The Internet has become humanity’s invisible central nervous system, connecting us at the speed of thought. More people today have access to mobile phones than have access to clean drinking water. Yet the most important technology is still the one within us: our brain, body, and consciousness.

A fast-paced career in the high-tech industry combined with a deep yoga and meditation practice has allowed Gopi Kallayil—Google’s Chief Evangelist for Brand Marketing and one of the leading voices encouraging yoga and mindfulness in the workplace today—to integrate his inner and outer technologies to a remarkable degree. Wisdom from his yoga mat and meditation cushion guides his professional career, and his work life provides the perfect classroom to deepen his wisdom practice. The Internet to the Inner-Net guides readers to do the same. In some three dozen essays, Gopi shares his experiments in conscious living and offers insight, inspiration, and rituals—such as yoga, mindful eating, and even napping—to help us access and transform our own inner worlds.

If you’re looking for grounded spiritual advice that just might simultaneously help you become more creative, adaptable, resilient, or enthusiastic, you’ve come to the right place. Like a user’s manual for the technology within, the book is organized into five parts:Log In—mindful ways of connecting and engagingDefragment Your Disk—tools for clearing out what doesn’t serve you in order to make space for what doesOptimize Your System—instructions for fine-tuning your priorities and doing the work of day-to-day lifeI’m Feeling Lucky—strategies for trusting the universeThank You for Coming—a reminder to live with gratitude
From “Be the Bison,” which shows us how to lean in to our most challenging situations, to “Getting
to the Next Ridge,” which proposes a way of moving forward even when we can’t see the journey’s
end, each chapter lays out reflections, practices, and habits of mind that all of us can use to live
with more purpose, fulfillment, and joy.