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hollyWood to the himalayas:

a conversation between deepak Chopra

& sadhvi bhagawati saraswati with swami

Chidanand saraswatiji and anupam Kher

“Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati is a great teacher of spirituality and consciousness. Her inspiring

wisdom illuminates the path to healing, happiness, and inner peace.” Deepak Chopra

Our Bureau

New York
A
special event took place
yesterday in New York
City. In honor of the new-
ly released #1 bestselling mem-
oir Hollywood to the Himalayas,
by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati,
Deepak Chopra sat down with
Sadhviji, the author, for an in-
depth, in-person conversation at
the prestigious Core Club.

the special event was

graced by the presence of
hh Pujya swami Chidanand

saraswatiji and with spe-

cial guest anupam Kher,

globally renowned actor.

Deepak Chopra, the world and raised among the glitte- to live every minute and mo- tween Dr. Chopra and Sadh-
famous leader and pioneer in rati of Hollywood, the veneer ment in yoga – in union.” Dr. viji, Pujya Swami Chidanand
health, meditation, and spiritu- of Sadhviji’s glamorous up- Chopra shared the five kleshas, Saraswatiji shared his bless-
ality-for-all spoke deeply with bringing hid dark secrets of the great afflictions of the mind ings and emphasized the depth
Sadhviji about the unexpected trauma, suffering, addiction which keep us suffering in life. and breadth of the universal
way her life was transformed and shame. She shared how They also spoke about the wisdom that comes from India.
when, twenty-five years ago, she through trusting the Universe depth of wisdom in Indian “In this book Sadhviji has
traveled to India with a back- and with her spiritual practice spiritual tradition and Sadhviji shared not only her own sto-
pack, and had an experience of she was able to let this go. shared “The teaching that I am ry but she’s shared the pain
the Divine on the sacred Ganga As a deeply committed not my body, not my history, and challenges that are every-
river. Although she thought she meditator and yoga practi- not my emotions but that I am body’s story. You will find, as
had come to India to please her tioner, Deepakji asked Sadhvi- the soul, full, whole complete you read the book, that this is
husband and because she liked ji to share the role that yoga and consciousness changed my life your own story. Like everyone
Indian food, it was clearly Sadh- meditation played in her own and enabled me to find healing.” these days, Sadhviji had ev-
viji’s destiny to find, walk and healing and transformation. Dr. Chopra led a beautiful erything set externally but she
share this path to enlightenment. She shared: “Yoga is ac- meditation to help people ac- was upset! This book teaches
They spoke about the pow- tually my whole life. Not the cess the true self and to know you how to be set.
er of spirituality to heal and on-the-mat part, but the yoga that they are not the body or Spirituality makes you set.
transform us. Born to an up- of love, the yoga of wisdom the mind. Dr. Chopra has brought this
per middle-class Jewish family and the yoga of action. I try After the conversation be- Continued on next page... >>

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