Amanda Ahern
Sadhana Journal
by Amanda Ahern
Bhuvaneshwari is the force of spaciousness — the field in which all experience unfolds. She is the pause between breaths, the openness beneath sensation, the vastness that holds both movement and stillness.
Her core myth reveals her as the container of worlds. Inwardly, this points to the capacity to remain present without contraction.
Bhuvaneshwari teaches that space is not empty — it is fertile, generative, and alive with possibility.
I learned her medicine through allowing. When discomfort arose and I stopped resisting, something softened. By meeting sensation with attention rather than avoidance, space opened. What felt overwhelming dissolved into presence.
Bhuvaneshwari teaches that compassion begins with room. When experience is given space, judgment loosens and clarity emerges.
Action becomes possible — not from urgency, but from alignment.
This journal invites you to rest in spacious awareness. Bhuvaneshwari does not ask you to withdraw from life. She teaches how to meet it without collapse. When her force is embodied, presence becomes stability, and possibility quietly unfolds.
“Exploring what it means to live as the Goddess — a sacred feminist at work”
Amanda Ahern is an anthropologist, artist, author and yoga teacher, and deeply immersed and facilitating transformational work. With nearly five decades of experience in yoga, ritual, creativity and personal transformation, her work bridges ancient wisdom and contemporary life in a grounded and accessible way. Her book, The Way of the Goddess, is an interactive guide inviting readers into a living relationship with the Goddess through reflection, ritual and daily practice. She is also the creator of a series of Sādhana journals—four themed volumes and twelve individual Goddess journals—designed to support deep personal practice and devotional inquiry. Published through Sacred Shakti Publishing, her books and journals are practical tools for self-study, spiritual growth and creative embodiment.
A modern guide to ancient feminine spirituality
The Way of the Goddess
A doorway into myth, mantra, and sacred feminine practice.
Born from the first Shakti Salon, this book shares real stories, creative rituals, and lived experience—revealing how present and responsive the Goddess truly is.