Finding Real Yoga
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Finding Real Yoga
Would you like to experience life improvement? Isn’t it time to increase your own spiritual self-help?
Winnerof Pencraft Awards Literary Excellence Best Book Award, Summer 2025, in Nonfiction, Biography!
5 Stars awarded to Finding Real Yoga by: Literary Global, Reader Views, Reader’s Favorite, & Literary Titan
“FINDING REAL YOGA is an important book!! A rare glimpse of a living, Christ-like saint, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, from his beloved student, Daren Black. Your heart will be touched and your soul expanded as Daren recounts experiences from his 30+ years of a personal relationship with Sri Sri. Daren is able to relay sacred experiences, and ancient wisdom from Sri Sri in a relaxed, and often humorous, style. FINDING REAL YOGA is a “MUST READ!!”
Miriam Austin, author of Yoga for Wimps and Cool Yoga Tricks.
Are you interested in healing, life-saving miracles, and self-empowerment?
Would you like fuel for your own growth?
“Finding Real Yogaisn’t just a book about yoga, it’s a book about finding your footing when everything feels shaky. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s curious about yoga beyond the mat.” Literary Titan
Finding Real Yoga is an intense, true journey of a man rescued from the devastation of homelessness, heartbreak, life-threatening illness and severe injuries. Find out how he was uplifted by one of the greatest spiritual masters in modern history.
Discover how moments with Gurudev Sri Sri are timeless celebration punctuated by deep knowledge. Read about contrasting monkey business of unenlightened followers and wacky adventures.
Finding Real Yoga is an autobiographical account by one of the first American devotees of Gurudev Sri Sri. The author uses some of his original soul-stirring poetry to add more flavor. This book is packed with wisdom from Gurudev Sri Sri.
Read Finding Real Yoga to learn:
* Vital insights regarding love, karma, and meditation.
* Timeless keys of self-improvement & spiritual growth.
* Modern and ancient perspectives on religion & spirituality.
* The science of yoga vs. a modern yoga class.
* How your life could be improved by ayurveda & yoga.
Would you like tools, inspiration, and wisdom for your own spiritual self-help journey?
FINDING REAL YOGA can deliver these along with truth-is-more-amazing-than-fiction adventures!
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FINDING REAL YOGA is full of juicy stories from:
Gurudev Sri Sri’s 1988 first TTC (Teacher Training Course) in North America!
TTC with Gurudev Sri Sri in 1989 and 1990 in West Coast California!
The original 1990 West Coast Bhakti Sutra Tour!
The 1991 talks by Gurudev on the sacred text of Ashtavakra, at the Bangalore, India Ashram!
“Narrated with heart and humor, Finding Real Yoga explores the relationship between master and student. It offers powerful lessons, including the science of love and the power of meditation, insights into personal development and spiritual growth, and how to transform one’s life through yoga and Ayurveda. This book will teach readers the true meaning of acceptance and authenticity, the importance of daily practice (abhyasa), and the interconnectedness of love and consciousness. Daren Black’s book is one of the finest works I have read on yoga; it is entertaining and utterly inspiring.”
Romuald Dzemo, author of You Can’t Be a Failure: The Quest for Meaning, Success, Love, & the Freedom to Choose Your Path
SPIRITUAL SELF-HELP / YOGA / MEMOIR / HISTORY OF GURUDEV SRI SRI / POETRY
🧐What readers say about the book
Reading Finding Real Yoga felt like sitting down with a wise friend who’s lived through it all and come out glowing. Daren Black shares his spiritual journey with such honesty that I found myself pausing to reflect after almost every chapter. His connection with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is inspiring and filled with heart. This book is both a memoir and a guide, and it gave me more than a few spiritual “aha” moments.
Vincent Morris
About The Author
Daren Black
Like a bold rubber band, Daren Black leaped into practicing yoga and meditation in the 1970s. From that point of initial instruction, Daren has been unwavering in maintaining his personal daily practice.
Multiple vehicle accidents left Daren with chronic injuries, which he did his best to ignore.
Life took Daren through a deadly gauntlet of tragedies, heartbreak and homelessness. Fighting simultaneous illnesses, including severe digestive issues, chronic fatigue, injuries, allergies, parasitic infections, etc., Daren spiraled down. Unable or unwilling to accept defeat or the fact that his own life was in serious jeopardy, Daren kept going.
Daren met Gurudev Sri Sri in 1988. Daren’s life was saved by Gurudev Sri Sri. Intensive breathing practices, mantras, herbs, oils, and large doses of divine grace transformed Daren’s life.
Encouraged and inspired by Gurudev Sri Sri, Daren developed Practical Ayurveda the website. Daren has worked to make Ayurveda more user-friendly since 1995. Daren loves to help people by using Practical Ayurveda for health, beauty, and personal empowerment programs.