The Indian sage Patanjali gave us the eight limbs of yoga, or what are called “ashtanga” yoga. They include, of course, all of that which we currently identify as yoga: the physical postures or asanas, the breath exercises or pranayama, meditation or dhyana. However, the...
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This article was originally publishing on The Speaking Tree, here. 'Clicking still-lifes of self but no life in my self,' writes Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati from Parmarth Ashram on the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh A new craze has begun — selfies. It is not actually brand...
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'However, as I looked out, even though the lights were on in the hall, I could not find a pair of eyes with which to connect.' This article was originally published on Thrive Global, here. I was speaking at an event recently in Kolkata, India that took...
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'That true self is not new of course. But it is new to us. It is new to our experience of our selves.' This article was originally published on Thrive Global, here. Every day is new. As my Guru says “Whenever you wake up, it’s morning.” So...
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Could Meditation Help Sexual Abuse Survivors to Heal? This article was originally published on Uplift, here. Living in an ashram on the banks of the Ganges, in the foothills of the Himalayas, it sometimes takes me an extra few days or even more to catch up with...
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Diwali is a glorious holiday. It is a holiday filled with continuous festivity, revelry and celebration. Even sworn enemies embrace, and hostilities melt as we share box after box of fresh sweets. At this sacred time, I reflect upon the words of my Guru, Pujya Swami...
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Trump administration has justified the move saying it’s to prevent ‘coercive abortion' in China. This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. Reading the news in India we see the stories regularly: Kiran, aged 25, mother of a nine-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son died just after...
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This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. This election has been, for many of us, a wake-up call. Not the joyful wake-up call of birds on your windows, entreating you to open your eyes to the sunrise over mountaintops, not the wake up of...
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This article was published on The Huffington Post, here. Twenty years ago I moved into Parmarth Niketan ashram for one week. It was the second week of my backpacking trip to India in September, 1996. I was 25 years old, and I had taken a semester...
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This article was published on The Speaking Tree, here. SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI was a participant at the Parliament of Religions, the same conference that Swami Vivekananda attended back in 1893. She filed this blog from Salt Lake City in the US. In 1893, Swami Vivekananda travelled to...
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