Sadhguru: A natural upsurge of energy will happen.
It activates the lumbar region of the spine in a tremendous way,
strengthens the muscles along the spine.
The sharpness of your intellect, you will see you can see a difference happen
just because you're doing a simple few things.
Ultimately, whatever, whatever you wish to do in your life,
‘how much clarity do you have’ is all there is, isn't it? About anything. Yes or no?
If you don't have clarity, you will try to make it up with confidence. (Laughs)
Confidence is a very poor substitute for clarity.
It's like, there's a busy highway, vehicles are moving at a fast pace,
your vision is not clear,
you bring confidence.
You can refer to your horoscope.
You know you have a horror-scope?
You can refer to your horror-scope and say,
“My horror-scope says I’ll live for ninety years. Nothing is going to happen to me,” and just cross.
You may make it.
Or use one of your slogans which will bring you confidence.
You can say, “Jai Shri Ram,” you can say, “Allahu Akbar,” “Hail Mary,” whatever you want.
Whatever works for you. Loudly shout the slogan and run across.
It may work,
just by sheer chance or because of the compassion of some driver.
But every day if you try it, we know where to pick you up.
One day, you can make it with confidence.
So, confidence is not a substitute for clarity.
If you want to do anything successfully, you must have clarity, isn't it?
If clarity has to come,
the most important thing is, your spine should be in a certain condition
because your perception is largely handled there.
See, spine is not just a physical substance.
It is a communication network,
a serious communication network.
If you lose it or if it becomes insensitive, you don't know what you're losing.
You're just losing something phenomenal. So, it's not just a physical substance.
It is the basis of communication that's happening in the system, isn't it?
The spinal cord is… I mean the spine is not just one single piece,
it's many complex assembly.
Every day it needs to stretch. If it telescopes into one into another,
then the communication capability in the spine is usually lost.
So, this ‘Yoga Namaskar,’
it activates the lumbar region of the spine in a tremendous way, strengthens the muscles along the spine,
giving it a reinforcement
so that as one ages, the collapsing of the spine,
which causes pinching of the nerves, does not happen and if already the damage is setting in,
the best way to regenerate your spine would be by doing Yoga Namaskar.
It has all round benefits for the entire body.
Yoga Namaskar is a very simple and complete process by itself.
A natural upsurge of energy will happen if you just keep your feet together and sit down in a squat.
So, the squat is best if you can put your feet together and squat
which most of you cannot do. Right now, very few people can do.
We don't want too much energy to happen.
So, the next best stance is to keep your feet in line with your shoulders, just the same width as your shoulders.
You can do up to twenty-one.
Twenty-one is a good number to do. If you cannot do that, start with seven.
Slowly, every two days one extra if you do, in about forty days,
you will be at twenty-one which is a good number to do.
You will see it will make a phenomenal difference in the way you function.
If there is some way to gauge your intelligence, the sharpness of your intellect,
you will see you can see a difference happening,
just because you're doing a simple few things, to relax and activate the spine.