Sadhguru, spiritual guru and founder of the Isha Foundation, recently underwent an emergency brain surgery.

According to a video update on his official Instagram account, the surgery was carried out on March 17th at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi.

It followed the discovery of surgery “life-threatening” swelling and bleeding in his brain.

He is now said to be making steady progress a d recovering well.

The full statement is as follows:

An update from Sadhguru

Doctors discovered that for the last four weeks, Sadhguru had been ignoring a severe headache and giving himself relentlessly to his gruelling schedule, which included Mahashivratri. On 15th March, an MRI showed massive bleeding in the brain. However, Sadhguru refused to cancel his commitments including his session at India Today Conclave which he attended under the effect of powerful painkillers and sedation.

On 17th morning, Sadhguru had to be rushed to hospital where it was discovered that he had life threatening swelling in the brain.

After going through an emergency surgery on 17th, Sadhguru is now making steady progress and is recovering extremely well.

Neurologist Dr. Vinit Suri of Apollo Hospital said “We were joking with him that we have done what we could but you are healing yourself. The kind of improvement we are seeing is beyond our expectation. He is now extremely well. All his brain, body and vital parameters are normal and he is making a steady progress”.