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Janavi Held

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Born

The United States

Website

https://letterstomyoldestfriend.com

Genre

Poetry, Spirituality, Philosophy

Member Since

July 2017

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Janavi Held starting writing poetry and wandering around with her father’s camera as a child. At the age of nineteen, she began practicing Bhakti yoga. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Goddard College where she studied poetry, photography, and media studies. She is the author of, Letters to My Oldest Friend, a book of poetry and photography. She has contributed poems to two poetry anthologies, Bhakti Blossoms: A Collection of Contemporary Vaishnavi Poetry and the upcoming, GODDESS: When She Rules: Expressions by Contemporary Women. She hails from New York, where she was born into a family of writers and publishers.

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[image error]Janavi before she got sick

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I am taking care of my sister Janavi who has been ill and in terrible pain for 6 years. She has been diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Cachexia (wasting), and Abdominal Adhesions which we think are actually systemic. During much of her ill

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Average rating: 4.67 · 12 ratings · 3 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Goddess: When She Rules by Catherine L. Schweig (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Julia W. Prentice (Editor), Sandra M. Allagapen (Editor) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whispers from Her Deathbed: A Posthumous Poetry Collection 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bhakti Blossoms: A Collection of Contemporary Vaishnavi Poetry by Catherine L. Schweig (Goodreads Author), Pranada Comtois (Goodreads Author), Janavi Held (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to My Oldest Friend it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Janavi’s Quotes

“People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves
without wondering. ”
― Saint Augustine

tags: spiritual

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“Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.”
~ Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice)”
― Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice

tags: inspirational-quotes

5 likes

“It is love alone that gives worth to all things.”
― St. Teresa of Avila

tags: love

223 likes

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”
― Rumi

tags: dance, inspirational

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