Sita’s Gems: Reclaiming Sita’s Voice from the Shadows, Episode 1 | Shadow to Self Season 2

Описание: An Extended Conversation with the Creators of audiobook Sita's Gems
Hosted by Acharya Shunya

📅 Release Date: December 4, 2025
🎧 Audio version also available on Apple, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms

Sita, the heroine of the Hindu epic Ramayana and a divine feminine avatar of Lakshmi, is often misunderstood. She is remembered for her suffering, praised for her patience, but rarely honored for her sovereignty—her fierce choices, her dharmic fire, and her return to Self.

In this extended 2-hour conversation, Acharya Shunya brings together the creative team behind Sitayana—a powerful 24-passage audio journey that reclaims Sita as a spiritual force in her own right. Together, they explore exile, silence, devotion, dharma, defiance, and the feminine path to awakening.

Guests:

Michael Sternfeld – Producer of Sitayana and lifelong devotee of the Ramayana

Nina Rao – Executive Producer, devotional chant artist, and conservation advocate

Mirabai Starr – Mystic, author, and translator of feminine spiritual texts

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni – Award-winning novelist and author of The Forest of Enchantments

Highlights Include:

✔️ What it means to center Sita—not Rama—in the Ramayana
✔️ How devotion, silence, and resistance live together in the feminine
✔️ Reflections from bhakti, interspiritual mysticism, and sacred storytelling
✔️ A powerful excerpt from the Sitayana passage: “Sita Returns to Mother Earth”
✔️ A devotional chant offered by Nina Rao for Maa Sita

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