Shakti Gawain

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Shakti Gawain Quick Facts

Main Areas: Visualization; Consciousness
Best Sellers: “Creative Visualization” series
Career Focus: Author; Workshop Leader
Affiliation: Nataraj Publishing (a division of New World Library)

Shakti Gawain is a pioneer in the field of personal growth and consciousness. She leads workshops internationally and has helped thousands of people to develop greater awareness, balance, and wholeness in their lives. Shakti, an only child, was brought up in a highly academic environment, and both her parents were atheists. When one of her love relationships broke up, she was left in a deep existential crisis and searched for the true purpose of life.

During a trip to India, Shakti became impressed with the culture and the religious beliefs she encountered. A self-proclaimed workaholic, she suddenly lost interest in material things and gave away all her possessions except those she could fit into a small canvass bag. She says she realized that, along the way, we will be given the things we truly need.

Shakti’s many best-selling books have sold more than six million copies in 30 languages worldwide. Creative Visualization teaches personal growth methods that are easy to incorporate into daily life. Living in the Light introduces readers to a new way of life in which we listen to and rely on our intuition. Nataraj Publishing is a division of New World Library, which Shakti co-founded.

Other Programs & Highlights

Shakti is the name of the female aspect of the Hindu God Shiva. She has appeared on such TV shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and Larry King Live. She has also been featured in such publications as Cosmopolitan, New Woman, New Age Journal, and Time.

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Shakti Gawain

• Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.

• Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

• When I am trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.

• We avoid the things that we’re afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover.

• We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other people’s models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.

• The Universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.

• What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.

Getting Started With Shakti Gawain

Shakti Gawain has written several books and has created several audio programs. But her Creative Visualization series stands alone as her most important work, and it is the best way to get started. Available as a book or in audio form, it shows you how to harness the power of your imagination and creative mind to achieve your desires.

In Creative Visualization, Shakti covers a variety of areas, including “How to Visualize,” “Affirmations,” and “Creative Visualization Only Works for the Good.” She then moves on to more challenging goals like “Contacting Your Higher Self,” “Meeting Your Guide,” “Setting Goals,” and “Treasure Maps.”

The program is full of exercises and practical suggestions that help you learn how to relax, heal yourself, send out more loving energy, meditate, and more. Here is one example:

Make a point to express more appreciation to others in as many ways as you can think of. Sit down right now and make a list of people to whom you would like to outflow love and appreciation, and think of a way you can do so to each one within the next week. Outflow can take the form of words, touching, a gift, a phone call or letter, money, or any sharing of your talents that makes another person feel good. Choose something that makes you feel especially good too, even if it’s a little more difficult for you.

Practice speaking more words of thanks, appreciation, and admiration to people when you feel like it. “It was kind of you to help me.” “I want you to know that I appreciate that.”

Creative Visualization is a powerful and practical tool that illustrates the use of visualization. You cannot go wrong with either the book or audio tape.