{"product_id":"no-retreat-poems-on-the-way-to-waking-up-paperback","title":"No Retreat: poems on the way to waking up - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShambhavi Sarasvati\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShambhavi Sarasvati is a contemporary devotee, yogini and teacher. She follows in the footsteps of other women spiritual practitioners, such as Mirabai and Lalleshwari, whose devotional poems trace a step-by-step map of the journey to the heart of wisdom. This is a journey fueled by prayer, determination, wonder, lament, praise and unstoppable longing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written during solo spiritual retreats and periods of the eruption of intense spiritual feeling, Shambhavi's poems report in raw, tender and playful language about our shared human efforts to wake up and discover more of who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Most Glorious Teacher, \u003cbr\u003e please break down\u003cbr\u003e the rock of my defenses. \u003cbr\u003e If these words are insincere, \u003cbr\u003e do it anyway. - from \u003cem\u003eNo Retreat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShambhavi Sarasvati's principle training is in the View and practices of Trika Shaivism, the Tantrik tradition of North India, and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. She has been fortunate to have trained with several great teachers in these and other nondual traditions. She is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula, a nonprofit spiritual organization with centers in Portland, Maine and Portland, Oregon. Shambhavi communicates with heartfelt devotion in a clear and direct style, bringing relatable and practical wisdom from these ancient traditions to modern practitioners, seekers and the simply curious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shambhavi is the author of \u003ci\u003eReturning: Exhortations, Advice and Encouragement from the Heart of Direct Realization Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eTantra: the Play of Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003ePilgrims to Opennness: Direct Realization Tantra in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). In addition, she published an academic book, \u003ci\u003eAvatar Bodies: a Tantra for Posthumanism\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Mills College and a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425861099827,"sku":"9780984163465","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/wKiTsbLCmL9780984163465.webp?v=1780524457","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/no-retreat-poems-on-the-way-to-waking-up-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}