The Play of Awakening: Adventures in Direct Realization Tantra

How can you stay motivated in your spiritual practice from day-to-day? What is the most fruitful way to work with your teachers? What detours and obstacles might slow you down? How do spiritual communities function as a core practice? What roles do grace and devotion, longing and loneliness play as you walk your path? How can you both live and die well? The Play of Awakening is a tour guide, a map and a good friend to anyone on a conscious path of awakening.Shambhavi Sarasvati is a beloved teacher and decades-long practitioner of Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen. She offers loving advice, straight from her heart to yours, about the practice of waking up. Known for her ability to convey the subtlest teachings in simple, compelling and beautiful language, Shambhavi powerfully affirms that, no matter what your situation, you do have the capacity to discover greater ease, spontaneity, compassion, wonder, and delight.

Shambhavi Sarasvati's principle training is in the View and practices of Trika Shaivism, the Tantrik tradition of North India, and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. She is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula, a nonprofit spiritual organization with centers in California, Oregon, and Maine. Shambhavi communicates with heartfelt devotion in a clear and direct style, bringing relatable and practical wisdom from these ancient traditions to modern practitioners, seekers and the simply curious.