Carried by a Promise

Auto­bi­og­ra­phy explains trans­for­ma­tion of home­maker into swami

From the Van­cou­ver Sun

The head of Canada’s old­est yoga com­mu­nity, the Yasod­hara Ashram in B.C.‘s Koote­nay region, is com­ing to Van­cou­ver this week­end to dis­cuss her autobiography.

The book, Car­ried by a Promise (Time­less Books), explains the trans­for­ma­tion of a for­mer Alberta home­maker into Swami Rad­hananda, head of the large ashram, which each year wel­comes thou­sands of seek­ers and yoga practitioners.

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From the Van­cou­ver Sun archive

The head of Canada’s old­est yoga com­mu­nity, the Yasod­hara Ashram in Koote­nay, B.C., is com­ing to Van­cou­ver this week­end to dis­cuss her autobiography.

The book, Car­ried by a Promise (Time­less Books), explains the trans­for­ma­tion of a for­mer Alberta home­maker into Swami Rad­hananda, head of the large ashram in east­ern B.C., which each year wel­comes thou­sands of seek­ers and yoga practitioners.

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From East Shore launch at the Ashram, Swami Rad­hananda Jan 12, 2011

“I can feel part of me want­ing to step onto this path, and part of me def­i­nitely want­ing to stay right in the secu­rity of the known pain and dark­ness. It seems scary and dis­tant, this mes­sage of change and effort, but I decide I will one Divine Light invo­ca­tion a day. What can I lose?”

Watch footage of Swami Radhananda’s Jan­u­ary 12^th pub­lic read­ing from Car­ried by a Promise. at http://lightwaves.cc/?p=15694#more-15694

Swami Rad­hananda is presently in Van­cou­ver and will be offer­ing a read­ing and reflec­tion gath­er­ing in Lad­ner (con­tact Irene Scarth) on Weds, Jan.26, at Banyen Books on Thurs­day, Jan 27 at 6:30 pm, at Radha on Sat­ur­day 2 – 4 pm, and there will be a work­shop, Tools for Trans­for­ma­tion at Radha on Sun­day from 10 – 4 pm.

From Drishti Point, Vancouver’s Yoga Radio Talk Show.

Farah Nazar­ali of CBC radio Van­cou­ver inter­views Swami Radhananda.

Lis­ten to an inspir­ing inter­view with Swami Rad­hananada, spir­i­tual suc­ces­sor of Swami Radha, founder of the Yasod­hara Ashram, a vibrant spir­i­tual com­mu­nity in the Koot­neys. In this inter­view, Swami Rad­hananda speaks of her new book, based on her spir­i­tual diary which tells of her rela­tion­ship to her Guru, Swami Radha, her expe­ri­ences with the Light and the extro­d­i­nary life that opened as she grew in her com­mit­ment to a spir­i­tual life. Swami Rad­hananda also speaks about mantra, ini­ti­a­tion, and what it means to wel­come Divine Light into your life.

Roseanne Harvey’s review has sparked inter­est from some other yoga blog­gers as well.

Here is a begin­ning dis­cus­sion from Svasti in Aus­tralia, whose guru’s guru was also Swami Sivananda. It’s fas­ci­nat­ing to see how the world is inter­con­nected through yoga and technology.…

Click here to visit Svasti’s site.