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ST. MARTIN'S PRESS OCTOBER 2012<br />
Hell-Bent<br />
Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like<br />
Transcendence in Competitive Yoga<br />
Benjamin Lorr<br />
In the spirit of Born to Run and Word Freak, an eye-opening<br />
look at the world of extreme yoga and a tale of personal<br />
transformation<br />
HEALTH & FITNESS / YOGA<br />
St. Martin's Press | October 2012<br />
9780312672904 | $25.99/$29.99 Can.<br />
Hardback | 288 pages | Carton Qty:<br />
9.25in H | 6.13in W<br />
Includes 7 black-and-white photographs<br />
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Yoga is practiced by 20 million Americans and has grown into a $6 billion<br />
industry. Tales abound of the benefits that come from stretching your limbs—and<br />
your sense of self—to the limit. Author Benjamin Lorr began as a casual yogi, but<br />
he quickly witnessed a transformation of body, mood, and energy. He was<br />
studying Bikram Yoga (or “hot yoga”), when a run-in with a master and<br />
competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture—a group of<br />
yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110 degree heat were just the<br />
start.<br />
So begins a journey into the strange, amazing world of competitive yoga.<br />
Populated by athletic prodigies, wide-eyed celebrities, and predatory hucksters, it's<br />
a nation-spanning trip—from the jam-packed studios of New York to the athletic<br />
performance labs of the University of Oregon to the stage at the National Yoga<br />
Asana Championship, where Lorr competes for glory.<br />
The culmination of two years of research, featuring hundreds of interviews with<br />
yogis, scientists, doctors, and scholars, Hell-bent will change the way you look at<br />
yoga.<br />
BENJAMIN LORR graduated from Columbia University with a degree in creative writing. He is<br />
certified to teach Bikram Yoga and lives in New York.<br />
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