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Yoga School Dropout

by Lucy Edge · 2005

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In this account, Lucy Edge looks back on the period when she left a career in advertising behind and set off for India. Her aim was a sense of calm and a more supple body, and she hoped to find something deeper in the country's ashrams and among its teachers. The book tracks the mix of hope and frustration that came with that search, as she tested the disciplines she had come to learn against the realities of daily life far from home. Readers who enjoy a candid, wry look at spiritual seeking will find plenty here.

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healthhealthMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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women’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
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spiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of this
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IndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 341 pages

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