


The same Ithihaas says, “Men become wise by sleeping eastward and southward.” Similarly, in the Vishnu Purana, the Lord has said, “It is beneficial to lie down with the head placed eastward or southward. In the Mahabarath (Canto 13: Anusasana Parva, Part 2, Section 104), it has been declared that “One should never sleep with head turned towards the north or the west“.

It is not about seeing God.Does it matter in which direction your body is oriented when you lie down to sleep?ĭirections Where One Should Place One’s Head When Sleeping They said that if you do this, you will see God. In the tradition, they also told you that before you get up in the morning, you must rub your hands together and place your palms upon your eyes. So you need to roll over to your right side and get up because at a lower level of metabolic activity, if you suddenly roll to your left, you will put pressure upon your cardiac system. When you get up, there is a certain surge of activity. When your body is in a certain state of relaxation, its metabolic activity is low. In India, the culture has always said that when you wake up, you must roll to your right side and then get out of bed. The station that pumps life across the body – if this one thing doesn’t happen, nothing happens – starts from your left side. Your heart is an important aspect of your physiology. In the southern hemisphere, don’t put your head to the south. This is true as long as you are in the northern hemisphere – sleeping with your head towards any side except north is okay. So, which is the best direction to sleep with your head pointing towards? East is the best direction. What kind of trouble depends on how strong your system is. But if you do this every day, you are asking for trouble. It is not that if you do this for one day, you will fall dead. Or, if your system is sturdy and these things don’t happen to you, you could get up agitated because there is more circulation in the brain than there should be when you are sleeping. If you are beyond a certain age and your blood vessels are weak, you could have hemorrhages and paralytic strokes. The body makes this adjustment because if blood is pumped at the same level, too much will go into your head, causing damage. Now, if you place your head to the north and stay that way for 5 to 6 hours, the magnetic pull will cause pressure on your brain. When the body is positioned horizontally, you can immediately make out that your pulse rate drops. If you place your head to the north and stay that way for 5 to 6 hours, the magnetic pull will cause pressure on your brain. That’s how powerful the magnetic forces are on the planet. In many ways, the earth is engineered because of its magnetism. You have heard of the magnetic fields on the planet. It is an important ingredient in your blood. If you have any kind of blood-related problem, let’s say anemia, what would a doctor prescribe? Iron. What happens when you put your head to the north? You are managing because of your memory, not because of your intelligence. Your level of intelligence after the age of 35 drops in many ways unless you take enormous care to keep it up. You may become duller, which people are becoming. This does not incapacitate you in any major way, but small damages happen. Most people have hemorrhages in their brain. If one extra drop is pumped in, something will burst and you will have a hemorrhage. As they go up into the brain, they are almost hair-like, to such a point that they cannot even take one extra drop. The blood vessels which go upward are a finer arrangement compared to those going down. Your heart is not located half-way down, it is placed three-fourths of the way up because pumping blood up against gravity is more difficult than pumping it down. Sadhguru: In India, you were told that you should not place your head to the north while sleeping.
