Namita Nayyar:
Please provide us more input on your books, The Way of the Goddess: Daily Rituals to Awaken Your Inner Warrior, Discover Your True Self, and the award-winning book, The Ayurveda Way: 108 Practices from the World’s Oldest Healing System for Better Sleep, Less Stress, Optimal Digestion and More. What can one look for in these books? What do you mean by the term “inner Warrior”?
Ananta Ripa Ajmera:
The Way of the Goddess is a vibrantly illustrated gift book that invites you to embark upon your own sacred hero’s journey, inspired by the nine-night goddess festival of Navratri from the ancient Indian spiritual tradition that gifted the world Yoga and its sister holistic science of Ayurveda. I share my story of how I overcame trauma and abuse with the spiritual power of love, to give you a roadmap to reclaim your own power. Weaving together mythological storytelling, memoirs, and inspired rituals, this is a step-by-step guide to balance all your chakras. The term “inner warrior” means the power within you to overcome and channel all the internal dark forces of potentially destructive raw emotions like anger, fear, jealousy, hatred, lust, etc. into internal, spiritual power. The Ayurveda Way is a full-color photography gift book that showcases 108 different ways of accessing Ayurveda, with an empowering approach that makes time-tested wisdom available to a contemporary audience of holistic health enthusiasts in a fresh and exciting approach suitable even to beginners.
Namita Nayyar:
What motivational quote do you live by?
Ananta Ripa Ajmera:
A motivational quote I strive to live by is from the ancient spiritual text, The Bhagavad Gita, in Chapter 6, as verse 5: “You must lift yourself, by yourself. Do not lower yourself. Your self alone is your friend. Your self alone is your enemy.”
This quote always reminds me that, while we can and need to consult others at times to uplift ourselves in different ways, we must ultimately take responsibility for our own progress and spiritual evolution in life into our own hands, by loving ourselves as a way to love all others we encounter on our journeys.