In our June Urban Devi Sanga, Citi Sakti Devi Dasi presented on the topic: Transcendental Transformation. Spirituality offers an attractive solution to life’s problems. However, the very same problems that lead us to divinity, are often where our ability to connect more deeply can be discovered. Unfortunately, many of us may try to bypass our humanity, rather than transform and transcend it, which means we may then lose out on the opportunity to go deeper through our challenges.Please click here or on the video image below to listen to this special discussion, and find out more about how being human and experiencing psychological distress can be a catalyst for spiritual growth.
Bio: Citi-Śakti Devi is a caring, dynamic leader and powerhouse of spiritual inspiration who is very dear to countless devotees worldwide. She is a disciple of Bhakti Tirtha Swami and has been practicing and sharing Krishna consciousness for 30 years, serving internationally as a speaker, mentor, and sangha leader. She is an executive member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Spirituality and Psychiatry SiG and co-founder of MindSpace - a mental health service for devotees in the UK.
She graduated from Imperial College as a medical doctor in the 1990s & specialized as a psychiatrist. She combines over 25 years of experience in scientific advances in mental health with Krishna consciousness.
For over 15 years she's regularly broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 and BBC world service where she is well known for her spiritual commentary on current affairs, mental health and wellbeing.
As a thought leader in mental health and spirituality, she has spoken at several large international organizations such as Intel, EY, Goldman Sachs, Accenture and Barclays, as well as at the House of Commons. As an author she has contributed chapters to several books and is published in peer reviewed journals.