After encountering numerous dead-ends in the path-finding project, and having collected the regular approbations from various yoga lineage explorations, Joan Ruvinsky was drawn back to the solitude of the mountains. There, in the mountains of the southwest, what was recognised led to her to meeting Jean Klein in 1989. Klein, having never taken himself to be a teacher, eliminated the need to be a student, to have a path, a method or a goal. Finally at home in the non-dual wisdom teachings, Joan offered satsang, Pathless Yoga body and breath sensing, and text study groups at her center in Montreal as well as at retreats and seminars in Canada and the US, both in French and English. She is the author of a poetry collection, This Wind, published by The Muses’ Company.

"With deep reverence for this 11th-century text, four women sat with all the translations they could find, chanting the Sanskrit, studying, analyzing, and finally sensing and feeling into each line until there was consensus, a mutual “ah,” and shimmer of recognition in the heart. Ruvinsky’s poetic ponderings, sourced from this deep exploration with her beloved colleagues, her own intuitive understanding, and burnished in the wisdom of pure consciousness, is her final gift to us. I am ever-grateful." – Amy Weintraub, Founder, LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute and author, Yoga for Depression and Yoga Skills for Therapists

"Numerous scholarly works have been published on this text but modern academics seem uninterested or fearful in drawing conclusions from this revelation through experience. Mark Dyczkowski, the rishi of Narad Ghat, is an exception, of course, and his foreword here is sufficient to validate its orthodoxy, of which he is one of the major guarantors. The transposition of this approach into a modern language and the proposed practical explorations that flow from it are due to Joan Ruvinsky’s creativity while at the same time, remain in alignment with the teachings of Jean Klein." – from the Prelude by Eric Baret

"This translation and commentary on Pratyabhijñahrdayam, a seminal text of Kashmiri Shaivism, is done with deep insight and grace." – Phillip Charles Lucas, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies, Stetson University

"Linger with the poetry, ponderings and practices and delve into the intimate mystery of our everyday extraordinary aliveness." – Lorin Roche; Author, The Radiance Sutras

"I Highly recommend this book for beginners as well as adepts of yoga as a joyous celebration and theoretical confirmation of practical experience." – Geetha Anand, Ph.D.., Author, Monistic Theism of the Tirumandiram and Kashmir Saivism

"An instant classic that will be honored, for generations to come. Brilliant and empowering." – Nischala Joy Devi ., Author, The Healing Path of Yoga and The Secret Power of Yoga: A Woman’s Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras.