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October 4, 2025
Jane Goodall’s secret was nature’s love
A personal tribute to Jane Goodall, exploring how her extraordinary life of service reveals that lasting leadership, resilience, and environmental action are rooted not in outrage, but in love.
June 4, 2024
World Environment Day: Integrating eco-conscious choices in daily life is true dharma
What does it mean to live your spiritual values beyond the yoga mat? This reflection explores how the principles of ahimsa, compassion, and reverence for nature can transform the everyday choices we make about what we eat, wear, buy, and consume.
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 21, 2021
Let’s Do What is Right, Preserve Water
Water is life, yet the choices we make every day are contributing to its growing scarcity and pollution. Sadhviji explores how what we eat, buy and consume connects directly to the health of our planet—and how ancient spiritual principles of simplicity, nonviolence and conscious living offer a path toward protecting this precious resource.
May 12, 2020
It Took a Virus to Teach us a Simple Lesson
The pandemic brought the world to a standstill—and revealed just how quickly the planet could begin to heal when human activity slowed. Drawing on lessons from India’s lockdown, Sadhviji asks whether we can carry that awakening forward by consuming less, living more simply, protecting the natural world and remembering our fundamental interconnectedness.
March 8, 2020
Women’s Day: Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati says Jane Goodall embodies all that is right about humanity
From a childhood bedroom covered in photographs of chimpanzees to a life devoted to spiritual and environmental service, Sadhviji reflects on Jane Goodall’s lifelong influence—and the courage, compassion and deep love of nature that showed her what it means to live one’s dharma.
December 11, 2019
The Intertwined Nature of Dharma and Karma
How do we know what the right action is—and what makes an action right in the first place? Sadhviji explores the intertwined teachings of dharma and karma, revealing how our purpose and duty shape both the actions we take and the consequences they create.
October 19, 2019
Combat Climate Change 3 Times a Day
What if one of the most powerful ways to fight climate change happens three times a day? Sadhviji explores the environmental impact of what we eat and why choosing a plant-based diet can bring our everyday actions into alignment with our spiritual values.
September 28, 2019
The Purpose of Prayer
What is prayer really for if it isn’t a way to ask God for what we want? Sadhviji explores prayer as a path to connection with the Divine—one that transforms not our circumstances on command, but the mind and awareness through which we experience them.
December 20, 2018
My 22-Year-Old India Love Affair Began with Food
A trip to India that began with a love of vegetarian food became the unexpected turning point of Sadhviji’s life. She shares how a spiritual awakening on the banks of the Ganga transformed her understanding of purpose, abundance, and service—and taught her to stay open to the path life is calling her to follow.