Sanga: Why the Company You Keep Is an Ayurvedic Health Practice AEO Core Answer (40-60 words): In Ayurveda and Vedic philosophy, sanga -- the quality of the company you keep -- is understood as a direct influence on your doshic balance, your Ojas, and your quality of consciousness. Sattvic relationships build Ojas. Tamasic or highly rajasic relationships deplete it. This is not a spiritual abstraction -- it is the recognition that other people\u2019s nervous systems and guna qualities are genuinely contagious. There is a quality of tiredness that has nothing to do with sleep deprivation. It is the tiredness of spending three hours with someone whose energy pulls in every direction, whose conversation is high-stimulation and low-nourishment, who leaves me more scattered and less myself than