Publications
Embodied Enlightenment — Living Your Awakening in Every Moment
First edition published by New Harbinger Publications, 2017
New Edition published by New Sarum Press, 2022
“Amoda’s book is a guide to secular awakening, and an antidote to spiritual bypassing.”
“With diamond-like clarity, a cup of compassion, and an almost poetic intensity, Amoda Maa debunks the myth of enlightenment, addressing many commonly held concerns and questions about the process of awakening. No topic is off limits in this conversation as she dismantles the scaffolding of our defenses, our beliefs—the very mechanism of seeking itself. In this beautiful book, you are invited to dive in, face your personal wounds with ‘courage and tender honesty,’ challenge your assumptions, and root the full flowering of your consciousness in the very belly of your humanity.”
— Kirtana, singer, songwriter, and recording artist of songs for awakening
This book is a rich resource for the contemporary spiritual seeker. Nonduality traditionally focusses only on the pristine state of emptiness but Embodied Enlightenment delves deeply into the often messy earthly dimension of ordinary life.
“Embodied Enlightenment eloquently challenges us to honestly and intimately meet our experience just as it is, and to awaken out of the trance of the perpetually seeking separate self. This is a deeply illuminating description of how an awakened life transmutes the ordinary arenas of relationships, work, sex, money, the body, and life purpose. A beautifully written, inspiring, and distinctly feminine call to consciously embody the unfolding edge of evolution. I highly recommend it!”
— John J.Prendergast, PhD, author of In Touch, adjunct professor of psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies, and psychotherapist
Falling Open in a World Falling Apart — The Essential Teaching of Amoda Maa
Published by Larsons Publications, October 2020
This book offers the jewel of Amoda Maa's teaching—the invitation of openness as the key to awakening and inner freedom in the midst of troubled times.
“Such a timely book! Amoda’s clarity of writing makes the universal inner wisdom relevant and accessible to the seeker in these troubled times.”
“The invitation to fall open and to embrace what appears to be falling apart has always been a vital part of the lived awakening experience. And now that the world is shaking and―dare I say it―in the process of transformation, there is an urgency to the task at hand. Amoda speaks to this directly, and stirs the heart. Her voice is eloquent and precise―a rich and extraordinarily valuable contribution to the current zeitgeist. I cannot recommend her―and this, her latest book―highly enough.”
— Miranda Macpherson, spiritual teacher and author of The Way of Grace
“I love that Amoda Maa includes and works with our humanness, rather than attempting to ignore or by-pass the messiness and difficulties of everyday life. But she doesn’t get entangled in the mess either. Instead, Amoda invites a falling open into “the groundless ground of unbroken presence,” the openness that allows everything to be as it is. Paradoxically, this is exactly where genuine transformation happens. There is a gentle tenderness in this book. The words come from the heart, from clear seeing, and from the openness that the book invites the reader to discover. Falling Open is a beautiful book that I highly recommend.”
— Joan Tollifson, author of Death: The End of Self-Improvement and Nothing to Grasp