Shadow to Self with Acharya Shunya

Join master spiritual teacher and best-selling author, Acharya Shunya on her new show, Shadow to Self. She'll help you understand the universal coexistence of light and darkness within each and every one of us, share real-life stories, and explore concepts surrounding non-dual spirituality, relationships, existential question marks, consciousness, karma, dharma, moksha and more. She will also have guests on occasion, where she'll have deep conversations that will open your heart to a higher dimension of consciousness and instill empowerment and freedom. Subscribe now for updates.

Shadow to Self with Acharya Shunya is a education podcast hosted by Acharya Shunya, with 56 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Acharya Shunya hosts Shadow to Self with Acharya Shunya, a education show with 56 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  The Inner Sun: Entering the Gayatri Mantra

  Feb 26, 202616 minS2

  <p>In this episode of Shadow to Self, Acharya Shunya shares the Gayatri Mantra not as theory, but as living memory.</p> <p>From early dawn walks along the Sarayu River in Ayodhya to the disciplined transmission of her grandfather, she reveals how Gayatri became the inner architecture of her life.</p> <p>You will learn:</p> <p>• Why Gayatri is called the mother of the Vedas<br /> • The meaning of its three lines and three vyahritis<br /> • The significance of its nine words and twenty-four sounds<br /> • How sound shapes consciousness<br /> • Why this mantra is an invocation of clarity, no...

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  Episode #9

  When the Shadow Meets Grace: Advaita and Kabbalah in Dialogue

  Jan 22, 202654 minS2

  <p>In this episode, Vedic wisdom meets the depths of Jewish mysticism as host Acharya Shunya sit sin dialogue with Rabbi Matthew Ponak. Together, they explore how the shadow is not something to be conquered but met with divine intelligence, how ancient traditions guide us when the self feels fragmented, and how grace arrives when effort alone falls short. Drawing from Advaita and embodied Kabbalah, this conversation moves beyond theory into lived experience, revealing how sacred lineages across cultures point toward the same inner rescue: remembrance, humility, and the quiet help that comes when we stop pretending we can do...

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  Episode #8

  Sita's Gems: Reclaiming Sita's Voice from the Shadows

  Dec 4, 20251h 55mS2

  <p>Sita, the heroine of the Hindu epic Ramayana and a divine feminine avatar of Lakshmi, is often misunderstood. She is praised for her patience, remembered for her suffering, but rarely honored for her sovereign choices, her hidden fire, her radical return to Self. In this extraordinary episode, Acharya Shunya brings together the creators of Sitayana—a groundbreaking audio retelling of the Ramayana through Sita's eyes. Together with producer Michael Sternfeld, devotional artist Nina Rao, mystic Mirabai Starr, and author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, she explores exile, dharma, silence, devotion, and the moment when Sita says no… and returns to the Earth. In...

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  Creativity Without Chains – From Shadow to Self with Dr. Shamini Jain

  Aug 14, 202556 minS0

  <p>Acharya Shunya is joined by Dr. Shamini Jain—clinical psychologist, award-winning researcher, founder of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, and author of Healing Ourselves. Drawing from her Jain upbringing, her work in biofield science, and her love for the goddess, music and mantra, Dr. Jain speaks with Acharya Shunya about the healing source field, the four paths of yoga, and how embracing every part of ourselves—shadow and light—frees both our creativity and our spirit.</p>

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  Shadow to Self with Acharya Shunya

  What Melts the Shadow? A Journey Through Five Inner Glaciers

  Jul 24, 202517 minS0

  <p>Beneath your spiritual practices may live five ancient forces freezing your truth: the kleshas. In this poetic and piercing episode, Acharya Shunya reveals how real Yoga doesn't just soothe you—it thaws the false self. Journey through the inner glaciers of ignorance, ego, attachment, aversion, and fear—and rediscover the Self that's always been there.<br /> This is not lifestyle yoga. This is serious awakening.</p>

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