A Continued Preview into the Upcoming Meditation Retreat: Svādhyāya 🧘🏼‍♀️☀️

We all carry stories about who we are.

📚Stories inherited from family.
Stories shaped by pain and praise.
Stories built through success, disappointment, fear, and longing.

❗️ Over time, these identities become so familiar that we mistake them for truth.
And from these stories, our patterns emerge.

The same relationships.
The same fears.
The same reactions.
The same lessons appearing again and again in different forms.

What if the life you are living is not simply fate...
but an invitation to become conscious?

In yogic tradition, Svādhyāya is the sacred study of the Self.
The courageous willingness to observe:

Who taught me who I should be?
What identities am I still protecting?
Which patterns keep repeating in my life?
What is life trying to show me?
Who remains when the stories begin to soften?


Perhaps beneath every story, every role, and every pattern, there is a deeper Self that has never been wounded, diminished, or lost.

This week online, join Shivananda Swamiji for a glimpse into the upcoming Meditation Retreat at the City of New Light | Svādhyāya, where meditation becomes more than a technique—it becomes a doorway into seeing clearly, remembering deeply, and returning to what is true.