0 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:0.0

Sally Kempton’s Followers (103)

Sally’s Bookshelves

to-read (1)
currently-reading (0)
read (1)

Sally’s Friends (8)

Lisa

951 books | 111 friends

Blue

1,013 books | 113 friends

Sarah

713 books | 116 friends

John Forman

3,310 books | 11 friends

Lynda Terry

116 books | 10 friends

Alvaro Fernandez

76 books | 211 friends

Teri

323 books | 15 friends

Maureen Quinlan

0 books | 42 friends

Sally Kempton

Goodreads Author

Born

The United States

Website

https://www.sallykempton.com

Twitter

sally_kempton

Genre

Spirituality, Nonfiction, Self Help

Member Since

December 2012

edit data

Sally Kempton is a widely respected teacher of meditation and spiritual wisdom, known for her capacity to kindle meditative states in others, and to help students work with meditative experience as a framework for practical life-change. A former journalist who wrote for Esquire, New York, and the Village Voice, she has spent over four decades practicing, teaching, and writing on meditation and spiritual philosophy. Sally spent 20 years as a swami in a traditional Vedic order of monks. She was deeply trained in the teachings of Kashmir Shaivism and Vedanta under the guidance of her enlightened teacher, Swami Muktananda.

Sally is the author of the best-selling books "Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga" and of ...more

Combine Editions
Sally Kempton’s books

Average rating: 4.29 · 2,748 ratings · 223 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga 4.39 avg rating — 1,292 ratings — published 2013 — 15 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
	Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience by Sally Kempton (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.27 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 2010 — 16 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
	Awakening to Kali: The Goddess of Radical Transformation 4.14 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2014	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
	Beginning Meditation: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience 3.72 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Shakti Meditations: Guided Practices to Invoke the Goddesses of Yoga 4.74 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Doorways to the Infinite: The Art and Practice of Tantric Meditation 4.52 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Heart of Meditation 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2002	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
	The On-Time, On-Target Manager: How a "Last-Minute Manager" Conquered Procrastination it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Shakti sinussa by Sally Kempton (Goodreads Author), Kaya Brandt (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Les Secrets de la Shakti by Sally Kempton (Goodreads Author), Véronique Merland (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

More books by Sally Kempton…

Quotes by Sally Kempton (?)

“It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.”
― Sally Kempton

59 likes

“The Tantric sages tell us that our in-breath and out-breath actually mirror the divine creative gesture. With the inhalation, we draw into our own center, our own being. With the exhalation, we expand outward into the world.”
― Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

tags: awakening, breath, breathing, divinity, meditation, shakti, spirituality, tantra, tantric, tantrika

33 likes

“When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women.”
― Sally Kempton, Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience

tags: empowering-quotes-for-women, equality, female, feminism, sally-kempton, women-s-rights

18 likes

See all Sally Kempton's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
UK Book Club: * What Are You Reading Now	10301	4706	Nov 17, 2025 10:36PM

Sally’s Quotes

tags: awakening, breath, breathing, divinity, meditation, shakti, spirituality, tantra, tantric, tantrika

33 likes

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. There are many ways to kneel and kiss the ground. RUMI”
― Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

7 likes

“Durga is the strength and protective power in nature, Lakshmi is its beauty. As Kali is the darkness of night and the great dissolve into nirvana, Lakshmi is the brightness of day and the expansiveness of teeming life. She can be found in rich soil and flowing waters, in streams and lakes that teem with fish. She is one of those goddesses whose signature energy is most accessible through the senses. You can detect her in the fragrance of flowers or of healthy soil. You can see her in the leafed-out trees of June and hear her voice in morning birdsong. If Durga is military band music and Kali heavy metal, Lakshmi is Mozart. She’s chocolate mousse, satiny sheets, the soft feeling of water slipping through your fingers. Lakshmi is growth, renewal, sweetness.”
― Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

8 likes

Sally’s Friend Comments

No comments have been added yet.