Celeste Yacoboni Article in Mantra Yoga+Health Magazine

by | Apr 20, 2015 | News

Celestes Yacoboni’s article “How Do You Pray? Awareness Beyond the Boundaries of Religion” has been published in Mantra Yoga+Health Magazine (Issue 9). The article features photos of Celeste taken by Jennifer Esperanza. Click the image below to enlarge the article (a version will open in a separate tab that you can click on to make...

Celeste Yacoboni Article Featured in the Contemplative Journal

by | Mar 22, 2015 | News

Celeste contributed the following article to the Contemplative Journal at http://contemplativejournal.com. In the autumn of 2008 I was blasted with a vision that would change my life forever. Four simple words stopped the activity of my mind and invited me to stillness. Like a koan they invoked reflection like a mirror to the soul. I awoke to illumination in the darkness of early morning. It was an intensity that lit up the room. Yes, it was a voice. I heard the words “How do you pray?” And the voice continued: “How do you dance in ecstasy, bare your soul to the divine, bow in gratitude, cry out for guidance, and merge with nature? Do you pray an hour a week at a designated place of worship or do you take your prayers out to the streets? Do you pray like your parents, culture, or tribe or did you develop another way? Do you pray to God or do you have another special name, or no name at all? Is it a monolog or a conversation, or neither?” The words became visual, and I saw the prayers of every religion and spiritual practice being said, expressed, and felt. I saw the whirling dervishes, the davening Jews, the prostrating Muslims, the meditating Buddhists, the knelling Christians, the adoring Hindus. I saw the dances of the indigenous people all over the world as their feet gently touched the Earth. I heard the songs of praise, longing, and love. I smelled the fragrance and tasted the nectar of devotion. The prayers overlapped and it was all one voice—the voice of our heartbreaking humanity...

Meet Celeste Yacoboni at the Body Event in Santa Fe

by | Mar 15, 2015 | News

Celeste Yacoboni invitest you to the Event at BODY! Come celebrate Spring and the Spirit that unites us with a How Do You Pray? event at Body of Santa Fe, Sunday March 22 at 3 pm. We’ll have contributors sharing and reading their prayers,Sita chanting,a meditation, blessing and celebration! Book signing, tea, cookies and connecting. Free and fun, please join us and invite...

I Said YES to Spirit

by | Dec 6, 2014 | News

Celeste Yacoboni is pleased to have contributed the article “I Said YES! to Spirit” to the December issue of Natural Awakenings ezine. Enjoy the reprint below: About the Book As we evolve, so do our prayers; as our prayers evolve, so do we. This is the evolution of illumination, the collective voice of the soul of the world. How Do You Pray? was born from a vision in which Celeste Yacoboni was told to ask the world, “How Do You Pray?” She reached out to leading spiritual, shamanic, scientific teachers, guides, and activists and asked for their response. Culled from those responses is an original and deeply personal collection of essays. Talking intimately and candidly about how they pray, these personalities encourage the reader to contemplate the intention of prayer in their own life. This collection speaks to the reader’s heart and asks What is your soul’s expression? How do you dance in ecstasy, bare your soul to the divine? Bow in gratitude? Merge with nature? Cry out for guidance? How do you pray? This groundbreaking and moving book gathers responses from leaders of diverse spiritual and religious traditions ranging from Buddhism to Islam to Christianity, as well as those who do not claim one or any particular walk of faith. Contributors include Brother David Steindl-Rast, Matthew Fox, James O’Dea, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Tessa Bielecki, Lama Surya Das, Hank Wesselman, Father Bede Griffiths, Byron Katie, Joan Halifax, Normandi Ellis, Andrew Harvey, Dan Millman, Kristena Prater, Nicki Scully, Mirabai Starr, and...

Energy Awareness Radio Interview with T Love

by | Dec 4, 2014 | News

Excellent feedback to share with How Do You Pray? readers – Celeste Yacoboni received amazing acclaim for her appearance on T Love’s Energy Awareness Radio show. As host T Love wrote: WHAT A FABULOUS SHOW! I had messages on my office voice-mail immediately after the show – that has NEVER happened before!!!! People truly do resonate with this book. Celeste Yacoboni was a phenomenal guest. Click here to listen to the interview (page will automatically play the show). Here is T Love’s loving note to Celeste: Dear Celeste, I LOVED this show, Celeste. Thank you so very much for joining me as my guest on blogtalkradio’s Energy Awareness last evening. The listener response has been extremely positive. The podcast became immediately available after the show and is accessible through http://blogtalkradio.com/energyawareness, my website and blog site as well as iTunes, all of which are free of charge, for those who wish to hear it again or were not able to listen to the live show. I appreciate you sharing your time with me and my listening audience to make last evenings show a great success! After the show, I sent a link to the show via Twitter and posted a review of your book on Amazon.com. Again, thank you for contributing to the success of Energy Awareness Radio. Intending you an abundance of the very best of life’s blessings. Warmest regards, T Love, Host Energy Awareness Radio www.quantumwellness.org How Do You Pray? Inspiring Responses from Religious Leaders, Spiritual Guides, Healers, Activists & Other Lovers of Humanity. About the book: As we evolve, so do our prayers; as our prayers evolve,...

How Do You Pray Book Featured in Gift Basket

by | Dec 1, 2014 | News

We’re proud to share the fact that Celeste Yacoboni’s book, How Do You Pray? has been featured in a “Blessing Gift Basket de Santa Fe for Holy Days and New Year’s Evolutions”. How Do You Pray? Inspiring Responses from Religious Leaders, Spiritual Guides, Healers, Activists & Other Lovers of Humanity. About the book: As we evolve, so do our prayers; as our prayers evolve, so do we. This is the evolution of illumination, the collective voice of the soul of the world. How Do You Pray? was born from a vision in which Celeste Yacoboni was told to ask the world, “How Do You Pray?” She reached out to leading spiritual, shamanic, scientific teachers, guides, and activists and asked for their response. Culled from those responses is an original and deeply personal collection of essays. Talking intimately and candidly about how they pray, these personalities encourage the reader to contemplate the intention of prayer in their own life. This collection speaks to the reader’s heart and asks What is your soul’s expression? How do you dance in ecstasy, bare your soul to the divine? Bow in gratitude? Merge with nature? Cry out for guidance? How do you pray? This groundbreaking and moving book gathers responses from leaders of diverse spiritual and religious traditions ranging from Buddhism to Islam to Christianity, as well as those who do not claim one or any particular walk of faith. Contributors include Brother David Steindl-Rast, Matthew Fox, James O’Dea, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Tessa Bielecki, Lama Surya Das, Hank Wesselman, Father Bede Griffiths, Byron Katie, Joan Halifax, Normandi Ellis, Andrew Harvey, Dan Millman, Kristena Prater, Nicki...

New Dimension Radio Celeste Yacoboni Interview Available Free

by | Nov 26, 2014 | News

New Dimensions is an award winning radio series of deep dialogues with leading-edge thinkers, scientists, artists, healers, ecologists, and spiritual leaders. It is the longest running, most successful independently produced radio interview program on public radio! Their interview with author Celeste Yacoboni, Prayer: The Natural Motion Of The Soul with Celeste Yacoboni, is available for free download or instant streaming through December 9,...