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LOS ANGELES — Journey With Paramahansa Yogananda , a new collection of 49 talks by Sri Daya Mata (1914–2010), will be released November 9 by Self-Realization Fellowship and is now available for pre-order. Daya Mata was one of Paramahansa Yogananda’s closest disciples. Often referred to as the “Father of Yoga in the West,” Yogananda helped bring India’s ancient science of Yoga to a worldwide audience. In the book, Daya Mata shares how Yogananda’s spiritual training shaped her approach to meditation, her relationship with God and others, and the challenges and responsibilities of daily life. The book arrives in the 80th anniversary year of Yogananda’s spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi .

For more than two decades, Daya Mata received Yogananda’s personal spiritual training and instruction, putting his teachings into practice.…