{"product_id":"hell-bent-obsession-pain-and-the-search-for-something-like-transcendence-in-competitive-yoga","title":"Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBenjamin Lorr\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250042781\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Griffin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthor Benjamin Lorr wandered into a yoga studio--and fell down a rabbit hole\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHell-Bent\u003c\/i\u003e explores a fascinating, often surreal world at the extremes of American yoga. Benjamin Lorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He was studying Bikram Yoga (or \"hot yoga\") when a run-in with a master and competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture--a group of yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110- degree heat was just the beginning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins a journey. Populated by athletic prodigies, wide-eyed celebrities, legitimate medical miracles, and predatory hucksters, it's a nation-spanning trip--from the jam-packed studios of New York to the athletic performance labs of the University of Oregon to the stage at the National Yoga Asana Championship, where Lorr competes for glory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe culmination of two years of research, and featuring hundreds of interviews with yogis, scientists, doctors, and scholars, \u003ci\u003eHell-Bent\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild exploration. A look at the science behind a controversial practice, a story of greed, narcissism, and corruption, and a mind-bending tale of personal transformation, it is a book that will not only challenge your conception of yoga, but will change the way you view the fragile, inspirational limits of the human body itself.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga | Benjamin Lorr | Paperback | 9781250042781 | Used: Like New | Memoir 1640520","offer_id":48700468297880,"sku":"1640520","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71lwjWrA_HL.jpg?v=1773771694","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/hell-bent-obsession-pain-and-the-search-for-something-like-transcendence-in-competitive-yoga","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}