giving it to the buffalo but you are not eating it. No, this is to be eaten. Because the vegetable has such high pranik energy, you put it in front of your home so that...
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Transcript: Particularly some of the things were very, very positive are the ashgourd. The ashgourd is very, very...
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July 24, 2020
Eating non-vegetarian food will manifest animal qualities in you
Transcript: See the food consumption has been looked at very carefully in this country. If you just bring this back, the world will be healthy. You understand? Here we have identified different type people, what they should eat. If you're doing menial jobs, how you should eat. If you're doing trading, how you should eat. If you're into spiritual process, how you should eat. If you're into education, how you should...
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Transcript: See the food consumption has been looked at very carefully in this country. If you just bring this back,...
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July 22, 2020
The Five Elements – Water – How to handle water for better health
Synopsis: Sadhguru tells us, that it is very easy to bring water and air in our control. If we take care of this, along with a little bit of care of what we eat, we may never need to see a doctor. Today, scientific experiments show that water has tremendous memory. Just with emotion, and the way one touches it, it's molecular structure changes. So, how we treat water, the memory remains for a long time. And,...
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Synopsis: Sadhguru tells us, that it is very easy to bring water and air in our control. If we take care of this,...
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July 21, 2020
Health Tip | Do this one thing to keep 90% ailments away
Transcript: So, health, one of the simplest things about health is just to use the body. If you sufficiently use the body. Body is everything to create health for itself. Does it mean to say that's the only thing? And nothing else will happen to me, I'll be perfect? I would say, if we physically used our body as much as we should, I would say 80% of the ailments on this planet would just disappear. 80%. The remaining...
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Transcript: So, health, one of the simplest things about health is just to use the body. If you sufficiently use...
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July 21, 2020
Solution to alarming rise in health issues in urban young women
Transcript: At a young age, if a girl gathers abdominal fat, she's asking for it. There's simply no two ways about it. Hows onn or how late depends on various genetic and other aspects of life. But once abdominal fat gathers, then a young woman is definitely inviting trouble for herself. It'll come. Not enough activity, physical activity I mean. They may be working in office, that doesn't mean anything because...
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Transcript: At a young age, if a girl gathers abdominal fat, she's asking for it. There's simply no two ways about...
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July 17, 2020
How to reduce your sleep quota
Transcript: See, sleep is not a requirement in one's life. What the body requires is rest. Sleep is just one form of rest. Lot of people are beginning to think, in Tamil Nadu if somebody says rest, means they are sleeping. Need not be. You can sit and rest, isn't it? Yes? You can stand and also rest. You're running, if you stand, doesn't it feel like rest? You're standing, if you sit down, doesn't it feel like...
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Transcript: See, sleep is not a requirement in one's life. What the body requires is rest. Sleep is just one form...
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July 6, 2020
Is technology a boon or a curse for the youth?
Transcript: Technology is a great facilitator. It can never be against us, if it is in the right hands. So what we need to train is the hands that use it. Not to tame the technology, let the technology go unbridled. It's we human beings who have to know how much of what to do. For this we need a conscious approach to life. Not just with the use of technology but with every aspect of life. How we breathe, how we...
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Transcript: Technology is a great facilitator. It can never be against us, if it is in the right hands. So what we...
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July 5, 2020
How to overcome fear? What is the root cause of fear?
Transcript: The fear is simple because you're not living with life, you're living in your mind. Your fear is always about what's going to happen next, that means your fear is always about that which does not exist. If your fear is about the non-existent, your fear is 100% imaginary. If you are suffering the non-existential, we call that insanity. So people may be in just socially accepted levels of insanity. But,...
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Transcript: The fear is simple because you're not living with life, you're living in your mind. Your fear is always...
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June 27, 2020
Stress causes damage way beyond just physical health
June 26, 2020
This is why you are stressed
Synopsis: Sadhguru says that it is important to understand the distinction between what you do in the world, and how you do it. So, stress and pressure is not about what you are doing, it is about how you are doing. Why you are feeling stressed is because you do not know how to conduct your body, mind and emotions - it is not because of what you are doing. So, first step is to take charge of your body, mind...
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Synopsis: Sadhguru says that it is important to understand the distinction between what you do in the world, and...
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June 25, 2020
Depression: Cause, Effect & Solution
This is a must read article for insights into mental health. Sadhguru tells us - "Fundamentally, you expected something to happen and it did not happen." This is the root of depression. Most of the depression is self-created, though few are pathologically ill. Depression makes one cynical and self-damaging. Sadhguru says - "..when you get sad, if you are going to get irritable and angry, and think the whole world is wrong, you are a fool." For one who is wise, one can also use this situation as a tool to grow. How to get out of depression - "One of the simplest and best ways of establishing balance is lots of physical activity in a natural environment – ideally from an early age."
September 30, 2020
The right food to eat to keep you awake and alert
Sadhguru explains that our the building block for our body is the food that we consume. The food that we eat should depend on our activity. A laborer, an athlete, a spiritual seeker, a software engineer and a student - they should all choose certain kind of food suitable for their activity. Sadhguru says - "Ask the body – not your tongue – what kind of food it is most comfortable with." Sadhguru tells us that in yogic system, food is classified as tamas, rajas and sattva. In terms of quality of food, vegetarian food is better than non-vegetarian food. Sadhguru also explains that coffee and tea, being nervous stimulants, though will make you feel alert and awake initially - but they will dull your nervous system and make you insensitive. Just by eating the right food, one can remain healthy and altert!
September 27, 2020
10 Tips to Sleep Less
Everyone is curios to know what is the right amount of sleep for them and how can they reduce it? Sleep essentially is servicing time for the body when it gets rid of impurities. It is a maintenance and repair time for the damage that happens to the body because of daily living – on the cellular level, on the energy level, and in many different ways. Actually, the body does not sleep, it just needs 'rest' to repair itself, but since for most of us, the only restful state we know is 'sleep' we think of sleep as an essential aspect of living. How much maintenance downtime you need simply depends on how much repair work is to be done. In this articles, Sadhguru explains the mechanics of sleep in detail and provides simple tips on how to reduce your sleep quota and how certain meditative practices like 'Shoonya' let you achieve the benefit of 3-4 hours of sleep in just 15-20 minutes.....
August 28, 2020
Yoga Benefits for Mental Health
Mental health issues like depression and anxiety seem to be rampant in many parts of the world now, including India. The pandemic seems to have contributed to this even further. Sadhguru tells us the reasons why mental illnesses are on the rise; one reason is because we have pulled down the support systems. Family was one such support system. Sadhguru says - "Family was one bunch of people who were like a net for the circus that you did. Whichever way you fell, there was someone to hold you for some moments." Sadhguru also explains how yoga can be a tremendous tool to bring balance and help in such situations.
August 17, 2020
Three Amazing Health Benefits of Neem (Azadirachta)
The Neem (Azadirachta indica) holds a special position in the Indian Ayurveda medicine and Yogic sciences for its immense medicinal and health benefits. The tree has more than 130 active biological compounds and its leaf is one of the most complex leaf on the planet. Daily consumption of neem kills the cancerous cells in the body, kills harmful bacteria in the human system and is a remedy for many a skin infections. It increases the heat in the system, thus helping those on the path of Yoga and Sadhana. However, indiscriminate use can cause harm and one must observe certain precautions while consuming Neem.
August 7, 2020
How to overcome Fear?
Sadhguru explains the fundamental cause of fear. He says - "Fear is simply because you are not living with life, you are living in your mind." He tells us that we are only suffering our memory, and our imagination. So, how does one overcome fear? Sadhguru says, "The only thing you can do about this is, come down to reality. If you just respond to what is there right now and not imagine something that does not exist, there is no room for fear."
July 26, 2020
Health Benefits of Fasting
The medical science today is realizing the health benefits of fasting - something which was always know and practiced in Indian Yogic culture. Many Indian rituals and religious practices were built around this to spread this knowledge. There are days when human body does not need food - if one is conscious and has developed necessary awareness of how human body functions, one will know the days when body is telling you - it does not need food. It wants to cleanse itself, repair and maintain itself and remove toxins - but we don't allow that to happen by constantly stuffing food. Fasting is a great way to rejuvenate the body, improve health and cure many a diseases. But there is certain way of doing fasting otherwise it could do more harm. Find out more as Sadhguru explains the benefits of fasting.
July 23, 2020
Depression: Cause, Effect & Solution
September 30, 2020
The right food to eat to keep you awake and alert
September 27, 2020
10 Tips to Sleep Less
August 28, 2020
Yoga Benefits for Mental Health
August 17, 2020
Three Amazing Health Benefits of Neem (Azadirachta)
August 7, 2020
How to overcome Fear?
July 26, 2020
Health Benefits of Fasting
July 23, 2020
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