Finally, a book that emphasizes the sacred love teaching woven throughout the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutra texts! Drawing from the ancient bhakti tradition they have belonged to for decades, authors Catherine Ghosh and Braja Sorensen invite the reader to broaden their definition of yoga according to one of the best-kept secrets of the Bhagavad Gita: that although it is set in a war zone, at its core the Gita is essentially a book on love, and yoga is the process through which we connect with, and participate in, that love. Yoga in the Gita offers readers two very different yet complimentary voices presenting the same ancient approaches to self-development from both Krishna and Patanjali in practical, philosophically insightful and entertaining ways. With the first part of the book focusing exclusively on the way Krishna defines yoga in the Gita, and the second half drawing bhakti parallels between Krishna’s teachings and Patanjali’s, the authors offer a captivating and inspiring way for readers to appreciate the rich elements that make up a serious yoga lifestyle. In this first contemporary book on yoga written by women to have emerged from the bhakti tradition, yoga practice takes on a whole new dimension: one that includes everything from our relationship with ourselves, with our bodies, and with others, to the relationship we have with the environment and the divine.

YOGA IN THE GITA: Krishna & Patanjali -The Bhakti Dimension

Religion & Spirituality

Catherine Ghosh

Braja Sorensen

Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts

Golden Dragonfly Press

Kai's wings are wide open and soaring in her second poetry collection, WINGSPAN. A catalog of fight and flight through life, Kai invites her readers into the innermost parts, where wing tuft meets flesh, where flesh meets bone. WINGSPAN is a book of spirit, movement, mirrors, activism, love, and the fluttering song of a woman who is coming into her own beauty and beingness. Coggin's poetic measurement in words, WINGSPAN holds earth and infinity between its feather tips.

Wingspan: Poems

Literature & Fiction

Coggin, Kai

Poetry

In this reflective collection of personal essays, poems and meditations, fifty women illuminate the powerful role poetry plays in unleashing their spirits. Juxtaposing the waxing and waning of the moon phases, with cycles of concealing and revealing their own voices, the authors tap into an ancient theme to explore the mystical experience of birthing a poem. What is it about the unique nature of poetry that draws fullness of expression from female hearts? How do poems become conduits to what is most sacred within us? This third book to emerge from the "Journey of the Heart Poetry Project" lifts the veil on these, and other mysterious subjects, surrounding women who spontaneously engage poetry writing as part of their spiritual practice. All proceeds from the book will be donated to a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women to express themselves through writing.

Poetry as a Spiritual Practice: Illuminating the Awakened Woman

VARIOUS

The Goddess and her poems desire to make a difference in someone's life through her words in poetic form. Her poems are a combination of thoughts from her life experiences, universal knowledge from accessing her Akashic Records, Love, and Spirituality.The world needs an injection of LOVE which the Goddess seeps into the reader through her words.Sonja understands that art is subjective and her words clarifies love from the platonic to the erotic!Allow your soul to be enriched by traveling on a journey of emotions as you indulge your self in her writings that delivers what the world needs more of...LOVE!-Andre D. Henderson, Sr., Engineer & Business Owner

Living Poetry: Perceptions of a Goddess

Phillips-Hollie, Sonja

“Blue Clouds” is an unleashing and synthesis of one woman’s silent voice, now expressing a fertile repertoire of poems and poignant short essays. It is a collection of a soul’s deeper creative intelligence.“Blue Clouds” is a unique form of poetic syntax, divided into five pivotal points of inspiration: Nature, Soul, Dreams, Love and Shadows. It is undefinable and renders its readers with an unexpected connection to their own emotional exploration.

Blue Clouds: A Collection of Soul’s Creative Intelligence

Riker, Carolyn

The Forgotten Love: Poems of Love & Longing

Malakian Gopalpreet, Taya

“Lamentations of The Sea” is a lighthouse in the dark for anyone who has known loss. This collection of personal essays, reflections, poetry and prose follows the journey of the author after losing her brother as she takes a passage of grief and finds light and love along the way. Honest, authentic and heartfelt, “Lamentations of The Sea” offers perspectives on loving and losing through a spiritual, psychological and personal lens leaving the reader with a sense of understanding, comfort, and hope. Illustrations by BethAnne Kapansky Wright.

Lamentations of The Sea: 111 passages on grief, love, loss and letting go

Self-Help

Kapansky Wright, BethAnne

Death & Grief

With rich imagery of the natural world and soulful words that speak to our relationship with ourselves, each other, and the earth, "Heliotrope Nights" is an exploration of the human spirit and journey of soul, where the author's deep reverence for nature and ability to find sacred in the everyday shines through. Through works of self-discovery, reflections on humanity, and a fearless unveiling of personal truth, this stirring collection of poetry, prose, and short essays invites the reader to turn inwards, reflect, and consider their own truth.

Heliotrope Nights: starlight for the mind and soul

Erotic Papyrus: Return of the Goddess

Featuring the voices of 108 contemporary female practitioners of Bhakti from all over the world, this rare and beautiful anthology illuminates some of the endless treasures that stir in devotional hearts. Whether playing a drum, walking through the woods, cooking or absorbed in mantra meditation, these Vaishnavis prayerfully reflect on the various aspects of their spiritual journeys toward divine love, echoing the spirit of their ancient lineage. Their poems present a wide range of sentiments and perspectives divided into eight themes including their individual relationships with themselves, their gurus, and the divine, as Krishna. Although we find the collective feminine voice at the heart of ancient Bhakti texts, the voices of women on the Bhakti path have typically remained in the background. In solidarity with other efforts that are being made all over the world to restore honor to feminine divine and her servants regardless of gender, this book unites women from various “sangas,” or spiritual communities, to spark a resurgence of the feminine voice in the modern Bhakti movement through poetry. Al proceeds go toward supporting and empowering the voices of women and girls in the Bhakti tradition.

Bhakti Blossoms: A Collection of Contemporary Vaishnavi Poetry

Dasi, Krishna Kanta

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