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Svadhyaya is a sanskrit word that means "self-study", but which through in person teachings,
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I understood to practically mean "spiritual study", and can take the form of reading scripture,
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I understood to in more everyday language have a dual meaning of "spiritual study", and can take the form of reading scripture,
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books, poetry, or any other type of study that you feel drawn to.
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Below are various texts, teachers and centers that I found helpful at different times.
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I have been
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zen mind, beginner's mind
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[Shambhavi](https://jayakula.org/) is a teacher that has been resonating with me a lot in the past year since I came into contact with her.
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Her weekly [podcast recordings of her satsang](https://jayakula.org/podcasts/) is a really
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nice way to learn about [Jaya Kula](https://jayakula.org/), or listen to her from another timezone.
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hridaya newsletters
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[The True Sense Of Belonging](https://mailchi.mp/hridaya-yoga.com/eng-july-2022-newsletter?e=6859fd6bec)
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[Why Trust & Surrender?](https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/%25YJP3s%2BAQS%2F4DMRYGw9rQcPFQkNjzG0twfqlHb9CGFv0%3D.sha256)
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[Hridaya](https://hridaya-yoga.com/) has also been a big influence on me. They have centers in Mexico and in France which I have both attended.
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They offer yoga courses, meditation retreats, and a karma yoga volunteer/service program.
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Hridaya is the first place that I experienced Sangha and met deeply committed devotional practicioners.
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I think recommending something on the internet doesn't really make sense, because its all a matter of whether it fits you.
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But I leave these references here, in case someone might stumble across them at a serendipitous time for them.
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I also met many people at Hridaya who had healed chronic illness and injury there. If you are able to do a three week course like Module I,
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there is something I found very supportive about living in an immersive environment for a period of time like this.
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hridaya newsletters <br/>
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[The True Sense Of Belonging](https://mailchi.mp/hridaya-yoga.com/eng-july-2022-newsletter?e=6859fd6bec) <br/>
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ram dass lectures
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I have been slowly reading [Zen mind, beginner's mind](https://bookwyrm.social/book/49713/s/zen-mind-beginners-mind) by Shunryu Suzuki
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over the past few years. I read a chapter every month or so. I originally started doing this because reading it all at once felt like too much too quickly,
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and I felt I needed time to digest. This is the only book
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I've read in this way. It feels like a companion that I can continually return to. We'll see what happens but I could imagine continuing this practice even after I finish
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the book, by just starting it again.
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ram dass lectures <br/>
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[Path Of The Heart - Ram Dass 1992](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKV_DuUcpws&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3tWOSAKyl2KuyfqOzkE7ARy_5bxYBj7wArd1o1574NbOwCB-v2AfNvlQU)
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evan's podcast
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[The Study with Raviv Ullman](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-study/id1528872739) - I am Jewish by birth, but not a very active practicioner,
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although I am interested in it, and I sometimes feel a desire to learn more about Judaism as a way to connect with my ancestry. I haven't listened to many episodes of this podcast,
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but it felt like an avenue to explore, and I appreciated their framing of text interpretation as a living practice,
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that is embodied and re-embodied through re-interpretation, and that conversation about spiritual texts in community, is itself a form of spiritual practice,
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even when the texts are not taken at face value.
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xavier.dagba
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[Xavier Dagba](https://www.instagram.com/xavier.dagba/) - I am thankful for xavier's work and voice which has inspired and supported me in many ways.
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Some might be critical of being influenced by many different traditions,
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but this is my experience of being a human. You can also read a note I wrote
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explaining my perspective on spirituality and cultural appropriation here.
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A list is in some ways a ridiculous format, but I'm thankful for these teachers. I leave this here with the hope that maybe someone
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will find something unexpectedly, which is in some ways the whole point of this wiki.
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