Actively involved in sports in his youth, Sanjay Bhatia often thought, "Yoga is for the lazy guys." A member of the Indian Administrative Services, he was competitive, extroverted and aggressive. It was then that he also took to drinking and partying. But when Bhatia turned 40, his bar turned into a bookshelf of mindfulness.

"There were two deaths in the family. All my beliefs were shaken. I started questioning the purpose of life and life after death. And I went on to read 30 to 40 books," he recalls. That’s the time when Bhatia, currently chairman of Mumbai Port Trust (MPT), took to meditation. And the advantages were obvious. "I became much more balanced. My level of intuition, concentration and efficiency increased. The atmosphere in my family became divine after my wife and two daughters also started meditating," he adds.