By Barbara (Girijananda) Hess

Gurudevi is a modern-day mystic who comes from a long line of Self-Realized mystics.  She walks the walk she talks. Gurudevi says there are three criteria that must be met in order to teach:

• • First, it is learned from the living Guru, so it is enlivened knowledge. 

• • Second, it is documented in the texts. It is traceable back to yoga’s ancient roots. 

• • Third, the teacher must have experienced it in order to teach it.

Everything that Gurudevi teaches or writes meets these criteria. This was very important to me when I heard it.  I knew there was validity in what was being taught or written.  Gurudevi makes these ancient teachings so accessible.  She gives us so many opportunities on our road to Self-discovery. 

The Living Mysticism 2025 Calendar Journal is a golden opportunity for us.  Gurudevi’s introduction reads: “Day-by-day, let these teachings support your inner experience of your own Divine Essence. Each quote is like a sutra, with profound meanings in a few words… Weave Divine Grace through your life.”

The year begins: “Yoga is choice-full living. You choose where to put your time and your energies.” And the Teachings Article containing this quote is listed: “Just Do It, October 2023.”  You can contemplate the sutra and deepen your understanding by reading the article.  You find each article in our online Freebies.  

Below the quote, the journal page is blank. You have lots of space to write down your own experiential understanding. Or to draw it out.

Such an amazing way to start my day! I read the sutra. I listen to Gurudevi read the sutra in her morning Meditation Club. Something stirs deep inside me — an understanding, a knowing or a yearning. In gratitude I am sitting at my Guru’s feet learning from her, knowing she learned this same deep teaching from her Guru. 

I am imbibing a Truth teaching passed down through the ages from one Guru to the next.  I am so fortunate to receive Gurudevi’s deep teachings day by day. 

Join me in utilizing the 2025 Calendar Journal. Day by day weave Grace through your life.