Private life goes public
by Swami Radhananda When I started the book tour in January, I found it a leap to read my private reflections out loud. It was challenging to stand up in front of an audience and read what was essentially my diary from twenty to thirty years ago. But as we continued on the tour I started to see how the book took on a life of its own. Different people commented about the connections they made to...
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April, May & June, 2011 Issue Reviews by Angele CARRIED BY A PROMISE A Life Transformed Through Yoga By Swami Radhananda www.timeless.org My favorite type of book to read…A journal of someone who transforms herself. Marry-Ann McDougall live in Lethbridge, AB, and feels inspired after she hears Swami Sivananda Radha speak at a yoga class at the Yasodhara Ashram, near Nelson,...
Read MoreRoseanne Harvey
from It’s all yoga, baby Carried By A Promise is the story of Swami Radhananda, the president and spiritual director of Yasodhara Ashram, and her relationship with her teacher, Swami Sivananda Radha. Yasodhara Ashram is a thriving spiritual community in Southeastern British Columbia which was founded by Swami Radha, one of the first Western women to be initiated into sanyas. The story...
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from page 19: http://issuu.com/tonemagazine/docs/april2011 Last year, the yoga community was immersed in questioning itself. What is “real” yoga? Who is doing it and who isn’t? Is the commercialization of yoga inevitable in our Western culture or has it gone too far? It is a refreshing contrast to read Carried by a Promise: A Life Transformed Through Yoga. Instead of arguing...
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from http://www.thefigtree.org/march11/030111radhananda.html Spiritual aspect of yoga integrates with and respects different faiths Through her own life struggles, Mary-Ann McDougall’s interest in yoga as a physical exercise led to her learning of the spiritual side of yoga and into following a path to become Swami Radhananda. Now she is president of the Yasodhara Ashram, a yoga retreat and...
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