'A wonderful story of a modern woman’s journey from worldly pursuits - fame, fortune, love - to initiation into an ancient, sacred traditional lineage of Hindu monks. How Jeanette O’Shea becomes Swamini Nityananda on the banks of Ganges in a city where sooner or later all freedom seekers come.' Mary Lou (Meya) Miller From a life of privilege, of luxury yachts, Gucci t-shirts and Louis Vuitton handbags, newspaper journalist Jeanette O’Shea left it all for a Himalayan hermitage, and ultimately initiation into the sacred order of Vedic monks. This is a story of the world’s most ancient and profound teachings, its teachers and the rare few who come to listen. This is an insight into life as a sadhu, one who leaves everything to plumb the spiritual depths in a bid to know the secrets of the soul. 3