Uma's Books
My fourth book Sacred Fire: Memoir of A Marriage, poses the question: How do two people who love and respect each other walk hand in hand when they’re navigating very different soul paths? It tells the story of how my spiritual awakening brought us both to a crossroads moment and what happened next.
“I just finished reading Sacred Fire. What a beautiful book! The descriptions stir the senses. The honesty and vulnerable sharing stir the soul. My emotions are heightened in a beautiful way. I’ll be recommending the book to others. I was really touched by it.”
Randy G
“I just spent the day with your words and loved every bit. Such a compelling story. Sacred Fire is a gem of a book.”
Nitya V
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More Praise for Sacred Fire
“I’ve just finished reading your book…it was unputdownable! Such honest, bold writing! Thank you so much for being vulnerable and brave enough to bare ALL of you.”
Maya R
“I finished your book yesterday and I LOVE it! So much wisdom! It is now dog-eared and highlighted. I’ve recommended it to a few people already with more to come. I think there are a lot of lessons people can learn from your book.”
Beth S
“I just finished your book, Uma. It was SO good. You should be really proud of it. Beyond telling a needed story, your courage, self-reflection, and wisdom is going to help a lot of people. You touch on very common (though unique shifts that occur over many years of marriage. I’m going to do everything can to get this book in peoples’ hands!”
Chris B
My third book Lessons From Grace: What A Baby Taught Me About Living and Loving captures life lessons inspired by a spitting, drooling baby. Baby Grace reminds us that we all started life as pure essence trusting in the perfection of divine guidance. But we lost our way and forgot our origins. This book helps you find your way back...to you.
Published by Hay House, Losing Amma, Finding Home: A Memoir About Love, Loss and Life’s Detours is a heartrending narrative of losing a parent, living through the pain, and transforming it to discover one’s true calling and purpose.
When Uma arrives in a Chicago suburb in the spring of 2008 to start life with her husband, 15-year-old daughter and her dreams, she has no clue of the cosmic wheels in motion. Ten days later, her 68-year-old mother who lives in India is diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. Sadly, Uma’s beloved Amma passes away just eight months after her initial diagnosis. Losing her mother plunges Uma into the deepest despair, but more importantly, awakens a sudden clarity and knowing that ‘there has to be more to life than this.’
As she begins to navigate a new country and culture, she is also called on to navigate the lonely terrain of grief. It is when she seeks urgent answers to the big life questions—Who am I? Why am I here? What am I meant to do with this life?—that she begins to find her way back to meaning and joy.
Interweaving two cultures, this transformational memoir brings home the truth that pain can lead to peace, and even a life of great purpose.
Understanding Death: 10 Ways to Inner Peace for the Grieving addresses the top 10 questions every griever struggles to make sense of. What is death? What happens when we die? Why is grief so hard? And many more.
The author’s personal stories are interspersed with spiritual concepts that jolted her awake to look deeply into death, and life. With affirmations, meditations and activities to deepen your experience, this book will change the way you look at death and dying.