Yoga Bitch: One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment [Paperback]
- Author by Morrison, Suzanne
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Editorial Reviews
Based on her one-woman show, "Yoga Bitch" is an entertaining chronicle of Morrison's attempt to cast aside her fears, neuroses, and materialism in order to find a path to enlightenment and inner peace.
From Publisher
What happens when a coffee-drinking, cigarette-smoking, steak-eating twenty-five-year-old atheist decides it is time to get in touch with her spiritual side? Not what you'd expect...
When Suzanne Morrison decides to travel to Bali for a two-month yoga retreat, she wants nothing more than to be transformed from a twenty-five-year-old with a crippling fear of death into her enchanting yoga teacher, Indra--a woman who seems to have found it all: love, self, and God.
But things don't go quite as expected. Once in Bali, she finds that her beloved yoga teacher and all of her yogamates wake up every morning to drink a large, steaming mug...of their own "urine." Sugar is a mortal sin. Spirits inhabit kitchen appliances. And the more she tries to find her higher self, the more she faces her cynical, egomaniacal, cigarette-, wine-, and chocolate-craving "lower" self.
"Yoga Bitch "chronicles Suzanne's hilarious adventures and misadventures as an aspiring yogi who might be just a bit too skeptical to drink the Kool-Aid. But along the way she discovers that no spiritual effort is wasted; even if her yoga retreat doesn't turn her into the gorgeously calm, wise believer she hopes it will, it does plant seeds that continue to blossom in surprising ways over the next decade of her life.
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When Suzanne Morrison decides to travel to Bali for a two-month yoga retreat, she wants nothing more than to be transformed from a twenty-five-year-old with a crippling fear of death into her enchanting yoga teacher, Indra--a woman who seems to have found it all: love, self, and God.
But things don't go quite as expected. Once in Bali, she finds that her beloved yoga teacher and all of her yogamates wake up every morning to drink a large, steaming mug...of their own "urine." Sugar is a mortal sin. Spirits inhabit kitchen appliances. And the more she tries to find her higher self, the more she faces her cynical, egomaniacal, cigarette-, wine-, and chocolate-craving "lower" self.
"Yoga Bitch "chronicles Suzanne's hilarious adventures and misadventures as an aspiring yogi who might be just a bit too skeptical to drink the Kool-Aid. But along the way she discovers that no spiritual effort is wasted; even if her yoga retreat doesn't turn her into the gorgeously calm, wise believer she hopes it will, it does plant seeds that continue to blossom in surprising ways over the next decade of her life.
suzannemorrison.blogspot.com
Reviews
- From Publishers Weekly
- This winning memoir first took shape as a one-woman show that Morrison still performs in her native Seattle, and it translates nicely to written form: the author's voice is thoughtful, honest, and hilarious. Morrison looks back on her younger self with a mix of empathy and exasperation, touching off her story with the intense fear of death that overtook her when she turned 25, just a month after September 11. Her new yoga teacher, the serene Indra, offers her an opportunity to improve her yoga and connect with her spirituality via a two-month retreat in Bali. There, Morrison embraces her yoga practice, improving poses but remaining skeptical of poseurs. Journal entries from that time alternately pulsate with enthusiasm for yoga, Morrison's yoga-mates, and the Earthand ooze irritation at coffee cravings, self-righteousness, and others' insistence on drinking their own urine. Morrison finds some of what she sought, including the courage to end her sputtering romantic relationship. (Aug.) Copyright 2011 Reed Business Information.
- From Booklist
- Morrison doesn't believe in God, but she wants to believe in something. So she follows her yoga teacher, Indra, to Bali for an intensive two-month retreat. Will she become one of those New Age wanderers, traveling from ashram to sweat lodge in search of spiritual epiphanies? Hardly. Practically from day one, when she balks at the idea of urine therapy, it's clear that her skepticism will remain firmly intact. If only pursuing the higher path would allow for milkshakes and cigarettes, she would find it much easier to follow. Throughout her memoir, written largely as journal entries, Morrison is unflinchingly honest, poking easy fun at herself, her companions, and her surroundings, sharing eye rolls with her readers. But this belies a more substantial journey. Morrison left Bali exhausted and disillusioned, yet the seeds for transformation were planted and eventually sprouted. The lessons from Bali ultimately led her stop pursuing the life she was supposed to want and start leading the one that nourishes her. The faith she so desperately sought turns out to be love.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)
Quote Reviews
- "A smart, funny, and keenly observed travelogue of a modern yogini's quest for awakening. "Yoga Bitch" flows like a quirky vinyasa, with each pose just twisted enough to be hilarious." --Anne Cushman, author of "Enlightenment for Idiots: A Novel
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"Suzanne Morrison has been through the yoga wars, she has the literal scars to prove it, and she's produced a hilarious and thoughtful memoir."--Neal Pollack, author of "Stretch"
"Brings the higher path down to Earth with refreshing honesty."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Thoughtful, honest, and hilarious."--"Publishers Weekly " - "Yoga Bitch is an unabashedly romantic book, in the very best way--like watching your funniest, most sardonic friend realize that she's head-over-heels in love." --Claire Dederer, Author of "Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Poses"
"A smart, funny, and keenly observed travelogue of a modern yogini's quest for awakening. "Yoga Bitch" flows like a quirky vinyasa, with each pose just twisted enough to be hilarious." --Anne Cushman, author of "Enlightenment for Idiots: A Novel
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"Suzanne Morrison has been through the yoga wars, she has the literal scars to prove it, and she's produced a hilarious and thoughtful memoir."--Neal Pollack, author of "Stretch"
"Brings the higher path down to Earth with refreshing honesty."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Thoughtful, honest, and hilarious."--"Publishers Weekly "
"I love this book. In an era of so much truth telling and blogging and reality shows we forget how well true stories can be told, when they're in the right hands. Yoga B
Product Detail
ISBN: 0307717445
EAN: 9780307717443
Media: Book
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Publication Date: 08-2011
Language: English
Pages: 339
Dimensions: 7.92 x 5.29 x 0.79
Weight: 0.58
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