🧘♀️ Sitting is the New Smoking: Adopt an Active Lifestyle
From the teachings of Swami Mukundananda | Chapter 33 of Golden Rules for Living Your Best Life Think about your typical day. You wake up, check your phone, maybe scroll through some messages. Then you sit for breakfast, sit while commuting or working from home, sit at your desk for hours, and later, relax by sitting in front of the TV or scrolling endlessly on your phone. Sound familiar? Swami Mukundananda, in his profound book Golden Rules for Living Your Best Life , warns us that sitting for long periods can be as dangerous as smoking. It's an eye-opening realization—one that challenges our modern lifestyle and gently nudges us to become more mindful of how we treat our bodies. 🚨 Why Sitting is the “New Smoking” Modern research backs what Swamiji has emphasized: extended sitting contributes to a range of health problems like obesity, heart disease, diabetes, poor posture, and even depression. And what’s alarming is that even regular exercise can’t fully counter the dam...