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Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga

By Benjamin , Lorr

Book information

Publisher
St. Martin's Press;St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN
9780312672904, 9781250017529, 031267290X, 1250017521, 9781250042781, 125004278X
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
577 kB (590436 bytes)
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin edition
Pages
viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Benjamin;Yoga -- PhilosophyYoga--Philosophy;Biography;Lorr

Description

Traces the author's journey through the world of competitive yoga, documenting his fantastical encounters with athletic prodigies, celebrities and hucksters while visiting studios throughout the country and while competing at the elite National Yoga Asana Championship.;Prologue: Bombproof? -- Part I: It never gets any easier (if you are doing it right) --Part II: The living curriculum -- Part III: Not dead yet! -- Part IV: Like kool-aid for water -- Part V: Sickness of the infinitude -- Part VI: All lies are aspirational -- Part VII: Finding balance.

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