I really enjoyed reading this book. I even loved the cover. The author was funny and honest about the transformative power of a daily yoga practice. I found it refreshing. I relived my yoga teacher training and at times wished I could go back and at other times I am thankful that it's over. The author shares exact journal entries from her two-month yoga retreat in Bali and then personal reflections from the past decade to lessons she's learned since her retreat. Most of all she reminds us that we are not perfect. That is what yoga teaches us. This is an easy book to read. Well paced and ties into both the ambivalence of western culture and the Eastern escapism we have as a quick fix alternative. Have a regular yoga practice i like the way this book drops in the sub-culture, questioning it and celebrating it at the same time. It also plays with what happens when we learn more about the people we idealise.She is a believable character which makes sense because as it turns out, it's a true story. For a record I'm skeptical about her South American drug story - in that she talks about peyote but describes something more along the lines of the ayahuasca ceremony..
light, fun, relatable, and made me fall in love with my own yoga practice a little bit more.
—kellykakes
Fantastic, honest and enlightening beach read for yogis (or aspiring yogis)
—Raeby101
It's like a collected personal blog essays.
—normaa
The right book at the right time for me.
—luvsanimals
