About Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Ji

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is an enlightened spiritual master, a realized yogi and mystic from India who embodies the universal truths of the great spiritual masters of East and West, transcending all religious divide. He is a peace advocate, author, and poet. He is a visionary, humanitarian, and prominent spiritual leader. Sadhguru is the founder of the Isha Foundation, which has become the conduit for his work. Sadhguru has launched several projects to serve as models for rural upliftment, education reform, environmental stewardship, and holistic and healthy living. He has also introduced renowned initiatives for world peace, outreach programs for life-term prisoners, destitute children, and embattled women.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev was born as Jagadish Vasudev in Mysore-Karnataka, India, in 1957, to a physician father. Right from childhood, Jaggi was quite different from the others. Preferring the wonder of nature and the eloquence of poetry to attending school, 10-year old Jaggi would often venture out alone on long treks through the surrounding mountain forests for days at a time. At the tender age of thirteen years, encouraged by his parents, he started yogic practices, like Pranayam and Asanas, under the guidance of Shree Raghavendra Rao more commonly referred to as Malladihalli Swami. Sadhguru excelled at school; and was a very bright student. Eventually he graduated with a degree in English Literature from the Mysore University in Karnataka. Read More..