Rohini Ralby explores her book of prose teaching, poems, and paintings in this immersive discussion.
About Living the Practice:
For over three decades, Rohini Ralby has shared the spiritual practice she learned through years of one-on-one instruction from her Guru, Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa. As her practice has deepened, she has found different ways to give outward expression to inward experience and understanding.
In her 2012 book Walking Home with Baba: The Heart of Spiritual Practice, Rohini interspersed illuminating stories from her life and discipleship with chapters on tools and techniques for the spiritual practice her Guru taught her. Here, in the first of two volumes, she gathers a collection of prose teachings, poems, and paintings, organized thematically to explore the dimensions and stages of true spiritual practice, or sadhana. Showing not only the depth and discernment she has gained through the grace of her Guru, but also an artistry informed by her many years of training and education in dance as well as her mastery of Tai Chi Chuan, these pieces communicate the lived actuality of spiritual practice, and serve as lamps along the path.
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Author of Living the Practice: The Way of Love, Vol. 1 (2022), and Walking Home with Baba: The Heart of Spiritual Practice (2012), both from Bancroft Press of Los Angeles
From athletic fields and dance studios to an Indian ashram and a globally respected consultancy in international security, Rohini Ralby has never done things by halves. She was a three-sport athlete before Title IX. She was a highly trained dancer and a respected martial artist, demonstrating Tai Chi Chuan for the Taiwanese Consulate. She was a close personal disciple of Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa, serving as his head of security and personal appointments secretary and learning from him every day, one-on-one, the spiritual practice she has since shared with the world. She is now majority owner of a company that investigates global security issues and provides advice to governments, international organizations, and a variety of other entities around the world. She has quietly welcomed thousands of seekers in over three decades of teaching spiritual practice.
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