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Hollywood to the Himalayas

A Journey of Healing and Transformation
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Hollywood to the Himalayas is the memoir of Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, a Stanford graduate and psychology PhD candidate who embarks on an unexpected spiritual journey in India. Despite a comfortable life marked by childhood trauma and an eating disorder, her trip leads her to profound healing and enlightenment through her bond with her guru. With wit and honesty, she shares her path to awakening, encouraging readers to discover their divine essence and embrace life’s joy.
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Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India.

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Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India.

As a Stanford graduate in the midst of getting a PhD in psychology, Sadhvi Saraswati was comfortable with her life. Despite years of grappling with an eating disorder and trauma from her early childhood, she felt as if she was successfully navigating her way through early adulthood. When she agreed to travel to India to appease her husbandβ€”and because she loved the foodβ€”Sadhvi would have never imagined that she would be embarking on a journey of healing and awakening.

Hollywood to the Himalayas describes Sadhvi’s odyssey towards divine enlightenment and inspiration through her extraordinary connection with her guru and renewed confidence in the pleasure and joy that life can bring. Now one of the preeminent female spiritual teachers in the world, Sadhvi recounts her journey with wit, honesty, and clarity and, along the way, offers teachings to help us all step onto our own path of awakening and discover the truth of who we really areβ€”embodiments of the Divine.

β€œSadhviji models for us, at the deepest level, that in the true teaching of the spiritual traditions, healing and grace are always possible.” β€”Prince Ea, in the foreword to Hollywood to the Himalayas

β€œVivid and poetic…her journey is a river of love, compelling in its authenticity and unflinching honesty. …a must for anyone who is interested in exploring different paths to fulfilment and to the Creator.” β€”Jane Goodall

β€œSadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati is a great teacher of spirituality and consciousness. Her inspiring wisdom illuminates the path to healing, happiness, and inner peace.” β€”Deepak Chopra

β€œFor so many of us, the road to the Divine sometimes begins with deep trauma. And, then Grace is bestowed upon us and we blossom in the holiness of love. Hollywood to the Himalayas is filled with wisdom and truth about the powerful revelations that unfold on the path to a deeper relationship to the divine. This is a beautiful book.” β€”Rev. Iyanla Vanzant, executive producer, Iyanla, Fix My Life

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781647225353

Publisher: Insight Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 August 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Mandala Publishing Group

Edition: Export

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 368

About the Author

SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI is a renowned spiritual leader, author, and motivational speaker based in Rishikesh, India. She’s the author of the bestselling memoir Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation. She is International Director of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, one of India’s largest spiritual institutions. She is also the Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, an international interfaith organization dedicated to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene; the president of Divine Shakti Foundation, a foundation that runs free schools, vocational training programs, and empowerment programs; and the director of the world-famous International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikeshβ€”which has been covered in Time, CNN, The New York Times, and other prestigious publications and has been addressed by both the Prime Minister and Vice President of India. She serves on the United Nations Advisory Council on Religion and on the steering committees of the International Partnership for Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) and the Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty, a campaign by the United Nations and World Bank. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by U.S. President Joe Biden for her lifelong commitment to volunteer service. She was also the Managing Editor for the monumental project of the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Originally from Los Angeles and a graduate of Stanford University, Sadhviji has been ordained into the sacred order of Sanyas by her guru HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and has been living at Parmarth Niketan Ashram for the past twenty-seven years. She oversees a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, lectures, writes, counsels individuals and families, and serves as a unique female voice of spiritual leadership throughout India and the world. www.sadhviji.org

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