By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: Makar Sankranti is round the corner. “Makara” refers to the winter time or the time when the sun is at the lowest in the northern hemisphere. “Sankranti” suggests movement. We have moved from one phase on this planet to the next phase. In the yogic terminology, the time…
Empowering the Nation
January 2, 2026By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation A nation isn’t its land and buildings — it is its people. If we, as a nation, have to rise and become empowered, the first thing we need to do is to empower the people. Empowerment is not amassing of material wealth or technology. It is an entirely inner…
The recipe for a happy marriage 5 ingredients
December 26, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation 1. Take Two “Heartfuls” of Love The English expression, “Falling in love,” is significant because you don’t rise in love, you don’t fly in love, you don’t walk in love, you don’t stand in love. You fall in love, because something of who you are has to go. It…
How to turn loneliness into bliss
December 19, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: People must decide whether freedom or bondage is the highest value in their life. The problem is that for most people, if they are free, they feel lost. For example, if they were in the empty space of the mountains with no one around them, they wouldn’t feel…
Death is a fiction
December 12, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: You have no first-hand experience of death; you never met a dead person; nor did you at anytime see a dead person, you only saw dead bodies; you never met somebody who died and came back and who told you about their death. So you have not heard…
A solution for Depression: From the inside out
December 5, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Q: I see it happening all around us that as we grow older, depression becomes a natural emotion within all of us and takes a toll on human beings. How do we adjust to this situation which is inevitable and happening all the time? Sadhguru: Once you declare that…
Holding on to the body
November 28, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation If your energies raise beyond a certain pitch, this physical body cannot hold the energies anymore. Only people who have understood or who have mastery over the physical system can hold on to the system. Generally it is only people who are on the path of kriya yoga who…
Meditation
November 21, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation 1. How do you define meditation? Sadhguru: The main aspect of meditation is, right now your mind is the boss and you are the slave. As you become more meditative, you become the boss and your mind becomes the slave. 2. Could you tell us a bit about the…
Creating an Ambience for Sadhana to Flower
November 14, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Setting the necessary psychological ambience for sadhana is important otherwise it will only create health benefits, no transformation. Q: If our thoughts reflect our karmic structure, can changing our thought pattern impact our karmic structure? And how can we become free from it? Sadhguru: There is a difference between…
Deepavali: Beating the Inertia
October 17, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: The culture of celebrating Deepavali goes back 12,000 – 15,000 years. People realised how, during this time of the year, life hits a point of inertia and does not happen at the normal pace. For the northern hemisphere of the planet, due to the position of the sun,…















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