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This week on Journey to Self is yoga and wellness expert Asha Praver.

Asha has been a spiritual seeker since she was young. In 1969 at Stanford University, she heard Swami Kriyananda speak for the first time and immediately recognized him as her spiritual guide. She became a founding member of the new community Swami was starting near Nevada City, California: Ananda Village.

Swami Kriyananda placed her in the role of teaching and counseling soon after her arrival. In that capacity, she has taught throughout the United States, and occasionally in Europe and India as well. She also served as Swami’s correspondence secretary for many years.

Asha and her husband David have been instrumental in the founding of a second community, Ananda Palo Alto, located in California’s Silicon Valley. Asha has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and a meditator since 1969.

Today she and David serve as the spiritual directors for Ananda Palo Alto. They have been married 26 years. Asha is author of Swami Kriyananda As We Have Known Him, a newly published collection of more than 200 stories told by people who have been touched by his teachings and spiritual friendship, often in miraculous ways.

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Join me Thursday August 20th as Asha Praver and I talk about the importance of sacred spaces and her work.

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I am extremely grateful that Asha was able to join me on Journey to Self this week.  During the show we talked about how we can set up our own sacred space and bring spirituality into our everyday life.  Asha talked about her life as a student of Swami Kriyananda and the wisdom she has learned.

We also discussed spirituality as self-awareness and how tools such as meditation and yoga can help us connect with our inner selves creating a conscious awareness.

This show was filled with so much wisdom about how we can focus on our internal self.

Tips to creating scared spaces (From an article from Asha Praver):

1. Put your sacred spaces wherever you spend the most time. You want to see sacred spaces when you enter and leave the house, wash the dishes, work at the computer, talk on the phone, or first wake up in the morning. Put them near, but not in the actual workflow. A wall or a window ledge, for example, is usually better than your nightstand, desk, or the kitchen counter, where everyday clutter can easily encroach on them.
2. Keep them simple. Your sacred spaces should have an immediate spiritual impact on you. Choose things of inherent power that have personal meaning. Sacred symbols like the cross, Star of David, or AUM, or items from nature work well.  Images of gurus or saints, especially if the consciousness in the eyes is clearly visible, are ideal. Make the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, Paramhansa Yogananda, or Jesus Christ your everyday companion. Word messages are also good, especially if you can get the meaning at a glance. “Hope.” “Faith.” “God Loves You.”
3. Keep it fresh. Don’t let dust, dead flowers, or burned out candles accumulate on your sacred spaces! If you are neglecting the sacred spaces in your outer environment it probably means you need to give more attention to your inner self as well. If what you have placed there no longer inspires you, then start over. Keep trying until you find those images that resonate with your soul and have an enduring capacity to lift your consciousness. Making a sacred space is a spiritual journey in itself.

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Upcoming Show:
Thursday August 27th @ 12pm cst / 1pm est my guest will be Confidence expert Astrid Harris.

Until next time, enjoy the journey to self and everything in between.

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