Deepak Chopra doesn’t believe you’re too busy to meditate

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Of his 16 daily waking hours, Deepak Chopra spends four or five meditating. He never gets bored, he said, and he never experiences stress.

His only vice is an addiction to yoga. “I’m happy all the time," said Chopra, 78. One of the world’s most famous well-being experts, Chopra has written more than 95 books, advising his readers on how to find and maintain spirituality, health and contentment, including “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" and “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind." His latest book, “Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being," came out this fall.

It features several passages written by ChatGPT and Perplexity in response to his prompts, showing his readers how they can use the technology as a tool. He likens asking it a question to rubbing Aladdin’s lamp: “A genie wakes up and gives you everything you need." With entrepreneur Poonacha Machaiah, Chopra co-founded Cyberhuman.ai, a health and well-being focused AI service. Chopra lives in New York City with his wife, Rita, in a wellness-focused building that includes vitamin-filtered showers and bio-based insulation for soundproofing outside noises.

Here, he discusses his unconventional writing routine, the secret to a happy marriage and what annoys him. If I sleep at 10, I wake up at 6. Sometimes I sleep earlier, so I wake up at 4 or 5.

Then I do yoga and meditation for three hours. I am addicted to yoga. After that, I have a cup of coffee and then I start work at 11.

It’s very focused from 11 to 5. Before I go to bed, I meditate again for an hour or two, these days on the mystery of death. Usually I make my own coffee, and then there’s a little shop here outside, Madman [Espresso].