Hell-bent
Subtitle: obsession, pain, and the search for something like transcendence in competitive yoga
By: Benjamin Lorr
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780312672904; 9781250017529
Subjects: Philosophy; Yoga
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A short note on folk singing and the space between solutions --; title: Prologue: bombproof? --; title: It never gets any easier (if you are doing it right) --; title: The living curriculum --; title: Not dead yet! --; title: Like kool-aid for water --; title: Sickness of the infinitude --; title: All lies are aspirational --; title: Finding balance