Something Bigger Talk Show

The 3-minute acupressure rule could change how you approach pain, stress, and healing, and almost nobody talks about it.In this episode of Something Bigger with Rodrigo Canelas, Yogacharya Umang Tyagi breaks down the world of acupressure, yoga, pranayama, breathwork, mudras, and mind-body connection, starting with the palm's "correspondent system," where your entire body is mapped onto your hand.About the guest: Yogacharya Umang Tyagi is a millennial yoga acharya with a master's in Yoga Science from Patanjali University and a PhD scholar in the field. Certified in energy healing and acupressure, he has worked with 5,000+ clients and hosts the Spotify podcast "Yoga Philosophy for Everyday Living." He explains how acupressure traditions map different parts of the body onto the palm, why some practitioners use pressure points for specific concerns, and why the 3-minute rule is important when practicing acupressure.We also explore the science and practice of breath awareness, alternate nostril breathing (Nadi Shodhana Pranayama), Vayu Mudra, sleep, digestion, stress, meditation, and the importance of observing your body.In this conversation, you’ll learn about:• Acupressure points on the palm and their traditional body correspondences• The 3-minute acupressure rule• Vayu Mudra for gas and digestive discomfort• Acupressure points for stress and relaxation• Alternate nostril breathing and breath awareness• How awareness can change the way you experience your body• Yoga, meditation, and building a daily wellness practiceWatch the full conversation and learn how to become more aware of your breath, body, and mind.Time Stamps:00:00 The power of breath, vibration and awareness01:13 5 acupressure points you should know02:23 Your entire body mapped on your palm05:15 Eye, ear and stomach points05:48 Vayu Mudra for gas and digestive discomfort07:01 Heart, liver and navel points09:18 The 3-minute acupressure rule12:33 Acupressure for back pain14:00 Acupressure points for stress17:00 Why breath is central to yoga20:00 Right vs left nostril breathing21:33 Why Yogacharya Umang recommends sleeping on your left side23:48 Pranayama for stress, sleep and overthinking29:00 Breathing, sound and vibration30:00 A simple humming practice35:00 How the mind searches for information37:00 Breath, energy and the body38:00 Mind-body healing and visualization47:00 How long does it take to build awareness?49:00 The eight limbs of yoga50:00 Dhyana, concentration and meditation51:20 Breath meditation and body scanning54:00 Starting yoga, pranayama and meditationDISCLAIMER: This conversation is for educational and informational purposes only. The practices and claims discussed by the guest represent his views and traditional practices and should not be considered medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Acupressure, yoga, or breathing practices should not replace professional medical care. If you have a medical condition, persistent pain, chest pain, breathing difficulty, or other concerning symptoms, consult a qualified healthcare professional.If you're looking to understand acupressure points, pranayama breathing techniques, or how to build a daily yoga and meditation practice, this episode is for you.#Acupressure #Pranayama #Yoga #Breathwork #Meditation #YogacharyaUmang #AcupressurePoints #NadiShodhana #VayuMudra #MindBodyConnection🎧 Listen To The Rodrigo Canelas Podcast On Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5jpwQGF...✅ Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:Something Bigger Show Clips:    / @somethingbiggerclips  Follow Rodrigo on Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodrigocane...  / somethingbiggershow  Twitter/X: @rodrigocanelas / https://x.com/rodrigo_canelas?s=11LinkedIn:   / rodrigocanelas  Let's keep evolving together.

What if cancer treatment is not only about attacking cancer cells, but also about teaching the immune system to recognize and fight them?On Something Bigger With Rodrigo Canelas, we sit down with Dr. Jamal A. Khan, a medical microbiologist and pioneer of dendritic cell-based cancer immunotherapy in India, to explore how cancer develops, how the immune system responds, and where immunotherapy fits into the larger picture of cancer treatment.Most people believe cancer is a genetic sentence, or the inevitable result of a "bad" lifestyle. Dr. Khan challenges both assumptions with clinical clarity. Fewer than 10% of cancers are genetic, he explains, and even carrying a cancer-forming gene doesn't mean you'll develop the disease. What most people never hear is that both you and I already carry cancer cells right now; the difference between health and disease is whether the immune system recognizes and clears them in time. What you'll discover:* Why cancer develops even in people who appear extremely health-conscious, and the roles genetics, stress, obesity, diet, smoking, and alcohol may play.* What happens to the immune system as cancer progresses* How dendritic cell therapy works* The difference between chemotherapy and immunotherapy* Why early cancer detection can dramatically change treatment possibilities* Why stress and lifestyle factors enter the conversation around cancer and the immune system.This conversation isn't just about cancer. It's about how fear, stigma, and the stories we tell ourselves shape outcomes as powerfully as any diagnosis and about the quiet, daily choices that determine whether our own bodies protect us or betray us. Dr. Khan's message cuts through decades of dread with something rare in oncology: hope grounded entirely in science.Before you let fear make the decision for you, ask yourself one question: how much of what you believe about cancer is actually true?Time Stamps:(0:00) – Introduction(1:12) – Why This Conversation Is Deeply Personal for Rodrigo(1:44) – The Grandmother's Cancer That Shaped a 30-Year Mission(3:00) – Treating 20,000 Patients: How the Clinics Actually Work(3:41) – How Do You Emotionally Carry This Much Suffering?(4:54) – Why Cancer Devastates the Whole Family, Not Just the Patient(8:55) – The Liver Cancer Patient Who Had a Baby After Treatment(14:11) – Why Experimental Treatments Are Offered Too Late(17:07) – Why Cancer Cases Are Rising Despite Scientific Progress(19:03) – Which Cancers Are Actually Preventable—And How(20:04) – Why Village Women Get Less Cancer Than City Professionals(20:44) – The Real Split Between Genetic and Preventable Cancer(23:19) – Why We Develop Cancer: The Power of Cell Multiplication(25:44) – The Nobel Prize Winner Who Died of the Cancer He Studied(27:03) – Why Cancer Should Never Be Treated as a Business(27:43) – Two Identical Patients, Two Opposite Outcomes — Why?(29:14) – How Chemotherapy Gives the Immune System a Second Chance(35:00) – The Hidden Danger of Short, Daily Stress(37:01) – How Stress Silently Shuts Down Your Immune System(41:09) – The Number One Cancer in India—And Why(43:17) – The Hardest Cancer to Treat(44:01) – The Most Survivable Cancer When Caught Early(46:01) – Breast Cancer: The Two Things Every Woman Should Do(47:49) – How Often You Actually Need a Mammogram(49:52) – The 3-Week Rule That Could Save Your Life(50:42) – Why We Dangerously Normalize Warning Signs#CancerAwareness #Immunotherapy #Health #CancerPrevention #WellnessWatch the full episode!

What if the life you’re trying to manifest isn’t actually the life you want?In this episode of Something Bigger with Rodrigo Canelas, Rodrigo sits down with Dr. Amiett Kumar, one of India’s most-followed Law of Attraction and Manifestation coaches, to explore what manifestation really looks like beyond vision boards, affirmations, and wishful thinking.Dr. Amiett Kumar is the founder of Readers Books Club, a TEDx speaker, author and creator with more than 3.3 million YouTube subscribers. With 19+ years of experience exploring personal growth, manifestation, and consciousness, he has built a movement around what he calls “The Science Divine.”But this conversation goes much deeper than simply asking, “How do I manifest what I want?”Dr. Amiett shares why many of us are chasing borrowed dreams, how to figure out what we genuinely want, and why the first step may be going back to your roots rather than setting a bigger goal.They also explore the connection between meditation, mindfulness, and manifestation, and why being fully present may matter more than simply repeating an affirmation 100 times. He explains how reading transformed his own life, how he went from struggling with communication and self-belief to building a massive platform around books and manifestation, and why he considers reading and meditation two of the most important habits in his life.The conversation also challenges some deeply ingrained beliefs about success, failure, and struggle, including the idea that pain is somehow mandatory before achievement.This conversation isn't just about manifestation; it's about the invisible programming that runs almost every decision you make, and whether you're actually living your own life or a borrowed version of someone else's. It's about presence, discipline, the courage to change direction without calling yourself a failure, and the uncomfortable truth that the "drama in your head" may be the only thing standing between you and everything you say you want.Before you continue scrolling, ask yourself one question: are the dreams you're chasing even yours? Hit play and find out.Time Stamps:(0:00) – "Am I Becoming God?"(1:08) – The 100-Rupee Book That Changed Everything(5:22) – "Everything Happens Twice" — Einstein's Hidden Law(6:40) – Why You Can't Reprogram Your Subconscious Alone(8:00) – 82 Dreams Ticked Off — The Diary He Never Changes(9:40) – The Real Reason Manifestation Was Working(11:20) – Why A Distracted Mind Can Never Manifest(12:03) – Multitasking Is The Lie You Were Sold(16:15) – "Who Told You Pain Comes Before Success?"(29:53) – Why Borrowed Dreams Can Never Be Felt(43:47) – The Woman Who Kept Marrying The Same Pattern(47:04) – The Grey-Eyed Baby She Manifested(51:28) – The Paper-And-Pen Exercise To Expose Your Limiting Beliefs(55:22) – "Stop Searching For Your Passion"(59:53) – Why You Should Never Put A Price On Your Dream(1:00:21) – The Five Whys That Reveal What You Actually Want(1:03:09) – Advice For The Confused 20-Somethings(1:09:50) – Emotions: Why You Must Lower The Dream To Feel It(1:11:37) – The Man Who Manifested A Promotion In 6 Months(1:14:31) – Belief: Why You Have To Feel You Deserve It#Manifestation #Mindset #LawOfAttraction #PersonalGrowth #SomethingBiggerIf this conversation makes you think differently about your dreams, share it with someone who needs to hear it.

In this raw and unfiltered episode of Something Bigger With Rodrigo Canelas, Rodrigo sits down with Col. Shivender Pratap Singh Kanwar (Retd.), an Army officer who spent over seven years commanding troops in the Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) inside some of the most dangerous counter-terrorism zones in Jammu and Kashmir. This is not a sanitized war story; it's an unflinching account of what it actually takes to hunt, survive, and eventually walk away from a life built entirely around combat.Most people who romanticize special forces life imagine helicopter extractions and clean, cinematic missions. What Col. Kanwar reveals is the opposite: real operations are built on months of quiet, grinding intelligence work, recruiting a terrified informant, teaching an uneducated grandmother in her sixties to operate a hidden radio, waiting weeks for a single call that might never come. The actual firefight, when it finally happens, is often over in four or five seconds. Everything else the six months of sleepless nights, the canceled leave, the fear that a source's cover is blown is the part nobody tells you about. And when the target finally surrenders, starving and down to his last bullet, the moral clarity of "good versus evil" collapses into something far more human and far more complicated.The episode moves through territory rarely discussed this openly: the psychological toll of constant threat-readiness, the strange intimacy of chasing the same man for a year and a half only to sit across from him afterward and ask "where were you all this time," and the uncomfortable truth that many recruited terrorists are driven less by ideology than by money and family pressure. There's a story about a district commander who had aimed his rifle at point-blank range and chose not to fire and lived to explain why, years later, as a prisoner. There's the account of three brothers from the same house split across the army, the police, and the militancy. And there's a candid look at what happens to a soldier's body and mind after nearly a decade with barely a break from the field: the cigarettes, the drinking, the identity built entirely around the next mission and what it took to walk away from all of it in 2022 and rebuild a life on the other side.This conversation isn't just about combat or counter-terrorism; it's about identity, purpose, and what happens when the structure that gave your life meaning disappears overnight. It's about how people carry extreme experience forward, what "brotherhood" and "responsibility" actually cost, and why some of the most disciplined, driven people struggle hardest with an ordinary civilian life once the mission is gone. Underneath the war stories is a much bigger question about how humans find purpose, endure hardship, and redefine themselves when their old world no longer exists.Before you scroll past this one, ask yourself what you'd actually be willing to endure for something bigger than your own comfort. Hit play and find out what that really looks like.Time Stamps:(0:00) – Introduction(0:24) – What Col. Kanwar Misses Most About Life in Uniform(2:03) – The Addiction Nobody Warns You About: Life After Combat(6:06) – Why Hunting Terrorists Felt Like a "Game" He Couldn't Quit(9:03) – The One Thing That Kept Him Going Through It All(11:00) – What Movies Get Completely Wrong About Special Forces(14:20) – The Real Story: Recruiting a Grandmother as an Informant(21:00) – Six Months, One Phone Call: Inside a Real Manhunt(24:00) – The Bullets No One Talks About(28:00) – The Enemy Who Had Already Aimed at Him and Didn't Shoot(33:30) – Three Brothers, Three Sides: Army, Police, Militant(38:40) – What Actually Drives a Person to Become a Terrorist(43:00) – The Toughest Stretch: When Motivation Runs Out(46:00) – How He Helped Soldiers Overcome Fear(48:00) – Leaving the Uniform Behind and Starting Over

In this eye-opening episode of Something Bigger with Rodrigo Canelas, we sit down with Deepanshu Giri, founder of Lunar Astro Vedic Academy, bestselling author of Rituals of Happy Soul, and one of India's most recognized Vedic astrologers. Having spent years studying planetary charts, ancient texts, and thousands of real-life case studies, he challenges nearly everything popular culture gets wrong about astrology.Most people think astrology is either total nonsense or a magic wand where the right gemstone, the right puja, and good fortune arrive. Deepanshu dismantles both extremes in the first few minutes. Astrology, he says, cannot make you a millionaire if it's not in your chart, and it cannot conjure "good times" out of nowhere. What it can do is deliver consciousness, showing you your red flags, your blind spots, and the patterns that will keep repeating until you see them clearly. He backs this with a claim most astrologers would never admit: when his team ran longevity formulas across 125,000 birth charts, the traditional principles held in less than 8% of cases a number so low it reshaped how he approaches the entire practice, turning him, in his words, into "more of a data engineer than an astrologer."The conversation moves through territory rarely discussed this openly. Deepanshu breaks down why five minutes can separate two completely different life paths (using the Newtonian idea of space-time to explain planetary micro-charts), why he believes karma from your parents' actions literally shows up in your birth chart, and how Mahatma Gandhi's difficult Saturn placement became the very engine of his greatest transformation through conscious deprivation rather than resistance.This conversation isn't just about astrology or ancient prediction systems. It's about the deeper, uncomfortable question of how much of our lives is genuinely a choice, and how much is conditioning we've never paused to examine. Deepanshu's core message cuts through both blind belief and blind dismissal: the value isn't in prophecy; it's in the clarity to finally see yourself honestly enough to change what's actually within your control.Before you dismiss this as fate, or chase it as magic, ask yourself how much of your life right now is a conscious choice, and how much is just conditioning you've never questioned?Time Stamps:(0:00) – Introduction(2:09) – The Biggest Myth: Why Astrology Cannot Make You a Millionaire(3:08) – A Real Chart Example: What Makes Certain Scandals Inevitable(4:37) – Why Royal Marriages Share the Exact Same Planetary Combination(5:34) – The Real Job of an Astrologer: Delivering Red Flags, Not Comfort(6:59) – How Mahatma Gandhi Turned His Hardest Planet Into His Greatest Strength(11:04) – Can You Really Change What's in Your Chart?(13:34) – Testing Astrology Like a Scientist: The 125,000-Chart Study(15:20) – Why Charts Change Every Two Minutes(15:57) – How Your Parents' Karma Literally Shows Up in Your Chart(16:22) – The Grandmother's Devotion That Shaped Three Generations(21:20) – The Designer Who Was Wasting Her Life Running Factories(25:12) – King Farouk of Egypt and the Fortune That Couldn't Last(25:52) – Where Astrology's Ancient Wisdom Actually Comes From(27:52) – The Real Difference Between Reading a Text and Understanding It(28:52) – How He Learned to Read a Billionaire's Chart Like Bill Gates(30:52) – The Two Real Reasons Anyone Ever Comes to an Astrologer(32:00) – Why Astrology Answers Are Changing in the Age of Same-Sex Marriage and Green Cards(33:09) – Why Three Astrologers Can Give You Three Completely Different Answers(34:47) – The Lost Qualities of a "Proper" Astrologer, According to Ancient Texts(40:52) – The Corrupt Practice That Breaks His Heart Most(41:33) – Why He Refuses to Ever Sell a Gemstone(45:57) – The Remedy That Works and the Ones That Are Pure Theater(50:11) – The Abuse Survivor Told to Leave Everything Behind, Starting Today