Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati was born in the USA and her spiritual journey took her to India, where she has lived for many years in the Parmarth Niketan Ashram ashram.In this edition of the Awareness Podcast, Bill Free chats to Sadhviji about her recently published memoir, Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation.Sadhviji speaks about her very conventional American life that was turned upside down by a vacation to India when she was 25 years old and in the middle of a PhD at Stanford.It was there that she met her guru, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and her life changed forever.For more on Sadhviji, visit her website: https://sadhviji.org/Support the Show.Did you take Lisa Natoli's 40 Day Program for Transformation? Then you won't want to miss Center for Awakening's new free program: The 40 Day Everyday. Over the course of 7 Days you will learn how to use some of the teachings from A Course in Miracles to give you a new way to interact with your day to day life. Sign up here: https://hub.centerforawakening.org/the-40-day-everyday Find every episode of The Awareness Podcast at: https://center-for-awakening.mykajabi.com/podcastLearn more about Center for Awakening (formerly known as The Teachers of God Foundation) at: https://hub.centerforawakening.org/ Original music by Omashar