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

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

by Benjamin Lorr (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

Benjamin Lorr walks into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious. A run-in with a competitive yoga champion means his simple desire to tone up soon transforms into obsessive training for a national championship. But this is Bikram Yoga, distinguished from more `conventional' forms by extreme heat, an overt, almost masochistic focus on pain, and the rabid materialism of its founder, the enigmatic Bikram Choudhury. Hell-Bent is a look at the science behind a controversial practice, a story of greed and corruption, and a mind-bending tale of personal transformation that will change the way you view both yoga and the inspirational potential of the human body.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Published: 02 Jan 2014
ISBN 10: 1408836416
ISBN 13: 9781408836415
Book Overview: A remarkable investigation into the world of Bikram Yoga, by turns shocking, hilarious and enlightening.

Media Reviews
Extraordinarily thoughtful ... It is as once a searching act of self-examination, a fascinating scientific investigation, a brave spiritual endeavor, and a fair-minded look at one of yoga's most controversial icons. All in all, reading Hell-Bent makes for a wonderful, inspiring, maddening, complicated, edifying journey - and one that I was very happy to take * Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love *
Just when you thought yoga couldn't get any hotter ... Here comes a New York insider's guide to the practice that is causing devotees to think again * Daily Telegraph *
Hell Bent is witty and wise. If you don't practice yoga, read it anyway - you may learn something about the impulse for self-transcendence. And if you do practice yoga, you will laugh and cry with recognition * New York Times *
Among the archness is an interesting debate about the interplay of the mental and physical in life - and sport - and how learning to use mind over body can achieve startling results * Book of the Week, Independent *
Fascinating ... Hell-Bent is an inspiring, well-researched and hilarious account of one man's transformation into a postural yoga champ * Australian Men's Fitness *
Didn't get into barefoot running after reading Christopher McDougall's best-selling Born to Run? You'll be inspired to strip down into your intimates for hot yoga after devouring this read * Marie Claire *
Author Bio
Benjamin Lorr graduated from Columbia University with a degree in creative writing. He is certified to teach Bikram Yoga and lives in New York.