Stories of Our Lives: Awakened Living Through Sacred Mythology

Janet Stone

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Stories of Our Lives: Awakened Living Through Sacred Mythology

Stories of Our Lives: Awakened Living Through Sacred Mythology

Janet Stone

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Weaving the wisdom of ancient Hindu tales with contemporary analysis and guided meditations, Stories of Our Lives illustrates how these age-old stories teach universal lessons and insights for understanding ourselves today.

Passed down for generations, India's puranas consist of ancient tales and epics filled with rich symbolism, beloved characters and deities, and sage lessons for understanding the world. Stories of Our Lives presents a retelling of eight classic tales, along with a detailed analysis of their symbolism and contemporary significance, reflection questions for contemplation, guided meditations, mudras, and mantras.

Whether you are a devoted student of the puranas or this is your first introduction to them, you will find something to identify with in these engaging, wisdom-filled stories.

TIME-HONORED CLASSICS: Stories of Our Lives includes classic Hindu epics such as the stories of Lakshmi, Durga, Hanuman, and other gods and goddesses. Told with engrossing, eloquent prose, author Janet Stone breathes new life into these time-honored tales

EXPERIENCED AUTHOR: A dedicated student of yoga since first traveling to India, the birthplace of her grandfather, Janet Stone has more than 30 years' experience studying Hinduism and more than 20 years' experience as a Vinyasa and Bhakti yoga teacher

ANALYSIS & GUIDED MEDITATIONS: Accompanying each tale is an in-depth analysis of the story's major themes and symbols and its contemporary significance. Additionally, to further apply the wisdom of the stories in your own life and spiritual practice, each story includes reflection questions and exercises, guided meditations and movement practices, mudras, and mantras

DEEPEN YOUR YOGA PRACTICE: The wisdom and spiritual teachings found within the puranas are inextricably linked to the practice of yoga. Stories of Our Lives provides an opportunity for the beginner yogi to deepen their knowledge of yogic tradition and enhance their practice in the process

About the Author

Janet Stone has been a dedicated yoga practitioner since 1996 when she traveled to India, the birthplace of her grandfather. Weaved within her Vinyasa practice is Bhakti yoga, which creates a unified movement of awareness and breath. Janet leads immersions, retreats and workshops all over the globe.

Critical Reviews

"In 2000 or so, I walked into a Janet Stone yoga class. My inner life shifted. Janet is a devoted student of her teachers, and her teachers' teachers. Her ever-renewed being-ness, her showing up for all of life, and breathing through it all, glimmers and shines in this book. Her wise and pithy sharing of tales reveals the aspects of my contemporary self within fascinating ancient narratives. Long before there was Internal Family Systems, there were puranas."--Ashley Judd, MPA, author, humanitarian, and actor

"With reverence and grounded grace, Janet Stone invites us into the ancient stories that have shaped her life, so we can practice remembering ourselves. Stories of Our Lives is an offering of myth as living wisdom, as archetypal mirrors through which we see our own evolution. These words are radiant and alive, both balm and awakening for us."--Elena Brower, bestselling author of Practice You and Hold Nothing

"This beautiful and heartfelt book not only contains captivating versions of India's classic myths related in accessible language, but it also invites profound contemplation of the import of those stories for our lives. It is the perfect book to read to kids and give to teens, but also a wonderful read for all those adults who still love a good story and who understand that if we lose our mythology, we lose our humanity. Highly recommended."--Christopher (Hareesh) Wallis, MA, MPhil, PhD

"Janet has poured her whole being into Stories of Our Lives, a luminous weaving of ancient teachings, lived experience, and soul. Her storytelling is medicine: grounded in practice, generous in spirit, and alive with love. She carries the wisdom of the pura?as with reverence, yet brings them into the modern world with a clarity and warmth that make them feel profoundly relevant. Every page is an offering, an invitation to listen deeply, to remember who we truly are, and to live these timeless truths in our own imperfect, beautiful, human way."--Seane Corn, yoga teacher and author of Revolution of the Soul

Publishing Information

Publisher: Mandala Publishing
Pub date: 2026-06-23
Length: 224 pages

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