Rudi and the Green Apple: A Story of Love and Transformation

This is a wonderfully written and sincere account of a young woman's spiritual journey with a remarkable teacher, Rudi. Inspiring, and heartfelt, with a clear writing style. Well done!

This beautiful book gives the reader a taste of the special relationship that exsists between a guru and disciple. In this heart touching story Faith paints a vivid picture of her teacher, Rudi. His personality, teachings, and enthusiastic love for people is clearly conveyed for the reader. It is easy to feel a great affection for this man too! Faith tells the story of how this special person came into her life and tranformed her world, and her view herself. There are really nice pictures and illustrations as well as a recipe that adds nicely to the book. A wonderful, inspiring story!

Rudi and The Green Apple is a must-read for anyone truly interested in using the teachings of yoga for spiritual growth. While the stories it shares are told in an easy, conversational style, what it transmits is profound. The book itself helps us gaze into the life of an incredible yogi and partake of some of his depth and power through the eyes of a young student. This kind of guru-disciple relationship is not common in our society but as this book reveals, it can give us the tools for transformation so many of us seek. This is a book I will return to many times as I try to understand in my own life how the spiritual path of yoga truly works.

This book inspired me to dig deeper into my own soul. I laughed, I cried, my heart broke open as I read. Faith Stone, with word snapshots, shows us the life and teachings of a unique and extraordinary American Yogi, Swami Rudrananda. She writes honestly, simply, and with depth about her experiences while studying with him and about how she has applied what she learned to her own life. This is not a meditation manual. Rather, it is a juicy, zesty, deliciously dramatic adventure into realms of consciousness that one might think are not attainable for the ordinary person.....BUT...Read this book and think again! Beautiful layout and illustrations harmonize perfectly with the text.

It is a rare privilege to read this beautifully designed and sweetly written book about the even more rare privilege of being the student of a Siddah Yogi in the U.S. Author Faith Stone writes from her heart about her almost unbelievable experiences as the student of Swami Rudrananda. In the process she manages to convey a good overview and very down-to-earth explanation of Rudi's teachings. The book is filled with love, spiritual wisdom and beautiful art work. A very moving book--not to be missed by spiritual seekers! It is truly a precious gift.