Hollywood to the Himalayas

A Journey of Healing and Transformation

By: Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati

Narrated by: Marisa Dargahi

Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India.

As a Stanford grad in the midst of getting her PhD in psychology, Sadhvi Sarawati was comfortable with her life. Despite years of grappling with an eating disorder and trauma from her early childhood, she felt as if she was successfully navigating her way through early adulthood. When she agreed to travel to India to appease her husband - and because she loved the food - Sadhvi would have never imagined that she would be embarking on a journey of healing and awakening.

Hollywood to the Himalayas describes Sadhvi’s odyssey toward divine enlightenment and inspiration through her extraordinary connection with her guru and renewed confidence in the pleasure and joy that life can bring. Now one of the preeminent female spiritual teachers in the world, Sadhvi recounts her journey with wit, honesty, and clarity and, along the way, offers teachings to help us all step onto our own path of awakening and discover the truth of who we really are - embodiments of the Divine.

“Sadhviji models for us, at the deepest level, that in the true teaching of the spiritual traditions, healing and grace are always possible.” (Prince Ea, in the foreword to Hollywood to the Himalayas)

“Vivid and poetic...her journey is a river of love, compelling in its authenticity and unflinching honesty...a must for anyone who is interested in exploring different paths to fulfilment and to the Creator.” (Jane Goodall)

“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)

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Wonderful book, not the best reader

I am in awe of Sadhviji’s life and this book. She has run to the depths of despair and transformed that despair into to wisdom. She’s a true alchemist of the human heart.

My only concern with the audible version was the reader who was not familiar with Indian languages and thereby butchered and mispronounced pretty much all of the names, mantras, and other Hindi/Sanskrit words. For an experience that had been so transformative for Sadhviji, her butchered mispronunciations were hard to listen to including of the Ganga river, which is central to Sadhviji’s story. In this day and age, I would expect audible to find a voice over artist who is familiar with Indian languages.

Finding love in India

Wonderful story of not quite knowing one was lost, finding oneself, and really being good with oneself.

A fascinating true story, filled with wisdom, infinite love and inspiration.

My deepest love and gratitude for this book. A delightful and fascinating true story filled by her wisdom, capacity of forgiveness, service to the world and infinite love. It is such an inspiration. It is also a trip through the wise teachings of Pujya Swamiji. So much wisdom narrated in most of the pages. Exquisite language applied, but very easy to read.

An inspiring book!

Such a powerful book! I cannot stop listening. It touches my heart and soul. With all my love!

Amazing story

Great memoir. A fascinating and inspiring life story. Only drawback is the pronunciation-challenged narroator, who butchers many of the Indian and Sanskrit words.

Enamored

I listened to this book on audible. It felt as if she was speaking directly to me. I was touched, moved to tears and inspired to carry on with my spiritual journey. Even when things may not seem so godly, we are always connected to the divine and can always open ourselves up to the flow of grace ♥️

An inspiring read

This book resonated deeply within me. It gave me hope that I’m not the only person on this path.

Read it yourself instead

Interesting and fairly engaging story but the narrator was difficult to take. I would not recommend listening to this book - I’d recommend reading it yourself. Would be much better.