Madhuri Mandava

A Kriya Yogi's Kundalini Awakening in the Himalayas Madhuri Mandava

A Kriya Yogi's Kundalini Awakening in the Himalayas takes us through the spiritual quest of a dynamic and accomplished Indian woman, Madhuri Mandava, who first set off, in 1987, for the Himalayas as an 18 year-old college student in search of adventure, and soon found herself inspired by the sight of sadhu yogis chanting around a fire. A day later as her team approached Gangotri Glacier and towering Mt. Shivling, at 6,543 meters (21,456 ft.), she grew so transfixed that she lost all sense of "me" or "I" and became one with her surroundings, not knowing that the wrath of nature would soon assert itself with frigid winds and piercing snow as she got lost on the glacier, as her team was forced to retreat blindly to base camp, in a state of uncertain desperation.

Her initial aspiration to learn mountaineering had turned into a spiritual quest to attain enlightenment. By 1996, she had moved to America, earned a Master's in computer science, and was professionally established in Silicon Valley in California. It was then that a severe case of influenza brought extreme fatigue and despair that intensified her longing to awaken, which left her with an intense desire to run off to the Himalayas and sit on a rock until she achieved Enlightenment.

Her initial aspiration to learn mountaineering had turned into a spiritual quest to attain enlightenment. By 1996, she had moved to America, earned a Master's in computer science, and was professionally established in Silicon Valley in California. It was then that a severe case of influenza brought extreme fatigue and despair that intensified her longing to awaken, which left her with an intense desire to run off to the Himalayas and sit on a rock until she achieved Enlightenment.