Sally Kempton is a widely respected teacher of meditation and spiritual wisdom, known for her capacity to kindle meditative states in others, and to help students work with Kashmiri Shaivite teachings as the framework for practical life-change. A former swami in a Vedic tradition, she has spent more than 45 years studying and teaching Kashmir Shaivism, meditation, and self-inquiry. Sally is the author of the best-selling Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga and of Meditation for the Love of It, which Spirituality and Health magazine called “the meditation book your heart wants you to read.”