Deepak Saini reveals what 30 years of Heartfulness meditation taught him about yoga, sadhana, and the Vedic way of life. In this intimate conversation with Tulsi Arora at Sangam Talks, the IIT Bombay alumnus and author of Scientific Yogi and Jeeva: The Still Center Within argues that reading ancient wisdom is not enough — only embodied, dedicated practice transforms the self.

Deepak shares how encountering India’s history of colonisation and partition — through Sangam Talks and Rajiv Malhotra’s books — sent him into years of grief he processed entirely through meditation. That emotional reckoning became the seed of his writing. He anchors his central insight in yoga shastra’s own promise: unbroken, dedicated practice over time transforms the practitioner. The “still center within” — the pivot point that all ancient texts point toward — is what both his books attempt to guide the reader toward experiencing directly.

He draws a compelling parallel: just as the Puranas were written not to replace the Upanishads but to transmit the same truths through narrative, his own shift from essay to philosophical fiction follows the same impulse. The result is his “Urban Buddha” concept — inner stillness achieved without abandoning the modern world.

About the Speakers:

Tulsi Arora is a certified trainer and practitioner of Heartfulness Yoga and Meditation. Her educational qualifications include a BSc (Physics), MFTech (NIFT) and a postgraduate certification in Psychological Counseling.

Deepak Saini is a Heartfulness Meditation practitioner and trainer with over two decades of spiritual training under his Guru. He is an IIT Bombay alumnus and has held several leadership positions in top corporates.