Yoga guru — pranayama for every household

Baba Ramdev

Swami Ramdev

Swami Ramdev took pranayama out of the ashram and into the living room. Morning yoga on television, free shivirs in stadiums and villages, and an Ayurveda revival built around swadeshi living.

  • Kapalbhati
  • Anulom Vilom
  • Free yoga shivir
  • Ayurveda
  • Swadeshi
Illustrated portrait of Swami Ramdev

Rog ka ilaaj dawa mein nahi, disciplined jeevan mein hai.

Baba Ramdev
Followers
44.7M
Mentions 24h
18,320
Sentiment
74%

Impact so far

Numbers that move as you scroll.

Shivir participants

0M+

Across four decades of free camps

Villages reached

0

Gramin yoga and health outreach

Daily TV viewers

0M

Morning yoga broadcast across India

Yoga teachers trained

0

Certified instructors in the network

Campaigns

Yog Shivir 2026 — forty cities, no ticket

Free camp

Yog Shivir 2026 — forty cities, no ticket

Three mornings of pranayama and asana in every host city, free for all. Register your city so volunteers can arrange mats and water.

Cities confirmed22 of 40
Ayurveda in every kitchen

Swadeshi

Ayurveda in every kitchen

Giloy, tulsi, ashwagandha and haldi — the four-herb starter shelf, sourced from farmer collectives at cost.

Households reached6.3M of 10M
Yoga in 100,000 villages

Gramin yoga

Yoga in 100,000 villages

One trained volunteer per panchayat, teaching a 20-minute morning routine at the village chaupal. Training is free and takes one weekend.

Villages covered65,000 of 100,000
Diabetes-free India — 90-day protocol

Health mission

Diabetes-free India — 90-day protocol

A supervised routine of pranayama, walking and a low-glycaemic sattvic diet, with free sugar screening camps every Sunday.

People enrolled480k of 1M

Teachings & material

12 pieces · videos, essays, practices and chants

Kapalbhati — the five-minute cleanse8.4M

5 min · Daily · Hindi · English subtitles

Kapalbhati — the five-minute cleanse

Counted rounds with rest windows, from first breath to closing stillness.

#Pranayama#Beginner
Anulom Vilom for a restless mind5.1M

9 min · Guided

Anulom Vilom for a restless mind

Alternate nostril breathing at a 4-4-8 rhythm, with hand position explained slowly.

#Pranayama#Calm
Surya Namaskar, twelve steps3.9M

18m · Asana

Surya Namaskar, twelve steps

The full salutation broken down for stiff bodies and beginners over fifty.

#Asana#Morning
What to eat, and when620k

7 min read · Diet

What to eat, and when

A plain sattvic day plan — timings, portions and the three things to drop first.

#Diet#Ayurveda
Yoga for school children1.4M

10m · Schools

Yoga for school children

A ten-minute routine teachers can run in the schoolyard before the first bell.

#Children#Free
The four-herb shelf480k

8 min read · Ayurveda

The four-herb shelf

Giloy, tulsi, ashwagandha, haldi — what each does, dose, and when not to take them.

#Ayurveda#Herbs
Morning broadcast — full one-hour session22M

1h 02m · Broadcast · Hindi

Morning broadcast — full one-hour session

The complete televised routine: warm-up, six pranayama, closing meditation.

#Broadcast#Full session
Stadium shivir — Delhi morning6.8M

1h 40m · Event

Stadium shivir — Delhi morning

Sixty thousand people, one breath count. The full opening address and practice.

#Event#Shivir
Podcast: swadeshi and the body310k

46m · Podcast

Podcast: swadeshi and the body

A long conversation on self-reliance, farming and why health policy starts in the field.

#Podcast#Swadeshi
Bhastrika for low energy2.2M

6 min · Guided

Bhastrika for low energy

Bellows breath in three graded rounds, with clear cautions for blood pressure.

#Pranayama#Energy
Back pain: sit, stand, sleep540k

6 min read · Body

Back pain: sit, stand, sleep

Three postures corrected, and four asanas that undo a desk day.

#Back pain#Office
Om chanting — 21 rounds1.9M

14m · Chant

Om chanting — 21 rounds

A slow chant to close the morning practice, recorded on the Ganga ghat.

#Chant#Morning

From the archive

Haridwar at first light
Haridwar at first light
Mats waiting in the hall
Mats waiting in the hall
Evening aarti on the ghat
Evening aarti on the ghat
Herbs, mortar, patience
Herbs, mortar, patience

Journey

Diabetes-free India

A 90-day protocol with free Sunday screening camps nationwide.

Reading

  • Pranayama RahasyaPracticeThe technique, counts and cautions for each breathing practice.
  • Yog: Its Philosophy & PracticeManualThe full asana and pranayama manual used in shivirs.
  • Ayurveda: Its Principles & PhilosophiesAyurvedaHousehold Ayurveda, dosha basics and kitchen remedies.

Follower voices

🌤️
Six months of Kapalbhati and my sugar reading finally stopped scaring me.
Sunita D. · Kanpur
💪
I was on three tablets for BP. Now two, and the doctor agreed.
Ravinder S. · Ludhiana
🌾
One volunteer, forty people on the chaupal every morning at six.
Village collective · Chhapra
🧘
The desk-back routine got me through a brutal work quarter.
Aditi M. · Pune

Today's practice · Breath

  1. 1Sit cross-legged with a straight spine, hands resting on the knees.
  2. 2Kapalbhati: 30 short forceful exhales, then rest for thirty seconds.
  3. 3Anulom Vilom: 10 rounds, inhaling four counts and exhaling eight.
  4. 4Sit still for one minute and notice the body before you stand up.

Upcoming

Programs

AI companions

Voice, video avatar and chat — all grounded in Baba Ramdev's archive.

Speak with Baba Ramdev

A call in Baba Ramdev's own voice, in Hindi or English

Baba Ramdev speaking · Raju (male, fluent Hindi)

  • Give me a five-minute morning pranayama routine
  • Kaun se yogasan back pain ke liye theek hain?
  • Which herbs should be in every kitchen?

See Baba Ramdev

Live face-to-face darshan, powered by a real-time avatar

Baba Ramdev avatar preview

Avatar idle · tap below to connect

Open in full page

Chat with Baba Ramdev

Grounded in Baba Ramdev's talks, blogs and Q&A

Ram Ram! Baba Ramdev bol raha hoon. Bataiye — body, breath ya diet, kahan se shuru karein?

Questions followers ask

  • Yes. Morning camps and the televised sessions are free. Only residential retreats and certification courses are paid.