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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.
April 1, 2019
Awakening on the banks of Mother Ganga
Sadhviji arrived in India with no spiritual quest—only an open heart. She recounts the extraordinary experience on the banks of Mother Ganga that shattered her ordinary sense of self, revealed the Divine in everything around her, and ultimately led her to a new life in Rishikesh.
February 12, 2019
Knowledge is Not Wisdom and Other Insights India Taught Me
What if everything we’ve been taught to pursue—knowledge, achievement, money, status—is not where wisdom or happiness actually comes from? Drawing on the contrast between her Stanford education and the lessons of more than two decades in India, Sadhviji explores how a meaningful life grows from inner wisdom, connection, gratitude, and discovering who we truly are.
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.
January 21, 2019
Yoga a Noble Tradition
Yoga is far more than a physical practice. Sadhviji explores Patanjali’s eight-fold path—from the ethical foundations of the yamas and niyamas through breath, meditation, and ultimately enlightenment—and why preserving yoga’s spiritual roots matters as the tradition spreads around the world.
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.
November 19, 2018
Is It Okay to Lie Occasionally If the Truth Hurts?
Is telling the truth always the right thing to do, even when it causes pain? Drawing on her own evolving relationship with honesty and a teaching from the Bhagavad Gita, Sadhviji explores a more nuanced standard for right speech: our words should be not only truthful, but also kind and beneficial.
October 8, 2018
How do we connect with our Divine Self, and then stay connected?
How do we move beyond the identities, roles, thoughts and emotions we mistake for who we are and reconnect with our True Self? Sadhviji explores the practice of neti, neti, meditation and remembrance as pathways back to our divine essence—and why self-compassion is essential when we inevitably lose that connection along the way.
October 3, 2018
What is God, and what is our relationship to that God?
What does it really mean to say that God is everywhere—and how should that change the way we live? Sadhviji explores the Sanatan Dharma teaching of one Divine reality expressed through infinite forms, and how seeing that same divinity in ourselves and others can transform our relationships, compassion and experience of separation.
August 26, 2018
Raksha Bandhan: An Opportunity for Divine Connection
Raksha Bandhan offers more than a celebration of family bonds—it is an invitation to recognize the Divine connection that unites us all. Sadhviji explores how the sacred thread can remind us to extend our love, protection and sense of responsibility beyond those closest to us to the entire human family and Mother Earth.