Travels With a Swami

<p><strong>In the mid-1970s a 20-something party girl from LA becomes aware of the spiritual life in India and decides to travel there. She meets a female Swami in a Himalayan ashram and the women then spend 5 weeks traveling together to holy shrines throughout South India.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Her travels begin in Spain and Italy funded by the proceeds of a coffee table book she compiled and sold to Bantam Books New York. Her true journey begins when she meets a charismatic female swami and together they embark on an adventure of a lifetime visiting many spiritual pilgrimage sites rarely seen by foreigners.</p><p><br></p><p>In a very personal detailed and intimate portrait of a special journey author Laura D'Auri takes the reader through a world unknown to most people. She entertains her readers with one-of-a-kind experiences including:</p><p><br></p><p>●               Visiting various Hindu pilgrimage shrines.</p><p>●               Spending time at an ashram in the Himalayas.</p><p>●               Getting dysentery in Benares.</p><p>●               Experiencing a 2000-year-old labyrinth.</p><p>●               Visiting a holy shrine high on a mountain.</p><p>●               Enjoying city life with friends in Chennai.</p><p><br></p><p>Full of heart <em>Travels With A Swami</em> follows Laura's travels from the mundane to the sacred to the dangerous and everywhere in between. It's a perfect read for those fascinated by travel and India or anyone interested in spirituality. Those who enjoy learning about Hinduism will relate to many of the themes and anecdotes.</p>