The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes Try This Whenever You Feel Anxious #DailyWisdom
Mar 26, 2026
A quick, practical ritual to calm anxiety using a simple hand-union and focused gaze. An explanation of inner opposites and how unity balances right and left energies. Advice to look with love and appreciation to transform perception and ease tension.
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Press Hands Together To Reduce Anxiety
- Do press your right and left palms together perfectly and hold them that way for 10–12 minutes while looking at something that matters to you.
- Sadhguru says this simple union of right and left (Pingala and Ida) calms about half your anxiety by bringing the two internal dimensions into coherence.
Gaze With Love While Hands Are Joined
- Try gazing at something that truly matters to you — a tree, the sky, a person — while your palms are pressed together with love and appreciation.
- Sadhguru recommends this combined gesture and focused loving gaze to shift your inner state quickly.
Anxiety As Two Internal Dimensions
- Recognize anxiety as a conflict between two internal dimensions often labeled right/left brain or Pingala and Ida in yoga.
- Sadhguru frames yoga as 'union' and says physically joining palms is the first practical step toward that inner union.