Linda Johnsen

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Linda Johnsen (born 1954 in Chicago) is an author on yoga and other aspects of Hinduism. She earned a Masters degree in Eastern Studies and did post-graduate work in Comparative Religions at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. In addition she spent decades studying Eastern traditions with Shakta and Shaivite yogis in India and North America. Johnsen's essays have appeared in numerous magazines including Yoga International, Yoga Journal, and Yoga Plus, as well as in many anthologies. Her books include:

  • Daughters of the Goddess: The Women Saints of India (1994)
  • The Living Goddess (1999)
  • Meditation is Boring? Putting Life in Your Spiritual Practice(2000)
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism (2002)
  • Alpha Teach Yourself Yoga (2003)
  • A Thousand Suns (2004)
  • Lost Masters: Sages of Ancient Greece (2006)
  • Kirtan! Chanting as a Spiritual Path (2007)

Much of the above information can be found in *The Complete Idiot's Guide To Hinduism