How did the idea of sadhana describe a believer's path of continuing transformation?

In the context of the New Age movement, the term sadhana describes a path of continual growth and transformation. Rather than referring strictly to the traditional Hindu or Buddhist practice of ritualized spiritual exercise or deity evocation, New Age believers adopted the concept to represent the personal journey an individual undertakes to obtain a foretaste of a future era of heightened spiritual consciousness.123

By engaging in this path, followers believed that initial personal changes would set them on a trajectory of ongoing development. This process was supported by various tools integrated into the movement—such as meditation, astrology, and yoga—which were used to facilitate this internal evolution. Ultimately, the movement posited that if a sufficient number of individuals committed to this personal sadhana, it would contribute to a broader, collective awakening and the eventual transformation of society.14