How Grief Becomes Light

Name: How Grief Becomes Light
Author: https://www.simonandschuster.biz/authors/Suren-Shrestha/239103903
ISBN: 9781591813774

Navigating Loss and the Afterlife with Newari Hindu Rituals

By Suren Shrestha and Ruby Shrestha

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About The Book

Based in one of the world’s oldest wisdom traditions, How Grief Becomes Light is a guide for anyone seeking spiritual support, guidance, and comfort as they navigate loss.

How Grief Becomes Light: Navigating Loss and the Afterlife with Newari Hindu Rituals is both a deeply personal story and a practical companion for anyone walking the path of loss.

When Suren Shestha’s beloved father passed away, he and his family returned to Nepal to honor him through the sacred traditions of their Newar heritage. What began as an intimate farewell became a transformative journey—one that revealed how ritual and remembrance can carry us through grief into healing.

In this compassionate guide, Suren and Ruby Shrestha weave moving narrative with timeless practices from Hindu and Vedic traditions. After each chapter, readers will find gentle, accessible rituals and reflections, including:

• Cherishing final moments and saying goodbye to the body

• Day-by-day guidance for the first weeks of mourning

• Practices to support the soul’s journey after death

• Ways to honor ancestors and plant seeds of remembrance

• Embracing the wisdom of elders, family, and community

• Preparing for one’s own death with grace and courage

With warmth, humor, and spiritual insight, How Grief Becomes Light offers a way to honor loved ones, tend to our own grief, and see loss as part of a larger continuum of love and life.

Whether you are mourning, supporting someone who is grieving, or seeking to understand the mysteries of life and death more deeply, this book is a comforting and inspiring companion.

About The Authors

Suren Shrestha

Suren Shrestha is the author ofHow to Heal with Singing Bowls. Heis a co-founder of the Atma Bhuti® Sound & Vibrational School, aninternationally recognized training center and an approved provider ofCEU’s for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Bodywork(NCBTMB), regulated by the State of Colorado Department of HigherEducation. He also a co-founder of Soul Medicine, a 501(c)3 educationfoundation serving children in Nepal. Suren came to the United States asa teenager from Khandbari, Nepal. He attended college and earned a B.S.in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in envirnmental studies.

Suren returned to Nepal to learn how to practice ancient healing techniques that use sound and vibration. He studied and completed apprenticeship about singing bowls under several different teachers in Asia and Nepal. After learning about the singing bowls, then he wished to share this knowledge with others. He began teaching and wrote the book, How to Heal with Singing Bowls.

Ruby Shrestha

Ruby Shrestha was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, and later movedto Boston to pursue international studies in Computer Science beforebeginning her career in Hospital Administration as an RHIA. Over time,her deep love for sound healing along with the growth of Atma Buti andNow N Zen made it clear that a meaningful shift in her professional pathwas calling.Today, Ruby is dedicated to sharing sound energy and various healingtools with the world, helping as many people as possible experience theprofound, natural, and beautiful benefits of this practice. Her passionfor chanting mantras is yet another expression of sound healing and anessential part of the offering she brings to others.She is the co-founder and Director of the Atma Buti Sound &Vibrational School and serves as the Vice President of Now N Zen, LLC.Ruby now resides in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Suren, andtheir daughter, Sarina.