Sundar Pichai’s Deep Rest Reset
Designed by Bearmore
Inspired by Sundar PichaiWired after back-to-back meetings and can't switch off
There’s a way to get genuinely rested without sleeping. Walk off that wired feeling, settle with some breathing, then lie down and let a Yoga Nidra do it’s restorative work on you. Balm for a busy brain in under an hour, no techniques to have to learn.
The runsheet
A walk to wind down
Pichai unwinds with long walks, often with his dog. Head out and let an easy, aimless walk pull the charge out of a wired mind.
15 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing being in nature before breath work
This works well because a relaxed nervous system from time outside can prepare the body for structured breathing.
Settle with some breathing
A short session to help you settle before laying down for the Yoga Nidra, this is added by Bearmore rather than coming directly from Pichai. Slow your breathing and let your shoulders drop.
5 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing breath work before yoga nidra
This works well because regulated breathing pre-relaxes the nervous system, helping you settle into deeper rest more easily.
Guided conscious rest
Pichai has said he finds it difficult to meditate, so he turns to NSDR videos on YouTube, noting "they're available in 10, 20 or 30 minutes." Lay down and follow along with the guidance, there’s nothing in particular you have to know how to do.
20 min activityTime well spent.
1h that belonged to you — not the inbox, not anyone else.
The breakdown
Burst evaluation
Wellbeing focus
About this Burst
Sundar Pichai is CEO of Alphabet and Google, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Chennai, India, in 1972, he studied at IIT Kharagpur, Stanford and Wharton, joined Google in 2004 working on Chrome and Android, became Google CEO in 2015 and Alphabet CEO in 2019. He has said he finds it difficult to meditate and instead turns to NSDR videos on YouTube to relax.