Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai) - Brunch

Samsung Note 20 Ultra Vs The Rest Of The World

-

Every time the Note series adds a new phone to its portfolio, it becomes the phone against which all other phones are compared

of depending on equipment.”

Not sure what exactly his mother meant, the very next day, on his birthday, Mickey Mehta locked himself in his room and started stretching and doing freehand exercises.

Fifty years later, Dr Mickey Mehta stands tall as one of the leading holistic health gurus and corporate life coaches in the world, having trained Bollywood superstars, top politician­s, beauty queens, and the personnel of the police, army, navy and air force. He is also a published author and a regular on various television and radio shows.

“NEVER GO TO A GURU WHO IS TOO SERIOUS. WHEN YOU MEDITATE, YOU REALISE THAT LIFE IS NOT SOMETHING ONE SHOULD GET TOO

SERIOUS ABOUT.”

SEEK AND FIND

Just a few days after the newly nine-year-old Mehta began freehand exercises in his room, one of his uncles dropped in, carrying a book by Yogacharya BKS Iyengar. “I was so fascinated by the book that my uncle gave it to me,” says Mehta. “That was my first initiation into real yoga.”

Iyengar led to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who led to Osho, Ma Hansaji, Sadhguru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Baba Ramdev and Deepak Chopra, all of whom Mehta considers his gurus. But he is actually the quintessen­tial Eklavya, having never really trained under anyone.

Still, Mehta has met most of his gurus. “The common thread among them is that they are always in a state of joy, always smiling,” he muses. “Never go to a guru who is too serious. Go to people who can loosen you up. Laughter is a miracle drug! When you meditate, you realise that life is not something one should get too serious about. Because everything is transient.”

Half a century ago, Mehta began doing yoga to build his body. Now he understand­s that yoga is about the mind and soul. Here, he shares his

 ??  ?? WAY OF LIFE
While doing asanas, you preserve your breath and conserve your body, says fitness guru Mickey Mehta
WAY OF LIFE While doing asanas, you preserve your breath and conserve your body, says fitness guru Mickey Mehta

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from India