Realities of the Dreaming Mind: The Practice of Dream Yoga - Softcover

Radha, Swami Sivananda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193201800X ISBN 13: 9781932018004

Publisher: Timeless Books, 2004

Synopsis

Is there a spiritual dimension to the dream world? Can we receive spiritual guidance from our dreams? How can we tell whether a dream is truly extraordinary or just wishful thinking? Can the dreaming mind lead us to other planes of consciousness and to contact the teacher within? Swami Radha answers these and other questions, showing how dreams can help us lead more meaningful lives and eventually lead us to mystical realms beyond the imagination. She offers practical exercises and reflections that radically challenge our ideas of reality while opening the door to a vast new inner potential.

From her forty years of personal experience, she offers practical dream yoga techniques for deepening awareness of the spiritual dimensions of dreaming. Her unique approach investigates prophetic dreams, nightmares, dreams about past lives, and spiritually directive dreams.

Using an intriguing collection of her own dreams, Swami Radha explores the play of consciousness. Through her presentation of effective tools and exercises, you will learn to navigate the obscurity of the space between the dreaming and the waking state.

About this title

About the Author:

Swami Sivananda Radha (1911-1995) is one of the foremost spiritual leaders of our time. Teacher, author and founder of Yasodhara Ashram in Canada and numerous international yoga centers, Swami Radha dedicated her life to selfless service and disseminating the ancient wisdom of yoga.

Her published works represent a living legacy of yoga practice based on forty years of personal study and compassionate teaching.

Swami Radha was one of the pioneers in bringing yoga to the West. In 1955 after having a powerful visionary experience, she left everything she knew to travel to India and meet her guru, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. The incredible story of her time in India—including how she became the first Western woman initiated into Sanyas—is described in Radha, Diary of a Woman's Search.

In 1956 Swami Radha returned to Montreal, Canada with 25¢ in her pocket and the mandate of her guru to update the ancient teachings of yoga for the West.

In the four decades that followed, Swami Radha founded Yasodhara Ashram in Canada—an 88 acre retreat and study center which has thrived since 1963. She also founded The Association for the Development of Human Potential in the United States in 1971 and many affiliated yoga centers internationally. Several of her books have become classics in the field of Yoga and self study, most notably Kundalini Yoga for the West and Hatha Yoga, the Hidden Language. They reflect a depth of experience based on more than 30 years of personal practice with the Eastern Teachings. Having lectured at colleges, universities and psychological institutes across the United States, she is known and respected, nationally and internationally for her ability to bring the most advanced of Yogic teachings into daily life—thereby making them accessible to all seekers.

Through her own spiritual practice and personal reflection, Swami Radha developed an extraordinary understanding of the human mind. As a teacher she was able to communicate her knowledge of eastern symbolism with legendary clarity and compassion.

"She was one of the finest spiritual teachers on the planet," says John White, author of Kundalini, Evolution and Enlightment. "Her equanimity, kindliness and wisdom flowed quietly from her in a way that demonstrated sincerity and dedication of purpose without the slightest pretension or condescension either to others or to her own tradition of yoga."

Review:

"A beautiful, yet very practical, expression of wisdom." -- John White, author of Kundalini, Evolution, and Enlightenment

"A very practical, highly readable, most powerful book, providing the master key to the subterranean parts of our mind." -- Georg Feuerstein, Yoga Research and Education Center

"Swami Radha focuses on the spiritual dimensions of dreaming, explaining the various ways dreams provide spiritual insight, guidance and wisdom." -- Kelly Bulkeley, Ph.D., Association for the Study of Dreams

A very practical, highly readable, and a most powerful book. -- Georg Feuerstein, author of Structures of Consciousness

Both inspiring and practical, it integrates the elevated potential of the spiritual with the nitty-gritty of daily life. -- Dr. Henry Reed, author of Dream Solutions

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand their mind and begin to realize its power -- Brian Thomas, Magical Blend Magazine

Shows how to take ordinary experience, dreaming, and use that for spiritual guidance and support on the path to enlightenment. -- John White, author of Kundalini, Evolution, and Enlightenment

About this edition

• Publisher: Timeless Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 193201800X
• ISBN 13: 9781932018004
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 301