#1444 - What is Yoga?

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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The word yoga means literally means "union" or "to merge". More than a set of physical postures or exercises, Sadhguru defines yoga as a science to determine the nature of who you are and what you want to be. Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Of all the things in the world of all the things in the world, of all the things that a human being can do.
0:28.6	Why yoga? Everything that human beings can do is essentially an expression of who they are.
0:51.3	Somebody sings a song, somebody dances, somebody writes a book,
1:00.0	somebody paints a picture.
1:06.0	Whatever else we do.
1:10.0	It's an expression of who you are. You may be conscious of it, you may be
1:17.6	conscious of it, you may be unconscious of it, but still everything that you say,
1:23.6	everything that you do, everything that comes out of you is essentially an expression of who you are.
1:40.3	So yoga in that way is diametrically opposite to this, because it's not an expression
1:50.5	of who you are.
1:53.1	It's about determining as to who you are.
1:56.7	It's about determining as to what you want to be.
2:07.6	Changing the very fundamentals of one's existence.
2:26.3	Today there is substantial medical and scientific evidence to show that the very fundamentals of the activity of your brain, your chemistry, even your genetic content can be changed by practicing different systems of yoga.
2:37.0	This needed no confirmation because we have always witnessed this.
2:49.0	But today there is scientific data to prove this. So this is not an
2:57.6	expression of who you are. This is about determining the nature of who you wish to be.
3:04.6	Changing the fundamental ingredients which has made you who you are.
3:16.3	So yoga as a system needs much more involvement than any other things,
3:30.0	there are one, any other forms of things that we do,
3:35.0	which are merely an expression of who we are.
3:39.0	If you find full expression through any particular activity,
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