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June 10, 2026
You Are Not Your Mind
Discover the ancient yogic teaching that you are not your thoughts or your mind—and how cultivating witness consciousness can free you from overthinking, emotional reactivity, and the stories that keep you stuck.
January 12, 2024
Yoga—a Panacea for All That Ails Our World
What if the crises facing our world—from conflict and loneliness to environmental destruction—share the same root cause? This reflection explores yoga as a path beyond separation, awakening us to the oneness that connects us to one another, the Divine, and the Earth.
March 29, 2022
Life, Death and the River of Knowing
What if our fear of death comes from forgetting who we really are? Drawing on nearly 25 years in India, Sadhviji explores how a culture that weaves death into everyday life—and a spiritual tradition rooted in the immortality of the soul—offers a radically different way to understand aging, grief, mortality and surrender.
January 14, 2022
8 Powerful Insights My Mom’s Stroke Has Given Me
When her mother suffered a devastating stroke, Sadhviji’s instinct was to fix what had happened. Instead, months of caregiving taught her profound lessons about acceptance, impermanence, self-compassion and discovering love and beauty even when life cannot be made the way we wish it were.
July 20, 2019
You are not a Pen, You are not a Body
If we are not our bodies, our thoughts, or even our emotions, who are we? Drawing on an early teaching from her Guru, Sadhviji explores how emotions can illuminate the places where we remain wounded or stuck—and how spiritual awakening asks us to move through those experiences without mistaking them for our identity.
June 29, 2019
Life Purpose is Not the Roles You Play
What if your life purpose has nothing to do with choosing the right career or role? Sadhviji explores how separating who we are from what we do can release the pressure to find the “perfect” path—and help us discover a deeper purpose rooted in awakening, love, and our true Self.
February 2, 2019
Nothing is yours, so why fear loss?
What if the fear of losing what we love comes from believing it was ever truly ours? Sadhviji explores how recognizing the impermanence of our possessions, abilities, identities, and relationships can free us from grasping—and shift our connection toward the Divine presence that cannot be lost.
June 15, 2017
Yoga and the Yoga Sutras
Yoga is far more than what happens on the mat. Through Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Sadhviji explores yoga as a discipline for how we live—from nonviolence and non-attachment to examining our relationship with scarcity, consumption and desire—and how these practices ultimately lead us toward true union and inner freedom.
February 27, 2015
Know Yoga, Know Peace
Yoga offers far more than physical strength, flexibility or even a calmer mind. Drawing on Patanjali’s eight limbs, Sadhviji explores how the full practice of yoga—from nonviolence and nonattachment to meditation and surrender—can transform not only how we feel on the mat, but how we live, relate and move through the world.
November 24, 2013
Know Your True Self
Suffering begins when we mistake our changing roles, achievements, emotions and physical bodies for who we truly are. Drawing on Sanatan Dharma and her Guru’s teachings, Sadhviji explores how awakening means removing the ignorance that obscures our innate divinity—and discovering a Self that is already whole, complete and overflowing.