Lifestyle

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Why are you wearing a ‘Reebok’ t-shirt?

So, we as Indians are taking everything from West, whatever West promotes, right from lifestyle to clothing. Can you speak more about this? ...

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Indian Culture / Lifestyle

8 min Watch / Listen • 5 min Read

How to remove negative energies from your home?

Three ways to remove negative energies: #1 Burn Incense or Sambrani, #2 Keep a lamp lit at all times, #3 Enliven your home with Bhiravi Punya Pooja ...

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11 min Watch / Listen • 8 min Read

Health tips on fasting & eating

The Isha Hatha Yoga School participants share their daily food routine at the ashram. Interspersed with Sadhguru's insights on the various benefits. ...

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14 min Watch / Listen • 9 min Read

Tips to sleep & wake up well

Sleep tips: #1 Meal & sleep time. #2 Take a shower before sleeping. #3 Light an organic lamp. #4 Don't head 'North'. #5 Time is running out. #6 Keeping things aside. Wake up tips: #1 Don't use alarm. #2 Wake up from right side of bed. #3 ...

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How to improve my sleep quality?

I was wondering, how can I decrease my hours of sleep? And how can I improve my sleep quality? ...

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Health & Wellbeing / Lifestyle

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Dangers of sleeping with head in north

If your bed is arranged that way, that every day you’re sleeping put your head to the north, you are asking for trouble. We do not know what kind of trouble you will get, that depends on the strength of your system. If it is weak... very weak, you may fall dead, or you may ...

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The right way to bathe

Simple tips - I'm not know for giving tips. Bad reputation, I have. But simple tips. #1 - Simulate a dip in the river. #2 - Shower with cold water. #3 - Add Eucalyptus oil for cold related issues. #4 - Shower at least twice a day. ...

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3 keys to stay healthy

To create health for yourself, there are three fundamentals that you need to take care of. Food, activity and rest. ...

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Lifestyle / Mental Health

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Wearing black can cause psychological issues

Black absorbs everything. If you’re in a space where you want to absorb what is around you, you must wear black. But if you wear black in a place where you don’t want to absorb - but you wear because you look slimmer - then you will start accumulating all kinds of things. ...

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Lifestyle / Wisdom For Seekers

15 min Watch / Listen • 10 min Read

How to come out of Thyroid problems?

Sadhguru, these days many people are diagnosed with Thyroid problems, either hyper or hypothyroidism. Even though we are consuming iodised salt, still thyroid problems are prevalent. What is the cause of the increase in these problems. Is it stress related like diabetes and hypertension? ...

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Be Inspired / Lifestyle / Wisdom For Seekers

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There is no time for yoga

Question: Pranams Sadhguru. I get up at 6 am, hurry burry cooking. Get the children ready. Start by 8.30 am to the office. Back from the office by 6.30. Then freshening up the children, myself, prayer, cook food, homework, sleep. In this hectic schedule, where can I fit yoga ...

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How the color of your clothes impact you

The color of the clothes, or the colors of anything around you - has an impact on you. What is the impact of White, Yellow, Orange and Red? Why do some monks wear white, while the others wear orange? ...

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Lifestyle / Physical Health / Society

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Is your ‘organic food’ really organic?

There is no such thing as 'inorganic' food. All food is 'organic'. What is important is to know the richness of the soil that the food comes from. So, instead of marking food as 'organic', you should mark it that - 'this food comes from a field that has x% organic content'. The ...

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The ‘right’ way to intoxicate yourself

I am not against intoxication. But it should come from an endless source, which can only happen from within. So if you’re generating your own intoxicant within the system, it is very good because this will make you, or enable you to be functional irrespective of what you’re ...

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Your gut (second brain) & soil are connected

Scientists today call the human gut as the second brain. The soil microbe activity, and human gut microbe activity is very similar. So, Yogic science says, that you must always consume food which is grown in a land, within the diameter or within the radius of how much a man can ...

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Lifestyle / Society

5 min Watch / Listen • 4 min Read

The trap of Metaverse

I have a question about consciousness. We are moving towards this metaverse and this virtual reality, blockchain kind of global society, faster and faster. So, like in this world, will consciousness be able to exist positively in that world? Or is that going to be almost like ...

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How to wake up in the right way?

Physiologically and psychologically, the right side of the body is more stable. The direction you wake up in is very important. You should always wake up by rolling towards your right side. If you make the first movement to the left, you can cause damage to the system. ...

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Indian Culture / Lifestyle

11 min Watch / Listen • 6 min Read

Why do we burn incense?

Question: Namaskaram Sadhguru. Incense has been used for thousands of years in almost every culture, to invoke Gods, support meditation, and for healing and medicinal purposes. Burning herbs and resins has especially been a big part of both Indian history, as ...

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Lifestyle / Mind

8 min Watch / Listen • 6 min Read

Can one remain aware in Sleep?

I'd just like to ask a question about awareness. For example, when I sleep I'm not aware of that or when I dream, I'm not aware that I'm dreaming, and I think it's real. So I wanted to ask you what happens to you when you sleep? ...

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Why is folding clothes neatly important?

Sadhguru tells us about Rudraksha and its unique qualities. How it moves in different directions over different substances. He also gives a demonstration! Sadhguru then tells us that the way the clothes we wear are, they will have a different impact on our system. So one must ...

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Indian Culture / Lifestyle

8 min Watch / Listen • 6 min Read

What is the significance of Bhairavi Punya Pooja?

Questioner: Could you explain how the Bhairavi Punya Pooja works? It seems different from traditional pooajs. ...

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How to be aware in sleep?

I have heard and read that unless you have that same awareness during sleep, you are not aware as true awareness. Is that true? And if so, what does that look like? Because, when I'm sleep, I'm sleep! ...

Sadhguru in conversation with Nikki Walton

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How to handle money & sex?

Sadhguru gives insight into the oft asked question - is desire for #money and sex bad? If it is a natural process, then do we really need to fight it? ...

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Lifestyle / Mysticism / Yogic Physiology

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Why one should not wear a thumb ring

Is it true that one attracts occult forces by wearing a ring on the thumb? Sadhguru explains the science behind this, and why wearing a ring on your thumb can spin your life into a bad tizzy. Sadhguru also explains the significance of wearing a ring on the ring finger. ...

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Lifestyle / Yogic Science

14 min Watch / Listen • 10 min Read

What is the significance of different colors?

So, color is not what it is. Color is what it gives away. What you reflect will be your color. What you hold will not be your color. This is the nature of life. Not just of color. This is the nature of life itself. Today, if you radiate love, people will see you as a loving human ...

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Health impact of living in a city?

If you are living in a city, just look at the situation in which you’re living. Look at the kind of atmosphere you’re walking in, the number of things that are happening. None of them are conducive for this life... Well, you can’t leave your city and go and live in the ...

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Lifestyle / Yogic Physiology

3 min Watch / Listen • 2 min Read

Why does Sadhguru wear a turban?

If somebody reaches a state where his energies are really bursting out of his head. If you activate the two chakras which are above the physical body. If those two chakras become active in someone, then we will not shave. In fact, we would like to grow it, and tie it up just ...

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Lifestyle / Wisdom For Seekers

5 min Watch / Listen • 5 min Read

The scientific reason to be a vegetarian

Food is not to be made into a philosophy or a kind of a religious process. Food is the requirement of the body. If we watch the body - with what sort of food the body is most happy, body is most at ease. You will naturally notice vegetarian, or plant-based food - body is most ...

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Lifestyle / Society

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How many clothes should one own?

Hello. Namaskaram. Hi, my name is Alex and I’m from Brazil. Sadhguru mentioned as a suggestion that everybody should have 10% of their wardrobe with handmade, organic clothes. So when we think about clothes, a lot of people open their wardrobes ...

Sadhguru in conversation with Sabyasachi Mukherjee

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How to always stay alert

If sleep is invading your life just anytime of the day - one thing is, fundamental thing is to check up your basic health. Just checking, if there’s something wrong with your system - physically wrong. The second thing is - the food that you eat. If you’re noticing that you’re ...

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