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  • Breaking News!

    Announcing a quick and easy way to donate to Isha that won’t cost you a penny –  Isha Foundation has partnered with DonateDirect to bring you a quick and easy way to contribute significantly to Isha, which is completely free.  Click here to read how:  In less than three minutes, your contribution could be worth hundreds of […]

  • Take a Hike!

    Residents and guests at iii spent Thanksgiving Day outdoors hiking, exploring several of our trails, and enjoying the beauty of the Tennessee wintertime. The many trails criss-cross the 1300-acre campus, leading up to bluffs and overlooks, waterfalls large and small, and all the way down into the valley where you can peek into a cave […]

  • Children and Technology

      Questioner: I am a mother with young children, so could you just give me some words of advice – how can I help my children? Sadhguru: One thing you need to understand is, your children are not exclusively under your influence. There are so many other forces that are influencing them every day. When I say […]

  • Gratitude Means…

    Sadhguru explains that gratitude means being receptive to life… Most people cannot receive something gracefully. Social ethics have taught us that giving is important, but taking is not important. Yes, taking is not important — taking is ugly — but receiving is very important; it takes a certain amount of gracefulness, a certain amount of […]

  • Recipes from iii – Cranberry-Orange Relish

    Add some zest to your Thanksgiving meal or anytime. This Cranberry-Orange Relish is sweet and tasty, but it's so quick and simple, even the kids can make it!  Serves: 8-10  Time: 5 minutes to prepare Ingredients: 1 bag fresh cranberries (about 3 cups) 1 orange 3/4 cup sugar Preparation: Cut the orange into segments, removing […]

  • Study or Experience?

    Sadhguru on Ways to Approach Consecrated Spaces   The following is an excerpt from a darshan with Sadhguru at the Isha Institute of Inner-sciences, Tennessee, USA, on 10 May 2011. Questioner: Sadhguru, you have spoken about the importance of creating consecrated spaces. If a study was to be done about consecrated spaces, what sorts of […]

  • Why Light an Oil Lamp?

    Q: Sadhguru, what is the significance of lighting an oil lamp? Sadhguru: This is an ancient tradition. You need to understand how people lived – obviously, there were no electric lamps in ancient times. Houses were generally built out of thatch and organic material; people could not afford to have huge windows, so homes used to be […]