The Resilient Mind You’re Not Your Thoughts: Why You’re Feeling Tired & Anxious - Sadhguru
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Sep 19, 2025 In this engaging discussion, Sadhguru, founder of the Isha Foundation and renowned yoga teacher, shares insights on disidentifying from our thoughts. He highlights how restless thinking drains energy and offers nightly practices for mental stillness. The conversation also explores reframing loneliness and personal responsibility, humorously using a snail anecdote to illustrate the struggle of self-imposed suffering. Sadhguru emphasizes the importance of managing our mental faculties to enhance resilience and well-being.
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Stop The Mental Diarrhea
- Stop feeding the mind “bad food” by identifying with things that are not you.
- Before sleep, mentally disidentify from possessions, roles, body, thoughts, and emotions to regain energy.
Nightly Disidentification Practice
- Each night, consciously discount everything that is not you to create mental distance.
- Do this daily to wake up more intense and with clearer energy.
Rock vs. Practice Story
- Sadhguru recounts a woman who blamed a rock for her meditation result.
- He explains his lifelong practice of involvement without identification produced the effect.