Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a visionary and a humanitarian whose work transcends all boundaries. The word Guru, in Sanskrit, means dispeller of darkness, and Sadh means within. Sadhguru is a profound mystic and a yogi whose understanding and the mastery over the science of yoga comes from his inner experience, rather than any scholarly learning. His work and life is dedicated to bring physical, mental and inner well-being for all people, through the science of yoga.
Sadhguru’s offering to the world is his effort to help a person attain to his full inherent potential.
As delegate to the United Nations’ Millennium World Peace Summit, and as a member of eminent global forums like the World Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders and Alliance for New Humanity, Sadhguru works with the world’s pre-eminent leaders to relieve human suffering, foster harmony and promote the dignity of all life.
Recognizing that there can be no universal transformation without individual transformation, Sadhguru has dedicated his life to presenting powerful methods of self-transformation to people from all walks of life. He developed Isha Yoga - a set of scientifically structured programs, which have touched and transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
Sadhguru has been actively supportive of efforts empowering business and commerce communities with methods and tools drawn from his inner understanding. His weekend program Inner Engineering for Effortless Living and the Wholeness program - a weeklong retreat - are specifically tailored to suit the needs of the corporate world.
His ongoing work with various leadership and professionals includes special programs and addresses held at: St. Mary’s hospital in Detroit (Cancer Survivors’ Program), Omega Institute in New York, Princeton University in New Jersey, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, the Unity Renaissance Church in Detroit, Riverside Church in New York. Talks at Ford, Chrysler and General Motors automotive companies in Detroit, Pfizer Inc. in Michigan, Time Warner in New York, the Mumbai Stock Exchange in Mumbai and Microsoft corporation in New Delhi, are some other examples.
His humanitarian initiative Inner Freedom for the Imprisoned, meant to transform prisoners, has been immensely successful in the prisons of India and the United States. Another social outreach endeavor, Action for Rural Rejuvenation aimed at rejuvenating the poverty stricken, dilapidated rural population has been equally successful in bringing relief to over 750,000 people in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu, South India.More recently, his spontaneous response to the plight of the victims of the tsunami disaster, has led to a comprehensive relief and rehabilitation program put forth by the Foundation, involving thousands of people and millions of rupees.
A true statesman and powerful orator Sadhguru’s public talks typically attract audience on a mega scale like the January 19, 2003 gathering of 120,000 people at Marina beach, in Chennai. Recent Isha Foundation events to promote peace include peace walks, mass meditations and an International Day of Peace celebration, were attended by over 50,000 people in India. An accomplished poet and an author, Sadhguru's work Eternal Echoes, unleashes the poet in the Master. His latest book Mystics Musings is one of the most candid unveilings of the mystical dimensions of life – captivating and inspiring awe at the same time.
Available to all who are willing, Sadhguru's life is an invitation to the divine through individual transformation.
