Living the Practice – Thoughts from Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
For almost a decade, I wrote for ascent magazine, an award-winning periodical striving to expand the mind of yoga beyond a standard Western view of asanas, sticky mats and spandex. The magazine limited advertising and presented its articles in a way that reflected the peaceful clarity that can suffuse one’s mind and body at the end of a yoga practice. I enjoyed writing for the publication,...
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Carried by a Promise – A Life Transformed Through Yoga by Swami Radhananda. Timeless Books, 2011. Reviewed by Cathy Anne Pachnowski, University of Alberta Carried by a Promise – A Life Transformed Through Yoga is a simply and elegantly written memoir of a woman. She starts the intimate and forth- right account of her spiritual journey in 1977 as Mary-Ann McDougall, a wife, mother and school...
Read MoreTenzin Palmo
Carried by a Promise is the moving account by Swami Radhananda of her devoted relationship with her Guru, Swami Sivananda Radha, spanning many years. Apart from her inner spiritual experiences along the way, she also chronicles learning how to deal skilfully with the power politics at play within almost every organisation, secular or spiritual. An important aspect of any path is this ability to...
Read MoreJoan Halifax
Swami Radha touched the lives of many thousands of people. This extraordinary account brings us close to her vision and great heart through her profound relationship with Swami Radhananda, the author of this inspiring book. May the teachings of both these women nourish the world. Share/Bookmark
Read MoreKathryn Julyan
When reading Carried by a Promise I was immediately taken by Swami Radhananda’s intimate and potent prose which transported me into deep reflection upon my own promises to the divine. She captivates the reader by offering candid accounts of the challenges and successes she experienced during her early journey of becoming a spiritual aspirant, which eventually led her to becoming Swami...
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Carried by a Promise, Swami Radhananda’s new spiritual memoir, begins with her first exposure to the Divine Light Invocation in spring, 1977. As she stands in a circle in the dark, dingy church basement in Lethbridge, Alberta, she sees streaming droplets of light.…shining bits like heaven’s rain. This first scene in her ambitious and far-reaching account of spiritual life...
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