Intrigued, I asked him about it, what his secret was to being able to live on so little yet still seem so strong and vital.
Nine years ago, I stayed with a friend of mine in Tamil Nadu for one week. During this time, I noticed that he didn’t ever eat anything, he just drank water. Intrigued, I asked him about it, what his secret was to being able to live on so little yet still seem so strong and vital. He said, this is the art of living without food (yogic diet), a teaching from the yogi Tiruvallavar in his holy book the Tirukkural ( Sacred Verses). A lot of yogis learnt and knew this system, and it lives until the current day in Tamil Nadu, though only in a few secret places (places he obviously knew!).