Josie Smith - Diary of a Sheilding Yogini

Diary of a Shielding Yogini is a record of an historic time, full of intimate details that illustrate the effect of the global pandemic on the lives of three generations of Josie Smith’s family.  It is an uplifting account, which shows the sustaining power of a positive attitude and faith in the essential goodness of humanity.

The glory of nature and the changing seasons are evoked as the reader is taken on walks through the Welsh countryside, wild swimming in the river Teifi and the Irish Sea, and woven throughout is a stillness and inner strength derived from a lifetime of spiritual practices and the support and guidance of an enlightened spiritual teacher.

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An account of the virus year from someone tapping into the experience of millions who don’t want to get it and are afraid.  It is a love story: Love in a Time of Covid.  A love that grows to counter the fear building before the advancing plague. It’s a work you can hold onto as if it were something you yourself had written.

Dic Edwards, playwright and poet.

Everyone has been touched in some way by the Covid-19 pandemic, we all have a tale to tell, many tales will be told and amongst the pandemonium, some will stand out. This one shines. Whatever you may believe, or not believe, there is a depth to Josie’s story that reaches beyond its subject to touch the nerve endings of humanity.

Karen Gemma Brewer