Isha Foundation

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Nonprofit spiritual organization founded by Sadhguru offering yoga, meditation, and Inner Engineering programs to create a conscious planet

Isha Foundation is a nonprofit spiritual organization founded by Sadhguru in 1992, headquartered near Coimbatore, India. It offers yoga and meditation programs, including the flagship Inner Engineering course, across centers in India, the US, UK, Australia, and other countries. The foundation also runs large-scale environmental initiatives such as Save Soil and Rally for Rivers, and operates Isha Vidhya schools serving around 3,000 students.

Founded: 1992

Founders: Sadhguru

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Research & Science2026-05-22

128-Channel EEG Study: Meditation Brain Changes Begin Within Minutes, Peak at 7 Minutes

Published May 22 in Mindfulness (Springer Nature), a study by Malipeddi Saketh, Arun Sasidharan, Rahul Venugopal et al. at the Centre for Consciousness Studies (NIMHANS, Bengaluru) analyzed 128-channel EEG data during breath-watching meditation in 103 participants: meditation-naive controls (n=28), novice meditators (n=33), and advanced meditators (n=42). Brainwave changes emerged at 2-3 minutes and peaked at 7-10 minutes, with increases in theta, theta-alpha, alpha, and beta1 power and decreases in delta and gamma1 power, consistent with a calm, attentive state. The Isha Yoga breath-watching practice was used as the meditation protocol.