Enlightenment for Idiots by Anne Cushman

Enlightenment for Idiots by Anne Cushman

A yoga teacher finds new life in India-just not the one she was expecting.

Nearing thirty, Amanda thought she'd be someone else by now. Instead, she's an ex-nanny yogini-wannabe who cranks out For Idiots travel guides. True, she has a sexy photographer boyfriend, but he's usually off shooting a dogsled race in Alaska or a vision quest in Peru--or just hooking up with other girls. However, she's sure her new assignment to the ashrams of India will change everything.

What she finds, though, is an ashram run by investment bankers, a model-obsessed guru, tantra parties, and silent retreats. India, it turns out, is not the spiritual refuge she'd pictured. But she finds a friend in Devi Das, a redheaded sadhu who refers to himself as we. And when a holy lunatic on the street offers her an enigmatic blessing, Amanda realizes a new life may be in store for her--just not the one she was expecting.

Anne Cushman directs the Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in northern California, where she also teaches retreats and seminars on a regular basis. She is the coauthor of From Here to Nirvana: The Yoga Journal Guide to Spiritual India, which she contributed to both Yoga Journal and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

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ISBN 13	9780307381651
ISBN 10	030738165X
Title	Enlightenment for Idiots
Author	Anne Cushman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-07-07
Number of pages	384
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